The Man with 12 Brains
The Chagos brain coral, Ctenella chagius, is ostensibly the world’s rarest coral. A once common denizen of the shallow reefs around the Chagos Archipelago, recent decades have seen populations of this […]
Unlocking the Blue Revolution: aquatic food systems as the next frontier for food, climate, and equity
Speaker: Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, Director General, WorldFish, CGIAR’s Senior Director of Aquatic Food Systems. Moderator: Dr. Rashid Sumaila, FRSC, University Killam Professor, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) & School of […]
Reimagining the Future of Oceans and Fisheries
The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) at The University of British Columbia is marking its 10th Anniversary in 2026. This milestone also commemorates over 70 years of groundbreaking […]
Secrets on our Doorstep: Vancouver and the Shadow on the World Cup
As Vancouver prepares to host 2026 World Cup games—a crowning feat for hometown FIFA Vice President Victor Montagliani—a chilling local history haunts the celebration. While Montagliani scaled soccer’s elite ranks, […]
Impacts of bottom trawling on carbon cycling in the seafloor: a case study in the NW Mediterranean Sea
Speaker: Dr. Margot E. White, Assistant Professor, UBC EOAS Fisheries play a vital role in providing food to communities worldwide. However, demersal fisheries in particular, which operate along the seafloor, […]
Adaptive management, rightsholder involvement and whole-ecosystem experiments are key for sustainable freshwater recreational fisheries: examples from Germany
Speaker: Dr. Robert Arlinghaus Fisheries Professor Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Integrative Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) The complexity of […]
Community-led oyster farms in Fiji – Can they deliver multiple benefits?
Speaker: Dr. Veronica Lo, IISD The deepening climate change and biodiversity loss crises, intertwined with destructive intensive fishing and aquaculture practices, necessitate new ways of meeting food security and […]
Archaeological investigations and ecological modelling into pre-contact (1792 CE) Tsleil-Waututh stewardship of Burrard Inlet, BC, Canada
Speaker: Dr. Meaghan Efford, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Modelling past ecosystem baselines and ecosystem change over time can demonstrate the cumulative effects of anthropogenic impacts to […]
Assessing policy implementation: a case study of global trade in marine fishes
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Foster, Project Seahorse Project Seahorse has developed a novel scheme for analysing policy implementation across four Levels: technical outputs (tools and capacity building); policy outcomes (governance changes); field […]
Movement Strategies of Cetaceans in an Oceanic Island Environment
Speaker: Dr. Marc Fernandez Morron Researcher, MARE Madeira Large marine predators, such as cetaceans, occupy an apex position within marine food webs, playing a vital role in regulating biodiversity and […]
