The End of the Line: How a film changed the way we eat fish
The End of the Line, the first major documentary to focus public attention on the consequences and extent of overfishing, is now “making waves” outside of the movie theatre, inspiring tv shows like Hugh’s Fish Fight, shaming restaurant owners into changing their menus and drawing wider media attention to the issue according to a recent […]
Climate Change: Altering the Physics, Ecology, and Socioeconomics of Fisheries
Members of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit attended the annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington D.C Friday. With Rashid Sumaila as organizer, Daniel Pauly as moderator and fisheries economists Andrew Dyck and Vicky Lam presenting, members of the Fisheries Centre and their research were well represented at this […]
Climate Change: Altering the Physics, Ecology, and Socioeconomics of Fisheries
Friday, February 18, 2011: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM 207B (Washington Convention Center ) Global climate change is altering the physical and chemical conditions of the ocean. This in turn affects marine ecosystems in ways that ultimately exacts a toll on fisheries and human well-being. To ensure sustainable marine fisheries well into the future, we need to […]
The State of the Ocean
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE OCEAN, GREEN SHIPPING AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Apr 28-29, 2011 Location: Institut Oceanographique de Paris 195 Rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris OBJECTIVES: Interdisciplinary in nature, the symposium will provide an opportunity to reflect on the policy and strategic implications of growing integration between four systems of central importance for the sustainable development of […]