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/2010/12/03/overfishing-oceans-youtube/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/12/03/overfishing-oceans-youtube/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:44:49 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=1154 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/12/03/overfishing-oceans-youtube/feed/ 0 Below is a short video that looks to be a mashup of clips from around the web including one of Dr. Sumaila. Watch below or click through to the YouTube clip. http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/02/15/explaining-importance-ocean-humanity-video/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/02/15/explaining-importance-ocean-humanity-video/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:38:35 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=889 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/02/15/explaining-importance-ocean-humanity-video/feed/ 0 Dr. Sumaila appears in a video with several notable celebrities including Leonardo Dicaprio and Prince Charles. In this video concerning the health of the earth’s oceans and climate change Dr. Sumaila says: Scientists have predicted: every second breath of humans depends on the oceans. So the oceans are central to our livelihoods and our survival [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/01/22/video-indonesia-brings-artisinal-sardine-fishery-life/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/01/22/video-indonesia-brings-artisinal-sardine-fishery-life/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:28:35 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=880 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2010/01/22/video-indonesia-brings-artisinal-sardine-fishery-life/feed/ 0 For many people, thoughts of fisheries brings to mind images of industrial fleets with sophisticated boats and gear. However, another side of fishing that is rarely seen in many parts of the world is the focus of work by Eny Buchary who is a current PhD candidate working with Dr. Tony Pitcher of the Policy [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/30/unep-discusses-fishery-subsidies-video/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/30/unep-discusses-fishery-subsidies-video/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:05:22 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=833 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/11/30/unep-discusses-fishery-subsidies-video/feed/ 0 A short new video posted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on video sharing site YouTube is an excellent quick introduction to fisheries subsidies and why it is an important issue. Watch for appearances by Dr. Sumaila at 1:22, 2:37, and 2:59 in the video below. Key concepts excerpted from the video are: “almost [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/short-fishery-subsidy-interview-aaa2-2007/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/short-fishery-subsidy-interview-aaa2-2007/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:48:54 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=757 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/short-fishery-subsidy-interview-aaa2-2007/feed/ 0 Although this is an older (2007) video, it is worthy of mention since Dr. Sumaila expands a little further on the impact of subsidies in the high seas, difficulties associated with removing subsidies, and mentions an estimate of total subsidies to the world’s fisheries from Sumaila et al. (2006) — more than USD $30 billion. [...] http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/dr-sumaila-overfishing-interview/ http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/dr-sumaila-overfishing-interview/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:16:07 +0000 nhotte http://feru.org/?p=755 http://feru.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2009/08/25/dr-sumaila-overfishing-interview/feed/ 0 Dr. Sumaila has long been a vocal critic of the established practice of subsidizing fisheries around the globe. This video focuses on the Ghanaian economy, however, the idea that fishery subsidies negatively affect global fish stocks can be extrapolated to many, if not all, other regions. ———————————————— Source: YouTube Video