http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca Managing global ocean and freshwater resources for the future Mon, 14 May 2012 21:57:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/05/04/dr-rashid-sumaila-to-speak-at-the-6th-world-fisheries-congress-may-10-2012/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/05/04/dr-rashid-sumaila-to-speak-at-the-6th-world-fisheries-congress-may-10-2012/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 17:28:57 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2439 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/05/04/dr-rashid-sumaila-to-speak-at-the-6th-world-fisheries-congress-may-10-2012/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila, Director of the UBC Fisheries Centre and the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, will present his work on illegal fishing during a session on May 10 and offer strategies for transitioning to sustainable fisheries during a panel for the Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit Workshop on May 11. The 6th World Fisheries Congress [...] rashid http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/27/rashid-sumaila-presents-at-rio20-second-round-side-event-from-harmful-subsidies-to-safe-subsidies-april-30-2012/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/27/rashid-sumaila-presents-at-rio20-second-round-side-event-from-harmful-subsidies-to-safe-subsidies-april-30-2012/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:55:20 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2434 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/27/rashid-sumaila-presents-at-rio20-second-round-side-event-from-harmful-subsidies-to-safe-subsidies-april-30-2012/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila, Director of the UBC Fisheries Centre and the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, will speak at an event hosted by the Global Campaign for Climate Action at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, April 30, 2012. The event, From harmful subsidies to safe subsidies, has been coordinated as a Side [...] Rashid-Sumaila http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/conference-in-honour-of-dr-colin-clark-developments-and-challenges-in-fisheries-economics-may-15-and-16-2012/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/conference-in-honour-of-dr-colin-clark-developments-and-challenges-in-fisheries-economics-may-15-and-16-2012/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:34:54 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2390 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/conference-in-honour-of-dr-colin-clark-developments-and-challenges-in-fisheries-economics-may-15-and-16-2012/feed/ 0 May 15 and 16, 2012 Michael Smith Laboratories, Room 102 University of British Columbia 2185 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Conference hosted by the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre and Department of Mathematics Click here for a conference poster and to view the conference agenda. How a mathematician rocked the boat for fisheries [...] ColinClark http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/chqrs-rutherford-show-sumaila-explains-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-the-value-of-our-oceans/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/chqrs-rutherford-show-sumaila-explains-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-the-value-of-our-oceans/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:11:37 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2383 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/17/chqrs-rutherford-show-sumaila-explains-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-the-value-of-our-oceans/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila caught up with Dave Rutherford on CHQR, based in Calgary, Alberta, to discuss his work on valuing the impact of climate change on our oceans. Listen to Part 1and Part 2 of the interview from April 5, 2012. Rashid-Sumaila http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/gma-news-waking-up-countries-to-the-state-of-the-planet/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/gma-news-waking-up-countries-to-the-state-of-the-planet/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:57 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2371 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/gma-news-waking-up-countries-to-the-state-of-the-planet/feed/ 0 A recent study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Global Footprint Network probed how nations have been using resources at their disposal towards sustaining both economic and ecological security. The project’s lead researcher, Rashid Sumaila, explained that through an “ecolonomics index, or Eco2 Index”, the study measured and ranked the overall [...] Rashid-Sumaila http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/radio-canada-international-putting-a-price-tag-on-ocean-damage/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/radio-canada-international-putting-a-price-tag-on-ocean-damage/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:21:21 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2364 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/16/radio-canada-international-putting-a-price-tag-on-ocean-damage/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila, Director of the UBC Fisheries Centre and Fisheries Economics Research Unit, talks about estimating the costs of damage to global oceans. Click here to listen to the interview. rashid http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/04/scientific-american-how-coral-bleaching-could-lead-to-famine/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/04/scientific-american-how-coral-bleaching-could-lead-to-famine/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:18:31 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2332 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/04/scientific-american-how-coral-bleaching-could-lead-to-famine/feed/ 0 Altogether, 400 million people in Africa and Southeast Asia rely on fish and other marine foods like seaweed to provide half their essential protein and minerals. Rashid Sumaila, a fisheries economist at the University of British Columbia, said “rough estimates” at modeling the effect of climate change on the world’s fisheries suggest catches in the [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/dr-sumaila-at-the-un-human-rights-expert-summit-on-the-right-to-food/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/dr-sumaila-at-the-un-human-rights-expert-summit-on-the-right-to-food/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:07:19 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2210 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/dr-sumaila-at-the-un-human-rights-expert-summit-on-the-right-to-food/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila, FERU Director, is in Nairobi this week to participate in an expert