Arctic Ocean acidification video from AMAP
The following video was created as part of Dr. Sumaila’s work on ocean acidification with the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), one of five Working Groups of the Arctic Council. Arctic Ocean Acidification (2013) – Full (12 minute) version from AMAP on Vimeo.
Green Prophet Live Blog: School Children Pledge To Save UAE Fish
Green Prophet blogs from the American Community School in Abu Dhabi, where students watched an abbreviated version of a documentary called The End of the Line. Based on Charles Clover’s book of the same name, the documentary conveys a crucial message: if we (and our governments) don’t make radical changes now, by 2048 there will […]
Seal hunting: ethical, free range food source or morally reprehensible practice?
Public perceptions regarding the seal hunt have strongly influenced the economics of trade in Canadian seal products.
WWF-Canada infographic of economic impacts of an Enbridge tanker spill
WWF-Canada has created an infographic based on the results of the recent study Potential economic impact of a tanker spill on ocean-based industries in British Columbia, completed by FERU researcher Ngaio Hotte and Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila. The infographic, Potential economic impacts of an oil spill at sea from tankers carrying oil from the proposed […]
Rebuilding EU fish stocks could generate substantial financial resources for the European economy
On 6 February, the European Parliament voted in favour of proposals to reform the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. Dr. Sebastian Villasante and Dr. Rashid Sumaila assess the problem posed by overfishing in Europe’s waters and outline some of the key areas which need to be addressed if the Common Fisheries Policy is to achieve its […]
Schuhbauer, A. & Koch, V. (2013) Assessment of recreational fishery in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: Failures and opportunities. Fisheries Research (In Press.)
Abstract: The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) is one of largest marine protected areas in the world. After its establishment in 1998 fishing rights in the GMR were given exclusively to local fishers and only small-scale fishing is permitted. As tourism is exponentially increasing in Galapagos and the two most important fisheries resources have almost collapsed, […]
Ghana Business News: Unsustainable fishing threatens Africa’s economy
“A more effective management of the world’s fisheries could avert undernourishment for about 19 million people worldwide,” say Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Mohammed Seisay. Dr. Rashid Sumaila of the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre and Mohammed Seisay of the African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources, made this observation in a presentation at the […]