To celebrate the launch of the OceanCanada Book, SEA CHANGE: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada, a webinar was held on Sept 18, 2024. This webinar closed the project and was very well attended; a wonderful end to such a monumental collective effort by so many scientists, students, and great minds across Canada.
In 2023, OceanCanada Scientific Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila was recognized and awarded by multiple organizations for his significant contributions to advancing the cause of utilizing economics in the sustainable management of environmental resources, particularly for the benefit of future generations and our most vulnerable communities. His awards included the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the Prince Albert 1 Grand Medal for Science, and he was named one of 100 most influential Africans of 2023. The following essay is a series of reflections on breaking down the "Silos" in Fisheries Science, and is especially recommended reading for students and early career scholars.
Article originally posted at UBC Oceans.
Deep sea mining will produce far too little benefits for the harm it will cause. That is the result of an analysis by marine scientists and policy experts from around the globe, led by OceanCanada Scientific Director Dr. Rashid Sumaila from the University of British Columbia.
Originally posted on the Sea Around Us website.
Three leading environmental thinkers discuss the global fight for ocean justice, in a world grappling with the impacts of overfishing and climate change. They will also discuss the ‘ call to end fishing on the high seas – as well as reflect on the Tyler Prize, which is this year celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
This article was originally posted at oceans.ubc.ca. Click here to view.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific community.
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, OceanCanada Scientific Director and University Killam professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, has won the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems.
Pursuing systematic change in the fisheries sector or interested in the preservation of marine resources? Join us for this virtual book launch by author and professor Rashid Sumaila and engage in a discussion on his new book, Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries.
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University Killam Professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in the Faculty of Arts, has won the 2021 Impact Award – Partnership category, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Nearly 400 ocean experts from around the world, led by OceanCanada's Scientific Director, Dr. U. Rashid Sumaila, on 5 November presented a letter to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala calling on the world’s governments to agree on new global rules to curb harmful fisheries subsidies at the WTO’s upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which starts at the end of this month. The Director-General has shared the letter with the WTO membership and called it a strong reminder for WTO members to conclude the long-running negotiations and help prevent the depletion of marine fish stocks and biodiversity.
Two hundred and ninety scientists from 46 countries led by OceanCanada's Dr Rashid Sumaila are asking members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to take a bold step and pass a motion to ban harmful at their 12th Ministerial Conference that will take place from November 30 to December 3, 2021, in Geneva. In an open letter published in Science and spearheaded by Dr. Sumaila, Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, the researchers say that the WTO has a unique opportunity to pass an effective agreement that eliminates subsidies for fuel, distant-water and destructive fishing fleets, and illegal and unregulated vessels.