summit on the Right to Food. The summit, which occurs on April 4 and 5, 2012, will focus on finding solutions to strengthen the protection of the right to food in the region. Dr. Sumaila will be speaking about the [...] UN Human Rights http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/calgary-herald-human-harm-to-oceans-comes-with-staggering-price-tag/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/calgary-herald-human-harm-to-oceans-comes-with-staggering-price-tag/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:51:56 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2204 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/04/02/calgary-herald-human-harm-to-oceans-comes-with-staggering-price-tag/feed/ 0 A Canadian researcher is at the centre of a provocative new international study that puts an eye-popping price tag on the damage being done to the world’s oceans and fisheries – a cost that could reach $2 trillion a year by 2100 – from carbon emissions, over-fertilization, over-fishing and other human impacts. University of British [...] Rashid-Sumaila http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/impact-of-the-deepwater-horizon-well-blowout-on-the-economics-of-us-gulf-fisheries/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/impact-of-the-deepwater-horizon-well-blowout-on-the-economics-of-us-gulf-fisheries/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:22:04 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2171 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/impact-of-the-deepwater-horizon-well-blowout-on-the-economics-of-us-gulf-fisheries/feed/ 0 FERU members estimate the cost of the spill in terms of losses to fisherman in the region. Click here to read about the study. deepwater horizon http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/fisheries-contribute-more-than-260-million-jobs-worldwide-2/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/fisheries-contribute-more-than-260-million-jobs-worldwide-2/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:03:39 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2157 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/fisheries-contribute-more-than-260-million-jobs-worldwide-2/feed/ 0 The study, published in the December 2011 issue of Fish and Fisheries, shows there are approximately 260 million marine fisheries jobs worldwide, a figure 1.75 times greater than previous estimates from the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Of those jobs, 50 million are directly related to fishing, including commercial, small-scale or artisanal operations. [...] Fisheriesjobs-Teh_Sumaila_sm http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/dr-sumaila-interviewed-german-public-radio/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/dr-sumaila-interviewed-german-public-radio/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:08:15 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1858 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/30/dr-sumaila-interviewed-german-public-radio/feed/ 0 FERU Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila gave an interview on the economic and ecological effects of overfishing and climate change,Tuesday March 27th on German public radio. Read the transcription and find the audio clip at Deutschlandradio (German). rashid http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/28/workshop-contributions-of-dr-colin-clark-to-the-field-of-fisheries-economics-may-15-16-2012/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/28/workshop-contributions-of-dr-colin-clark-to-the-field-of-fisheries-economics-may-15-16-2012/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:34:55 +0000 nhotte http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=262 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/28/workshop-contributions-of-dr-colin-clark-to-the-field-of-fisheries-economics-may-15-16-2012/feed/ 0 In honour of the 80th birthday of Dr. Colin Clark, Professor Emeritus, the Fisheries Economics Research Unit has organized a conference focused on Dr. Clark’s contributions to the field of fisheries economics. Click to learn more. ColinClark_Formatted http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/21/globe-mail-fish-habitat-rock-boat/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/21/globe-mail-fish-habitat-rock-boat/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:53:37 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1849 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/21/globe-mail-fish-habitat-rock-boat/feed/ 0 Last week’s news that retired fisheries biologist Otto Langer obtained documents revealing planned changes to the federal Fisheries Act has sent ripples through the fisheries research community. According to Mr. Langer, the federal government is toying with the idea of changing some of the language in the act, which currently prohibits activities that result in [...] globe and mail fish http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/14/citr-proftalk-dr-rashid-sumaila-sustainable-fisheries-management/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/14/citr-proftalk-dr-rashid-sumaila-sustainable-fisheries-management/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:03:04 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1839 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/14/citr-proftalk-dr-rashid-sumaila-sustainable-fisheries-management/feed/ 0 Dr. Rashid Sumaila talks about sustainable fisheries management with Farha Khan on ProfTalk on CiTR 101.5 FM. Listen to the interview. http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/13/singapore-news-union-morning-post-country-unhealthiest/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/13/singapore-news-union-morning-post-country-unhealthiest/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:43:05 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1835 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/13/singapore-news-union-morning-post-country-unhealthiest/feed/ 0 Translated by Vicky Lam: Singapore news – Union Morning Post (12 March 2012) Our Country is “the Unhealthiest”?? Environmental Department: the Report is Not Objective Enough Recently, two foreign organisations released their reports on the environmental indices which are unfavorable to Singapore. These reports pointed out that Singapore is “the unhealthiest country” in respect to [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/07/le-point-france-ta-mamelle-cologique-fout-le-camp/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/07/le-point-france-ta-mamelle-cologique-fout-le-camp/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:03:36 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1829 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/03/07/le-point-france-ta-mamelle-cologique-fout-le-camp/feed/ 0 Dans notre France crispée par la crise mondiale, les candidats à l’élection présidentielle n’ont plus qu’une obsession : la richesse