(March 23, 2023) Originally posted on the Sea Around Us website. Three leading environmental thinkers discuss the global fight for ocean justice, in a world grappling with the impacts of overfishing and climate change. They will also discuss the Tyler Prize Laureates‘ call to end fishing on the high seas – as well as reflect on the Tyler […] Read More
(March 20, 2023) Women make up 85% of ocean sectors, but are invisible in fisheries management positions, with marine policies often undermining their livelihoods and wellbeing. They are often not included in any decision-making processes and their dependency and contributions to the Blue Economy are neglected. Read More
(January 31, 2023) This article was originally posted at oceans.ubc.ca. Click here to view. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific […] Read More
(December 13, 2022) An op-ed article by Drs. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, that is currently taking place opened in Montreal. Read More
(November 16, 2022) With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work. Read More
(September 13, 2022) Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University Killam professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, has won the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems. “This is a national competition among […] Read More
(August 30, 2022) The Fisheries Economics Research Unit is happy to welcome new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Daomin Peng. Daomin graduated from Ocean University of China (Fisheries Economics and Management) program. His research interests while undertaking his degree focused on the relationship between industrial development and ecological environment. As a member of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit team, his […] Read More
(August 9, 2022) The ocean is very valuable to B.C., in terms of GDP, jobs, and income. Read More
(June 24, 2022) Dr. William Cheung & Dr. Rashid Sumaila are off to Portugal for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), being held June 27 to July 1. Will participate in special side event: Fisheries Management as Climate Action, on June 26. Read More
(February 28, 2022) The Fisheries Economics Research Unit (FERU) and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries would like to welcome Dr. Ilyass Dahmouni. Dr. Dahmouni is a holder of two master degrees, in environmental and natural resources economics from the Toulouse School of Economics; and in public policy from the Paris Sorbonne university. He received his PhD degree […] Read More