(August 14, 2026) The Fisheries Economics Research Unit is pleased to welcome visiting Ph.D. student, Han Zhang. Read More
(August 7, 2026) The Government of Canada has appointed Dr. Rashid Sumaila to a new Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing. Read More
(June 26, 2026) As ocean warming and nutrient runoff accelerate deoxygenation, marine ecosystems face shifting baselines that threaten long-term fishery yields. A new paper paper led by former FERU PhD Student Hongsik Kim, and co-authored by FERU Postdocs Louise Teh, Ilyass Dahmouni, Lubna Alam, Ibrahim Issifu, and FERU director Rashid Sumaila, investigates these dynamics by evaluating the projected […] Read More
(June 20, 2026) Sumaila, U. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Palacios-Abrantes, J., & Burnside, D. (2026). Climate change strengthens the case for a high seas fishing ban. Frontiers of Biogeography, 19. https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.19.183549 Climate change isn’t just warming ocean waters, it’s actively redrawing the map of marine life. As ocean temperatures rise, fish stocks are migrating towards cooler waters, […] Read More
(June 4, 2026) Oriana Smy is a social scientist with a Master of Arts Degree in Socio-cultural Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where she specialized in marine plastic pollution and “ghost gear” in Baja California Sur, Mexico. She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative methods, community-based research, project management, environmental policy, and ethnographic mapping. Oriana is […] Read More
(January 16, 2026) The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has officially welcomed FERU's Dr. Rashid Sumaila to its Global Board of Directors. Read More
(January 5, 2026) FERU is pleased to welcome postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Annie Innes-Gold. Read More
(December 4, 2025) In 2025, the Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU) at the University of British Columbia demonstrated extraordinary breadth and impact, producing influential peer-reviewed research, advancing policy-relevant analysis, mentoring emerging scholars, and redefining the scope of marine economics into climate, plastic pollution, and systemic sustainability. This year’s achievements underscore FERU’s position as a global leader in evidence-based, […] Read More
(August 15, 2025) A $6,550 prize has been made available through an endowment established by FERU’s Dr. Rashid Sumaila upon being named the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize laureate, for a Master’s or Ph.D. student whose peer-reviewed publications to date are expected to have the most significant impact on the field of environmental sustainability. Preference is given to students […] Read More
(August 1, 2025) The Fisheries Economics Research Unit and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries are happy to welcome Dr. Ibtisam Al Abri, who is visiting UBC until August 13, 2025. Dr. Ibtisam Al Abri is an associate professor in the Department of Natural Resource Economics at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, as well as being Oman’s Assistant […] Read More