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A research initiative at UBC and UWA led by #DanielPauly, Deng Palomares & Dirk Zeller. We assess the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems.
@seaaroundus.orgThis @mongabay.com article by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social cites our Paper Park Index! - which found that about 30% of the 184 marine protected areas assessed were likely “paper parks,” with fishing pressure inconsistent with their protected status.
@seaaroundus.orgAquaculture vs. Fisheries? The conversation with Dr. Daniel Pauly addresses what happens when the growing demand for farmed seafood creates new pressures on wild fish and marine ecosystems.
@seaaroundus.orgAny accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed, said Daniel Pauly, project director of the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of B.C. in Vancouver (via @info.radio-canada.ca )
@seaaroundus.org“Any accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed,” said Daniel Pauly, of the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC. “And that kind of accounting offers a very different picture than the industry offers.” (@latimes.com)
@seaaroundus.orgToday is World Octopus Day.
This is a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), one of many marine invertebrate species in rapid decline worldwide. Our research on the state of this and other species is meant to support conservation efforts.
Learn more lnkd.in/gw3MvREg
@seaaroundus.orgVery proud to have supported this research published in npj Ocean Sustainability: "Distant-water fishing and its effects on domestic food security" www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@seaaroundus.orgThere's still time to register for the 2026 Larkin Award Lecture.
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@seaaroundus.orgWhat does it mean to “take back the sea”? A new book explores this question through fisheries, ecology, philosophy and social issues
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@seaaroundus.orgCan fisheries and ocean protection move beyond an “us vs. them” debate? A new book explores how unexpected alliances could reshape the conversation. bit.ly/reprendrelamer
@uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.socialReposted by @seaaroundus.orgOctober 1, 3:40pm AKDT seminar #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑
What is Ocean Equity? with URI professor Dr. Ota
@uafairbanks.bsky.social @tamamta.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social
@seaaroundus.orgThe 2026 Larkin Award Lecture will bring long-time FishBase and Sea Around Us collaborator, Dr. Fabrice Teletchea, to Vancouver.
He will address the growth in the number of farmed fish species and the impacts of global change on fish domestication.
@seaaroundus.orgWhat if saving the sea starts by bringing unlikely allies together? 🌊 A new book by Daniel Pauly, Claire Nouvian and Baptiste Morizot explores that idea. bit.ly/reprendrelamer
@seaaroundus.orgIn Indonesian: "There is another, more subtle issue: the loss of ecological memory. Daniel Pauly introduced the concept of "shifting baseline syndrome" in his 1995 paper, "Anecdotes and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome of Fisheries."
@highseasalliance.bsky.socialReposted by @seaaroundus.orgCongratulations to #Canada on officially ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty, bringing us to a total of 98 ratifications! 🇨🇦
Every country that ratifies gets to participate at #BBNJCOP1 to build the legal foundation to make #HighSeas protection a reality.
@science.ubc.caReposted by @seaaroundus.org“Solving complex environmental challenges requires bringing together different forms of knowledge and expertise,” said Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean of UBC Science. @ubcoceans.bsky.social
@seaaroundus.orgCheck out this Q&A with the Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, following the symposium "Challenges for Sustainable Fishing in Mediterranean Island Environments"
@seaaroundus.orgOur yardstick for what counts as normal or remarkable is constantly changing. Ecologists call this “shifting baseline syndrome”. This was originally described in the context of fisheries by Daniel Pauly (via @theguardian.com ). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@seaaroundus.org"Ce réflexe nous empêche de prendre conscience des grands changements dans notre environnement, selon le biologiste franco-canadien Daniel Pauly."
@seaaroundus.orgWe have officially registered over 1000 citations to our database!
You can check them out here www.seaaroundus.org/citations/ (and if yours is missing, let us know!)
@seaaroundus.orgWhat a pleasure it has been to host the 24th FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium. The videos will come soon, but in the meantime, here are some snapshots from Day 1 of the symposium. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees!