Subsidies to Spanish fishing fleets
As has been noted in several publications by the Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU), subsidies are a very important issue in world fisheries. Spain’s fishing fleets are no exception, as has been recently investigated by Kate Willson, Mar Cabra and Marcos Garcia Rey of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The authors undertook an […]
Commercially Valuable Fish Species Hit the Red List
Negotiators at the Kobe III meetings in La Jolla California, who collectively manage tuna fisheries in more than 91% of the world’s oceans, are being presented with a bleak picture from several recent studies. Bruce Collette and his colleagues at the National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory in Washington DC, conducted the first global assessment […]
World Oceans Day at the UN
In recognition of World Oceans Day June 8th, the UN held a panel discussion entitled “Our oceans: greening our future” in New York. Participating in the event, The Fisheries Centre’s very own Rashid Sumaila spoke on the economic challenges facing global fisheries and on the finite nature of the ocean’s resources. Drawing on Adam Smith for inspiration […]
Science Forum Discussion of Consumer Awareness With Rashid Sumaila
Rashid Sumaila, head of the Fisheries Economic Unit here at UBC, was interviewed Tuesday by WorldScience on the state of world fisheries and the role consumers can play in bringing sustainability to our fisheries. The interview can listened to here. Rashid will also be taking questions through Dec. 2. [audio:https://fisheries-feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2011/06/Forum-fish-Sumaila.mp3] Forum_fish_Sumaila Co-produced by the BBC […]
Food Security Implications of Global Overfishing
Members of the Fisheries Economics Unit at the UBC fisheries centre are pleased with favourable reviews for their paper “Food security implications of global marine catch losses due to overfishing” published last year in the Journal of Bioeconomics. While the cost of overfishing on marine biodiversity and ecology has been emphasized in recent literature, this […]
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 […]
Risks and expected costs in global fisheries management
A recent article appearing in the scientific journal Nature lead by Dr. Branch has sparked new debate among fisheries scientists regarding how to best measure biodiversity in global fisheries. The Fisheries Economics Research Unit’s director, Dr. Sumaila summarizes what this debate may mean for the economics of fisheries management in a follow-up comment to the […]