Fish getting smaller as the oceans warm: UBC research
Changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia. The study, published today in the journal...
View ArticleChinese foreign fisheries catch 12 times more than reported: UBC research
Chinese fishing boats catch about US$11.5 billion worth of fish from beyond their country’s own waters each year – and most of it goes unreported, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists...
View Article“Fish thermometer” reveals long-standing, global impact of climate change
Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists. In a Nature study...
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UBC researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement...
Three UBC researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photo: Russ Heinl. Three UBC ecologists who study the natural world at very different...
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EU fishing fleets reap profits while taxpayers foot the bill
EU taxpayers are footing the bill for European fishing fleets, says UBC’s Frédéric Le Manach. Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, Wikimedia Commons The European Union’s taxpayers are paving the way...
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UBC researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement...
Marine ecologist Daniel Pauly is one of three UBC scholars honoured by the world’s largest scientific society. Photo: Martin Dee. Three UBC ecologists who study the natural world at very different...
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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation grants $2.6 million to improve data on...
The University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us project has received $2.6 million (U.S.) from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to provide African and Asian countries with more accurate and...
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New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online
Researchers with UBC’s Sea Around Us project have launched a new web platform at www.seaaroundus.org that provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every...
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Study finds 30 per cent of global fish catch is unreported
Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch. The new estimate, released today in...
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Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air
(Click to enlarge infographic) Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue to climb due to climate change. A new study by researchers at the University of...
View ArticleThe battle to curb shark fin consumption
Daniel Pauly, a professor at UBC’s Sea Around Us research initiative, was quoted in a South China Morning Post article about the need to halt the trade and consumption of shark fin. Pauly was one of a...
View ArticleWhy are salt water fish not salty to eat?
Daniel Pauly, the principal investigator of the Sea Around Us Initiative and a professor in the Institute For The Oceans and Fisheries at UBC, spoke to CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks about salt water...
View ArticleCanadian consumers eat seafood caught by modern-day slaves
Star Vancouver highlighted research from the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC and the University of Western Australia that examined labour abuses by companies in the seafood industry. “These companies...
View ArticleModern slavery promotes overfishing
Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are ‘hidden subsidies’ that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing, new research from the University of Western...
View ArticleConsumers seek certainty about sustainable seafood labelling
Business in Vancouver interviewed Daniel Pauly, a fisheries scientist at UBC and principal investigator for the organization Sea Around Us, for an article about seafood labelling. He said the Marine...
View ArticleModern slavery is fueling overfishing
Daniel Pauly, a fisheries researcher with the Sea Around Us Initiative at UBC, was quoted in a United Press International story about overfishing. Pauly discussed how a lack of control over certain...
View ArticleGalapagos sharks under threat
Daniel Pauly, a UBC marine biologist and fisheries professor, was quoted in a Washington Post story on endangered Galapagos sharks. Pauly said sharks are essential to the Galapagos: “[They] control the...
View ArticleFishing imperils 40 shark species in the Galapagos
New Zealand Herald quoted Daniel Pauly, a professor at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, in an article about shark populations in the Galapagos. The article previously appeared in the...
View ArticleCO2 emissions from fishing boats 30 per cent higher than previously reported,...
The Globe and Mail spoke to Daniel Pauly from UBC’s Sea Around Us initiative about research which found CO2 emissions from industrial fishing are much higher than previously thought.
View ArticleBillions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least
More than eight million to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 billion and $17 billion in trade each year, according...
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