(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
(February 14, 2022) Pursuing systematic change in the fisheries sector or interested in the preservation of marine resources? Join us for this virtual book launch by author and professor Rashid Sumaila and engage in a discussion on his new book, Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries. Welcome Remarks: Arthur Bledsoe, Student, Master of Public […] Read More
(February 7, 2022) Over one quarter of Europe’s 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution Read More
(January 14, 2022) Russell is currently based in Vancouver, working at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in the Economic Analysis and Statistics team where he supports socio-economic assessments and produces economic advice for proposed and existing policies and programs that impact fishers and fishing dependent communities. He recently finished a Masters in Food and Resource Economics, […] Read More