Dr. Sumaila to address Prince Charles' ISU Marine Programme Launch
FERU Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila is among ten people chosen to speak at the Prince’s Charities International Sustainability Unit (ISU) Marine Programme Launch in London on Friday, February 3, 2012. The event will launch a major international campaign to “halt the destruction of the oceans through overfishing”. For more information about the event, check out […]
Vancouver Sun: Declining fisheries will affect us all soon enough
By Rashid Sumaila, Special to the Sun The sad story of Newfoundland’s cod industry is well known: When the region’s once-thriving cod population collapsed in 1992, 40,000 jobs vanished along with a way of life. Atlantic cod, previously abundant, became an endangered species. Char species, so critical to first nations communities, now face similar threats. […]