A magical weekend of scientific learning and exploring scenic Bamfield

April 2, 2024

Sailing away from Bamfield aboard the MV Frances Barkley. Photo by Anna Luna Rossi.

By Anna Luna Rossi.

It takes about six hours, departing from Vancouver, to reach the Bamfield Marine Science Centre, where was held the 45th annual Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC). Three of those hours consist of sailing on the MV Frances Barkley – a 65-year-old heritage ship originating in Norway that started its current route in 1990 – through the Alberni Inlet from Port Alberni to Bamfield, almost reaching the open ocean in Barkley Sound.

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Deng Palomares and Belize fisheries 2023-12-06

Belizean fishers want changes in policy and practice to revert declining catch trends

January 23, 2024January 24, 2024

The Sea Around Us project manager, Dr. Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, with Belizean fishers. Photo by the Belize Fisheries Project.

Belizean fishers’ experience in the water confirms the declining trends in fishery catches – and, therefore, in fish populations – uncovered by the Belize Fisheries Project (BFP), of which the Sea Around Us is a member together with Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI), the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative (HRI) and MRAG Americas.

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Researchers can now access integrated dataset of groundfish biodiversity

January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

Melanogrammus aeglefinus or haddock. Photo by Salesjö, A., FishBase.

An international team of researchers gathered in the FISHGLOB Consortium has released a new dataset that presents standardized information from publicly available scientific bottom trawl surveys conducted in the waters of 18 countries from 1963 to 2021 and covering over 2,100 fish species.

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Fishermen carrying half-full netin Digha, India

Large subsidized fleets operating in the Indian Ocean plunder fisheries resources crucial in food-insecure communities

December 13, 2023January 4, 2024

Fishermen in Digha, India. Photo by Krishnendu Biswas, Pexels.

A few big players in the Indian Ocean Rim are disproportionately accessing the region’s fisheries resources through harmful subsidies while limiting the access to those resources of small-scale fleets from nutrient-insecure countries.

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Navigating challenges in scientific publishing: A letter to young scientists

December 11, 2023January 4, 2024

Rainer Froese. Photo by the Blue Marine Foundation, Facebook.

By Rainer Froese

I thought the background story of our recent publication ‘New developments in the analysis of catch time series as the basis for fish stock assessments: The CMSY++ method‘ may be of interest to young scientists.

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