Current
Descriptions of current projects.
Fisheries contribute more than 260 million jobs worldwide
Fisheries Centre student Lydia Teh and FERU Director Rashid Sumaila have produced a comprehensive estimate of the number of fisheries jobs around the world. Click to read more.
The Nereus Program
Nereus is a cooperation between The Nippon Foundation and The University of British Columbia, that develops scientific capability for predictions of how the future seafood production may be. The program builds on international networking of scientists to communicate and bring about change to how we exploit the oceans in order for our children and grandchildren [...]
Economics of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Stocks
Major Research Questions:
1. How much better could the management of Fraser River sockeye have been, in terms of several different objectives, given what we now know about stock-recruitment dynamics?
2. Given uncertainty about the underlying biology of the system, what are the likely economic implications of different management approaches that might be implemented?
Global Database of Ex-Vessel Fish Prices
Objective:
To compile a database of fish prices for all species from around the world, starting in 1950.
