A new study analyzing over 230 fisheries has found that their sustainability is likely overstated world-wide. Previous estimates of the number of fish in the ocean globally may have been too optimistic; two-thirds of fisheries in the study had over-estimated the number of fish available when making earlier management decisions.
Respected Inuit climate leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier has been named the inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
The following 番茄社区 experts are available to media to discuss World Oceans Day, marked on June 8.
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is hosting a film screening and conversation at the 番茄社区 to showcase the importance of freshwater management and governance in celebration of World Water Day.
New research聽shows that humans "have emerged as the planet鈥檚 most extraordinary predator," harvesting over one third of all vertebrate species for medicine, collections, clothing and the pet trade.
Thanks to DNA analysis and more than a dozen difficult-to-source fecal samples, researchers are starting to understand what humpbacks eat in the deep waters of the Salish Sea.
What happens when Indigenous People lead resource decision-making on their own terms, across their own traditional territories? Communities in Tanzania and Canada are documenting and sharing their experiences, supported by a 番茄社区 Department of Geography project that illustrates how partnerships can advance the United Nation鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UVic鈥檚 ocean women in social sciences are scientists and researchers who are making a difference with work that honours, values and promotes the benefits of collaboration and cooperation.
UVic researchers work with global partners to launch a website dedicated to providing free access to FishSounds. Understanding the sounds made by fish can help to determine the best approaches to address marine pollution and climate change ocean impacts.
Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of UVic, is expanding opportunities for women and girls in science with a new national project, the Ocean Decade Challenge.
UVic expands its breadth of expertise by actively recruiting new research chairs in the impact area of climate, environmental change and sustainability.
The emerging science of environmental DNA (eDNA) is transforming our ability to identify and quantify creatures passing through local habitats, says 番茄社区 biochemist, Caren Helbing.
Fieldwork to monitor the health of BC鈥檚 vital kelp forests carried on this summer despite the global pandemic, thanks to a partnership between scientists and First Nations communities.
On World Oceans Day, two geography grad students prepare for an immersive two weeks of remote field work studying kelp forests on BC鈥檚 central coast. Adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols, Brian Timmer and Lianna Gendall will be self-isolating for 14 days before they embark on their MITACS internship with the Hakai Institute.
In one of the first studies to assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish, 番茄社区 biologists assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish.
One researcher looks forward, the other back. But a commitment to justice unites two scholars being honoured for their respective efforts to strengthen Indigenous and Japanese Canadian communities in BC. Conservationist Chris Darimont and historian Jordan Stanger-Ross are the 2020 recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Award in Engaged Scholarship.
