Climate Change Alters Fish Distributions
February 13, 2009: Dr. William Cheung, a graduate of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit now teaching at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, is interviewed by the BBC for an article titled Bleak Forecast on Fishery Stocks. The article quotes Dr. Cheung saying: “The impact of climate change on marine biodiversity and fisheries is […]
Africa's Fisheries Hit Hard by Climate Change
February 9, 2009: A report recently released by the WorldFish Center suggests that Africa’s fisheries may have a difficult time coping with climate change. A news story presented by E & E Publishing quotes Dr. Rashid Sumaila of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit saying: “Recently, there has been a big spike of interest in climate […]
Pathways and Policies toward Sustainable Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems
May 31 – June 3, 2009: United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE) Conference 2009 Symposium.
Symposium Abstract: Modern fisheries constitute a quintessential ecological-economic problem, wherein 60 years of “rational” management has led to unimaginable erosion of fish stocks along with their habitats, food webs, and ecosystems. Unless fishing behaviors are altered, we face an unprecedented, global collapse of a critical source of protein for an increasing human population. In this symposium, we expose the pathologies of current practices, and explore approaches that will restore, revive, and sustain ecosystem support for fisheries.