Celebrating the release of Sea Change Anthropogenic issues – climate change, resource overexploitation, and pollution – have left visible marks on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans which border Canada. These […]
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Trites Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries PI, Marine Mammal Research Unit Archeologists examining ancient bones recovered from the middens of Indigenous tribes concluded that a […]
TEEB, the G8+5 project on the economics of ecosystems & biodiversity (2008-2010) moved the invisible economics of nature from relative obscurity into the front row as a topic to be […]
Marine Fish On the Move: Challenges and Prospects for Fisheries Adaptation Ocean life is on the front lines of climate change, with many species living closer to their limits and […]
Speaker: Khadija Stewart Founder, EcoVybz and EcoSeas Caribbean ONLINE ONLY: Tickets: https://oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-events/iof-seminars/weekly-seminars/ In this presentation, Khadija Stewart will highlight the work of EcoVybz Environmental Creatives and EcoSeas Caribbean, two dynamic initiatives […]
Speaker: Jennifer Rasal is a Senior Data Science Officer, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) With growing concerns about global overfishing, market-based eco-certification programs like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) can incentivise adoption of sustainable practices. The MSC is an international non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) which sets a Fisheries Standard for environmentally sustainable fishing. Fishing fleets are […]
THIS EVENT IS IN PERSON ONLY. Featuring marine activist Ted Danson and award-winning marine scientists Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila, Change Makers gets to the heart of the issue of sustainability to reveal a genuine pathway to success. The film examines the WTO fishing agreement as our best and perhaps only shot for turning the […]
Speaker: Dr. Carol Meirelles Research Associate, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) Dr. Meirelles will share insights from her 25-year commitment to manatee conservation biology, highlighting both grassroots initiatives and large-scale collaborative networks across South America. Her presentation will trace the evolution of hands-on local conservation efforts and multi-institutional projects that have shaped her approach to […]
Speaker: Dr. Rocío Joo, Senior data scientist on the research and innovation team, Global Fishing Watch Forced labor and other human rights abuses in the fishing industry are a widespread and entrenched issue, affecting crews across regions, fleets, and Flag States. These abuses include deceptive recruitment practices, withholding of pay, debt bondage, excessive overtime, and […]
Speaker: Dr. Kim de Mutsert, Associate Professor in the Division of Coastal Sciences of the School of Ocean Science and Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Main environmental impacts affecting coastal Louisiana are wetland loss and coastal hypoxia. Efforts to mitigate these impacts are expected to affect fish and shellfish in the area. […]
Speaker: Dr. Kieran Cox, Liber Ero and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University The diversity of biotic and abiotic sounds that fill marine ecosystems has become polluted by anthropogenic noise in recent decades. Yet, there is still uncertainty surrounding how different acoustic stimuli influence non-mammalian taxa and how changing ocean conditions may exacerbate the […]
Speakers will include: Ruth Arnold (MSc, OCF): Baseline population assessments for three key seahorse species in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Deniz Coskuner (MSc, OCF): Temporal and spatial dynamics of nearshore zooplankton communities in the Strait of Georgia Rhys Jenson (MSc, OCF): Plastics in the poop. Are humpback whales eating trash? Julia Mayer (PhD, OCF): Seaforestation […]
