Fish catch declines may cause micronutrient deficiencies in developing nations
More than 10% of the global population could face nutrition deficiencies in the coming decades due to fish catch declines, according to CORU Leader William Cheung.
OceanCanada Partnership Meeting
CORU post-doctoral Fellow Andres Cisneros-Montemayor (UBC) attended the Ocean Canada Partnership Meeting, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, from May 24 to 27. Read More
The impending extinction of the vaquita is not just a fishing problem — it’s a social and ecological one too
In our current eco-friendly world, how can a porpoise be nearing extinction and most of the world not even know of its existence?
4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
CORU Leader William Cheung gave a plenary keynote presentation at the 4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World.
An ocean of diplomacy – negotiating for the health of our common ocean at the United Nations
Yoshitaka Ota, CORU Research Associate, and Rashid Sumaila, OceanCanada Research Director and Nereus Program Honorary Research Associate, acted as panelists during a talk by Marjo Vierros, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and Liu Institute Visiting Fellow, given at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on […]
Stanford Seminar: Benefits of Global and Regional Marine Fisheries from Meeting the Paris Agreement Target
CORU Leader William Cheung gave a seminar at Stanford University on April 29. The following was originally posted on the Stanford Marine Conservation Biology page. Fisheries in Paris–and an international scholar’s life history By Diego Sancho Paris tends to relate to fisheries through its gourmet cuisine, which every so often includes fish. However, in December […]
Fish of the Day: Why does seafood seasonality matter?
By Wilf Swartz, CORU Research Associate Japanese call it shun (旬), the seasonality of food. It refers to the time of year when a specific type of food is at its peak, either in terms of harvest or flavour. It is not unique to Japanese culture, as The Byrds reminded us in the mid-1960s with their, […]
Impacts of climate change on marine fisheries, aquaculture, coastal tourism, and human health: an update
An update of findings since the release of the report, The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was published by CORU personnel.
Ask an Expert: Why is the global fishing industry given $35 billion in subsidies each year?
OceanCanada Research Director Rashid Sumaila and his collaborators from the Global Fisheries Cluster(Sea Around Us and the Nereus Program) have published an updated estimate of global fisheries subsidies in the international journal Marine Policy. The researchers found that the global fishing industry is being supported by $35 billion yearly in government subsidies, the majority of […]
Where do we go from here? Building confidence in climate change impact projection models
Climate change is expected to have major impacts on the ocean, the species that live there, and the people who rely on it for their food and livelihood. Since the beginning of the 20th century, CO2 emissions from human activities have altered physical and chemical properties of the ocean. The ocean has become warmer and, […]