économique. Vite, vite, il faut renouer avec la croissance ! Vite, vite, il faut faire chuter le chômage ! Et la richesse écologique, bordel ? Ce n’est pas parce qu’on a réussi à recaser une [...] Rashid-Sumaila http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/mapping-danger-zones-fisheries-management/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/mapping-danger-zones-fisheries-management/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:45 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1802 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/mapping-danger-zones-fisheries-management/feed/ 0 FERU members William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila mapped the locations of six major conservation ‘danger zones’, where short-term thinking and the temptation to profit from overfishing are overwhelming conservation needs. (See The Daily Mail). fishingrisk http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/daily-mail-research-identifies-fishing-danger-zones-conservation-outweighed-greed-shortterm-profit-read-httpwwwdailymailcouksciencetecharticle2104363researchidentifiesfishingdangerzonesconservation/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/daily-mail-research-identifies-fishing-danger-zones-conservation-outweighed-greed-shortterm-profit-read-httpwwwdailymailcouksciencetecharticle2104363researchidentifiesfishingdangerzonesconservation/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:48:29 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1787 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/daily-mail-research-identifies-fishing-danger-zones-conservation-outweighed-greed-shortterm-profit-read-httpwwwdailymailcouksciencetecharticle2104363researchidentifiesfishingdangerzonesconservation/feed/ 0 Researchers have identified six major conservation ‘danger zones’ around the world – where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila, from the University of British Columbia, analysed figures from countries with major fishing industries in the world’s oceans. The combined economic figures from the various industries [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/wall-street-journal-singapore-worlds-unhealthiest-country/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/wall-street-journal-singapore-worlds-unhealthiest-country/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:40:26 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1782 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/22/wall-street-journal-singapore-worlds-unhealthiest-country/feed/ 0 Singapore’s lawmakers have always worried their city-state’s growth is unsustainable given its lack of water, energy and other natural resources. But a new study says matters may be worse than they know, with the country’s current “ecological deficit” leaving it last out of 150 countries ranked for their overall economic and ecological health. The Eco2 [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/ecosquared-index-nations/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/ecosquared-index-nations/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:04:22 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1750 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/ecosquared-index-nations/feed/ 0 On February 20, 2012, the final day of the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting, Dr. Rashid Sumaila unveiled his team’s “Eco2 Index”, which offers a joint measure of ecological and economic performance of nations. UBC partnered with the Global Footprint Network, an international think tank, to compile the list. “We [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/global-news-vancouver-scientists-unveil-global-index-measuring-economy-ecology/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/global-news-vancouver-scientists-unveil-global-index-measuring-economy-ecology/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:07:19 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1745 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/20/global-news-vancouver-scientists-unveil-global-index-measuring-economy-ecology/feed/ 0 While Canada has an abundance of resources from forests to fisheries to oil sands, scientists suggest that the country is edging closer to the limit of using up our environment. At the moment, Canada ranks 15th out of 150 countries in the Eco2 Index, which measures the overall economic and ecological “health” of the globe’s [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/17/impact-deepwater-horizon-blowout-economics-gulf-fisheries/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/17/impact-deepwater-horizon-blowout-economics-gulf-fisheries/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:41:53 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1733 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/17/impact-deepwater-horizon-blowout-economics-gulf-fisheries/feed/ 0 Abstract: Marine oil spills usually harm organisms at two interfaces: near the water surface and on shore. However, because of the depth of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout, deeper parts of the Gulf of Mexico are likely impacted. We estimate the potential negative economic effects of this blowout and oil spill on commercial [...] deepwater horizon http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/06/jack-mackerel-dietary-staple-africa-faces-decimation/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/06/jack-mackerel-dietary-staple-africa-faces-decimation/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:55:17 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1725 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/06/jack-mackerel-dietary-staple-africa-faces-decimation/feed/ 0 The loss of jack mackerel, which have fallen by 90 per cent over the past 20 years, foreshadow a larger global calamity. An eight-country investigation of the fishing industry in the southern Pacific by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists shows how the fate of the jack mackerel may foretell the progressive collapse of fish [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/01/dr-sumaila-speak-prince-charles-isu-marine-programme-launch-february-3-2012/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/01/dr-sumaila-speak-prince-charles-isu-marine-programme-launch-february-3-2012/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:02:38 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1710 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/02/01/dr-sumaila-speak-prince-charles-isu-marine-programme-launch-february-3-2012/feed/ 0 FERU Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila is among ten people chosen to speak at the Prince’s Charities International Sustainability Unit (ISU) Marine Programme Launch in London on Friday, February 3, 2012. The event will launch a major international campaign to “halt the destruction of the oceans through overfishing”. For more information about the event, check out [...]