Shame and honour increase cooperation: UBC study informs future strategy for...
Honour and shame work equally well in encouraging social cooperation, according to a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Germany’s Max Planck Institute for...
View ArticleMarine predators in trouble: UBC researchers
Iconic marine predators such as sharks, tunas, swordfish, and marlins are becoming increasingly rare under current fishing trends, say University of British Columbia researchers. In half of the North...
View ArticleUBC researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data
The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth’s satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have...
View ArticleWindow into world’s future oceans unveiled by NF-UBC Nereus team
An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to...
View ArticleConservation risk highest off coasts of Canada, Mexico, Peru and New Zealand:...
University of British Columbia researchers have identified conservation “hot spots” around the world where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation. Combining...
View ArticleTaking the Earth’s pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and...
A growing world population, mixed with the threat of climate change and mounting financial problems, has prompted University of British Columbia researchers to measure the overall ‘health’ of 150...
View ArticleLaw that regulates shark fishery is too liberal: UBC study
Shark fins are worth more than other parts of the shark and are often removed from the body, which gets thrown back into the sea. To curtail this wasteful practice, many countries allow the fins to be...
View ArticleSingle spill could wipe out economic gains from Northern Gateway
UBC researchers estimate losses of $300-million, cleanup costs of up to $9.6-billion A major tanker spill off the coast of northern British Columbia could wipe out any potential economic gains from the...
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Don’t hold the anchovies: Study shows Peruvian fish worth more as food than...
Rethinking the potential of anchovies could pay big dividends for the Peruvian fishing industry. Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, Wikimedia Commons. The true potential of Peruvian anchovy lies not...
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Google Earth reveals untold fish catches
UBC researchers used Google Earth images to estimate the number of fishing weirs along the Persian Gulf coast. Photo: Google Earth. Large fish traps in the Persian Gulf could be catching up to six...
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EU fishing fleets reap profits while taxpayers foot the bill
EU taxpayers are footing the bill for European fishing fleets, says UBC’s Frédéric Le Manach. Photo: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, Wikimedia Commons The European Union’s taxpayers are paving the way...
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25th anniversary of Exxon Valdez oil spill: expert list
Clean-up efforts on Smith Island following the Exxon Valdez spill, which took place on March 24, 1989. Photo: U.S. Navy. UBC professors are available to comment on the impact and legacy of the Exxon...
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25 years after Exxon Valdez: Raising the flag for tanker safety
Flag use behaviour is one area where stronger controls could lower the risk of a spill like the Exxon Valdez. Photo: US Navy. Twenty-five years ago on this day, a supertanker carrying over 200 million...
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The toll of climate change on our oceans
Rebuilding overfished stocks is one of the ways to reduce climate change-induced risk, says UBC’s William Cheung. Photo: User:Altafalvi, Wikimedia Commons. UBC’s William Cheung explains the latest...
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Humpback recovery
Changing the status of humpback whales in Canada will not lessen any of the protections they have been receiving, says UBC’s Andrew Trites. Photo: Andrew Trites UBC professor explains why the humpback...
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Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries
UBC’s Rashid Sumaila argues that the high seas should be closed to all fishing. Photo: Martin Dee Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and...
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The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation grants $2.6 million to improve data on...
The University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us project has received $2.6 million (U.S.) from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to provide African and Asian countries with more accurate and...
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UBC receives $3.5M for research into Canada’s oceans, new projects
OceanCanada is one of several UBC projects to receive SSHRC funding. Photo: Ian Mauro, OceanCanada. University of British Columbia researchers have received $3.5 million for new projects related to...
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Missing targets
UBC’s Villy Christensen says fishing is the biggest threat to the health of our oceans. Photo: Zeesenboot, Flickr. UBC prof says we aren’t meeting our goals of protecting biodiversity In 2010, the...
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Fish moving poleward at rate of 26 kilometres per decade
UBC researchers project a large-scale shift of marine fish and invertebrates toward Arctic and Antarctic waters. Photo: Dani Jaw, Flickr. Large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050,...
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Countries with poor marine safety records linked to oil spill vessels
New UBC research finds that one-third of the current global oil tanker fleet is registered to states with poort marine safety records. Photo: US Navy. More than half of ships involved in the 100...
View ArticleSeafood stewardship questionable: UBC-Scripps experts
The world’s most established fisheries certifier is failing on its promises as rapidly as it gains prominence, according to the world’s leading fisheries experts from the University of British Columbia...
View ArticleUBC and The Nippon Foundation launch $13-million research program to predict...
University of British Columbia researchers today launched a $13-million, nine-year research program with Japan’s Nippon Foundation (NF) to study the future of the world’s oceans and to monitor the...
View ArticleFishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century:...
Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same...
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High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality
Global map of changes in landed value. Nations likely to experience a loss in landed value under a high-seas fisheries ban are depicted in red. Those likely to experience a gain are in blue. Closing...
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