The Sea Around Us Project studies the effects of fishing on the world’s marine ecosystems. The project has assembled global databases of fisheries information, including catches, prices, distribution of commercial marine species and marine protected areas. The project analyzes and maps data, documents the impact of fisheries, and devises recommendations to reverse harmful trends.
This Pew Environment Group supported project was established in 1999 at the University of British Columbia.
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(Vancouver Sun) The sad story of Newfoundland’s cod industry is well known: When the region’s once-thriving cod population collapsed in 1992, 40,000 jobs vanished along with a way of life. Atlantic cod, previously abundant, became an endangered species.More
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The Sea Around Us Project portal has been selected to receive the 2012 UBC Library Innovative Dissemination of Research Award.More
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Marine fisheries contribute to the global economy, from the catching of fish to the provision of support services for the fishing industry. A general lack of data and uncertainty about the level of employment in marine fisheries can lead to underestimation of fishing effort and hence overexploited fisheries, or result in inaccurate projections of economic and societal costs and benefits.More
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There are approximately 260 million marine fisheries jobs worldwide, according to a new article in the journal Fish and Fisheries. The comprehensive estimates of employment generated from fishing are 1.75 times greater than previous approximations by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.More
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(CBC) Warming temperatures in the world's oceans will cause major changes for the fishing industry, according to a study published Sunday involving a University of British Columbia researcher.More
