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Cumulative stressor impacts: towards a holistic measure of salmon health and condition

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Speaker: Dr. Kristi M. Miller-Saunders Genetics and Genomics Section, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, Pacific Biological Station, BC Wild salmon are experiencing declines worldwide. Cumulative and synergistic biotic and abiotic stressors associated with climate warming affecting salmon in their vulnerable smolt out-migration stage are critical, but teasing out factors of greatest impact is difficult. An intensive […]

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Subsidizing extinction: Subsidies, Sustainable Development Goals and the World Trade Organization

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The ocean and biodiversity support our life, yet both are being degraded by direct (e.g. overexploitation, climate change) and indirect (e.g., unsustainable consumption) drivers. A key policy-related driver of ocean and terrestrial biodiversity degradation is harmful subsidies, i.e., government transfers to an economic sector, such as fishing and oil and gas, that lead to artificially […]

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Many hands make light work: crowd-sourcing reveals population status for Weddell seals in Antarctica

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The Weddell seal is a fast-ice-obligate, mesopredator found around the Antarctic coastline. Traditional methods of understanding population abundance, including shipboard or aerial transects, are cost-prohibitive and risky, so we combined high-resolution satellite imagery (VHR) with the web platform, Tomnod, to conduct a citizen science campaign to: 1) determine where seals are present, 2) estimate abundance […]

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Extreme Weather 2021: A Snapshot of BC’s Future?

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It started with a deadly heat dome that settled over the Pacific Northwest back in June 2021. That was followed by a devastating wildfire season, and that was followed by one of the worst flood disasters this province has ever seen. CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe will take you through these unprecedented events, and what that may […]

Tamamta (All of Us): Indigenizing and Decolonizing Fisheries Education, Research, and Governance in Alaska

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

SPEAKERS: Dr. Jessica Black and Dr. Courtney Carothers, University of Alaska Fairbanks Motivated by deep inequities, Indigenous erasure, and systemic racism against Alaska Native people and Tribal sovereignty, the Tamamta program seeks to transform education, research, governance systems in Alaska and beyond. We envision a future where Indigenous Peoples and our/their knowledge and governance systems […]

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Fish Wars and Blue Conflicts

Online/Virtual Event

War at sea is still a rare event, but declining fish stock and growing geopolitical tensions are rapidly pushing maritime security up the international agenda. Ocean governance systems have become more complex, setting important norms and institutions but also giving way to new injustices, grievances, and territorial claims.The scope and scale of ‘fish wars’ and […]

Tinkers, seeders and squishy lobster: Science in support of Treaty fisheries

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

In September 2021, Dr. Megan Bailey (UBC alum and Associate Professor, Dalhousie University) spent time on board the “Mamma Ain’t Happy”, a Sipekne’katik-owned fishing vessel harvesting lobster under Food, Social, and Ceremonial tags. She was working with community members to record lobster data, notably, ‘tinkers’, ‘seeders’ and squishy lobster. How Dr. Bailey came to be […]

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Recent tensions between productive opportunities and conservation risks: case studies on fish, fisheries and aquaculture in southern Patagonia

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia

Speaker: Dr. Facundo Llompart Researcher, Austral Center for Scientific Research (CADIC) Argentina is experiencing a growing footprint of human activities on natural ecosystems. Pressure for economic growth, energy supply, and urban development has recently extended to isolated and almost pristine habitats in southern Patagonia. The main focus of this seminar is to present two study […]

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El Pueblo es El Mar – The people are the sea

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Hybrid: In-person/Zoom El Pueblo es El Mar - The people are the sea. An initiative of the SOS project, Somos OceanoS 2030 Speaker: Veronica Relano IOF PhD graduate During this seminar, Veronica Relano will present her documentary “El Pueblo es El Mar - The people are the Sea”, which is part of her Ocean Decade […]

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Portrait of the marine biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic

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During this presentation, Dr. Archambault will discuss misconceptions that circulate about marine biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic. For example, the Arctic is seen as an area with low marine biodiversity, but is that the case in Canada? Furthermore, climate change affects sea ice cover, and Arctic marine life depends on this environmental condition, but will […]

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2022 Larkin Lecture: Critical Freshwater Fish Futures: using interdisciplinary and arts-based research approaches to engage relationships between Indigenous sovereignty and freshwater fish well-being

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Hybrid presentation: in person: AERL Theatre (Rm. 120, 2202 Main Mall) / over ZOOM Speaker: Dr. Zoe Todd Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Carleton University This talk provides an overview of the relationships between Indigenous sovereignty and freshwater fish futures in Canada, with an explicit focus on ongoing community-driven interdisciplinary research partnerships in […]

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