Waves of Disaster
August 14, 2008: Dr. Sumaila appears in the Georgia Straight story ‘Waves of Disaster’
Full Price Fuel
July 16, 2008: Dr. Sumaila appears in the 24 Hours News Services story titled ‘Full Price Fuel’
Fuel Subsidies Better Spent on Retraining
July 15, 2008: Dr. Sumaila says that “fuel subsidies are better spent re-training fishers” in a UBC Media Brief.
Global Ocean Economics Project Planning Workshop
While planning for the Global Ocean Economics Project began as early as December 2007, the project picked up speed in spring of 2008 when a group of nineteen biologists, economists, and students took part in a three-day planning workshop. The event which was scheduled for April 21-22, 2008 was important in laying the foundation, theoretic and practical, for the future of the project.