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Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish were surprisingly resilient to marine heatwaves before 2019, highlighting the need to keep seas from warming further, according to new research.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biomass, climate change, CORU, Deng Palomares, ecosystems, fish, heatwaves, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Sea Around Us, Solving FCB, William Cheung

IOF meets with U.S. Consulate General Vancouver

IOF meets with U.S. Consulate General Vancouver

On August 25, 2023, members of the IOF community met with a delegation from the U.S. Consulate General Vancouver.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews | Tagged with Evgeny Pakhomov, faculty, meeting, Murdoch McAllister, USA, William Cheung

European fisheries under threat, climate change may impact on future catch

European fisheries under threat, climate change may impact on future catch

Without rapid adaptation or aggressive mitigation tactics, climate change is projected to induce profound negative consequences on future fisheries production in Europe.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, CORU, Europe, faculty, fish catch, IOF students, William Cheung

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

An op-ed article by Drs. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, that is currently taking place opened in Montreal.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biodiversity, carbon footprint, climate change, conferences, COP15, CORU, faculty, FERU, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biodiversity, biology, climate change, CORU, faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, knowledge exchange, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, UBC, William Cheung

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

The effects of harmful fisheries subsidies in three marine ecosystems, chosen for their importance in terms of food security, size and diversity; and three different management scenarios are examined.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, Research | Tagged with climate change, faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, food security, food webs, IOF Research Associates, nutrition, pollution, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Zeyu Zeng

IOF goes to Ottawa

IOF goes to Ottawa

Drs. William Cheung, Daniel Pauly, Andrea Reid, and Rashid Sumaila attended the Oceana Canada’s Science Symposium in Ottawa

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with Andrea Reid, Canada, Daniel Pauly, Ottawa, Rashid Sumaila, Sarah Harper, William Cheung

Global fish stocks can’t rebuild if nothing done to halt climate change and overfishing, new study suggests

Global fish stocks can’t rebuild if nothing done to halt climate change and overfishing, new study suggests

“We are at a turning point. What we need is a coordinated global effort to develop practical and equitable marine conservation measures to support effective biomass rebuilding under climate change,” said Dr. William Cheung

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, faculty, fish stocks, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, William Cheung

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

The sockeye population has been in decline for a century – since 1913, returns in the Skeena River have dropped by 75% – and while there are many factors at play, says Dr. William Cheung, “climate change is definitely one of them.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, CORU, ecosystems, faculty, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, marine ecosystems, salmon, seafood, shellfish, William Cheung

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

In the face of declining fish stocks like sockeye salmon, marine heatwaves and massive coastal die-offs, it can sometimes feel as though protecting our ocean ecosystems is a hopeless task. But there are things we can do.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, carbon footprint, Christopher Harley, climate change, ecosystems, marine ecosystems, microplastics, plastic, seafood, William Cheung

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