Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak – Ph.D. Student

DalalBioPic2Hailing from Kuwait City, Kuwait , Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak entertained an early passion for marine biology by spending countless hours submerged amongst the coral reefs of the Persian Gulf. Her enthusiasm for marine life grew into a lifelong love for ecology and conservation. After graduating cum laude with a BA in Environmental Studies & Conservation Biology from Middlebury College, VT, Dalal received a Watson Fellowship to travel to Panama, the Bahamas, New Zealand, Fiji, Palau, the Seychelles, and South Africa to research the extent to which cultural context influences shark conservation efforts. From 2013-2015 she worked as a Marine Policy Analyst with the Water and Oceans Governance Group at the UNDP Headquarters in New York City.

In 2015 she completed her PhD dissertation  entitled “In the Wake of the Dhow: Historical Changes in the Marine Ecology and Fisheries of the Persian Gulf” under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Pauly, and is currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Sea Around Us. Her current research interests lie in the historical marine ecology of the Persian Gulf. Through a variety of historical documents she hopes to assess and quantify changes in the distribution and abundance of marine species in the Gulf in order to establish more accurate baselines from which to measure changes. A complete list of publications can be found at: http://www.al-abdulrazzak.com/publications

 

2009 Radio & TV Interviews

March 17 BC Almanac Nutrition Guidelines Rashid Sumaila Windows Media
March 16 CBC.ca Advice to eat fish hurts environment Rashid Sumaila Acrobat Reader
March 15 Radio New Zealand International US fishing subsidies to American Samoa and others contributing to overfishing Rashid Sumaila Acrobat Reader
March 14 Radio France Daniel Pauly Daniel Pauly Real Player
March 9 Discovery News Fish fare best at economic extremes by Emily Sohn Rashid Sumaila Acrobat Reader
March 2 SVT.Se Svensk naiv TV-kfritikk Daniel Pauly Acrobat Reader
March 2 Radio Canada International Canada en las Americas: Cuantos peces hay en el oceano? by Christian Sida
Feb. 25 Swedish Public Broadcasting, SVT.se Rosa Guld (Pink Gold)

Translation

 Daniel Pauly Acrobat Reader
Feb. 25 Svt.se Odlad lax ger mindre fisk i haven Daniel Pauly Real Player
Feb. 13 WBUR Boston Cod population could plummet by 2050 by Sascha Pfeiffer Real Player
Feb. 12 CNN.com Fish migrating to cooler waters by Azadeh Ansari William Cheung Acrobat Reader
Feb. 12 STV News Fish seen shifting 125 miles by 2050 due to warming by Alister Doyle William Cheung Acrobat Reader
Jan. 16 iNews 880 Fish Poop: New Findings! Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 16 Komo News Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 16 Press TV Fish control seawater harmful acid levels Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 CBC.ca Study suggests fish waste helping neutralize carbon dioxide levels in oceans Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 CBC.ca Fish feces reduce ocean CO2 levels Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 KSL.com Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 FoxNews.com Fish feces may maintain ocean acid balance Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 Eyewitness News Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 DiscoverChannel.com Fish poop helps balance ocean acidity Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 Central Florida News 13 Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 CTV.ca Fish feces may help neutralize carbon dioxide levels Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 STV.tv Fish digestions help keep the oceans healthy Villy Christensen Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 KATU.com Scientists find benefit to fish poop by Scott Sistek Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 CBS News Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 KOMO News Scientists find benefit to fish poop by Scott Sistek Acrobat Reader
Jan. 15 KTAR.com Fish poop helps balance ocean’s acid levels Acrobat Reader

William Cheung – Associated Faculty

williamDr. William Cheung is a Professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC and the Director (Science) of the Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program. His main research areas include understanding the responses and vulnerabilities of marine ecosystems and fisheries to global change, and examining trade-offs in managing and conserving living marine resources. His works cut across multiple disciplines, from oceanography to ecology, economics and social sciences, and range from local to global scales.

William has published over 150 peer-reviewed publications [Google Scholar], including papers in leading international journals. William is also actively involved in international and regional initiatives that bridge science and policy. For instance, he was a Lead Author in the Working Group II of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and Global Biodiversity Outlook. He serves as member of the editorial board of Fish and Fisheries, Fisheries Oceanography and Frontiers in Marine Sciences, and as scientific advisors in a number of international and local organizations including BioDiscovery, IUCN and WWF Canada.

William obtained his BSc in Biology and M.Phil. from the University of Hong Kong. He worked for WWF Hong Kong for two years, after which he completed his Ph.D. in Resource Management and Environmental Studies at UBC. From 2009 to 2011, he was Lecturer in Marine Ecosystem Services in the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.

Selected Publications

Pauly, D. and Cheung, W.W.L. (2017) Sound physiological knowledge and principles in modeling shrinking of fishes under climate change. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.13831

Cheung, W.W.L., Lam, V., Sarmiento, J., Kearney, K., Watson, R., Zeller, D. and Pauly, D. (2009) Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change. Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01995.x.

Cheung, W.W.L., Lam, V.W.Y., Sarmiento, J.L., Kearney, K., Watson, R. and Pauly, D. (2009) Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts under climate change scenarios. Fish and Fisheries: 10: 235-251

Cheung, W.W.L., Close, C., Lam, V.W.Y., Watson, R. and Pauly, D. (2008). Application of macroecological theory to predict effects of climate change on global fisheries potential. Marine Ecology Progress Series 365: 187-197.

Cheung, W.W.L. and Sumaila, U.R. (2008). Trade-offs between conservation and socio-economic objectives in managing a tropical marine ecosystem. Ecological Economics 66: 193-210.

Cheung, W.W.L. and Pitcher, T.J. (2008). Evaluating the status of exploited taxa in the northern South China Sea using intrinsic vulnerability and spatially explicit catch-per-unit-effort data. Fisheries Research 92: 28-40.

Cheung W.W.L., Watson, R., Morato, T., Pitcher, T.J. and Pauly, D. (2007). Intrinsic vulnerability in the global fish catch. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 1-12.

Cheung W.W.L., Pitcher, T.J. and Pauly, D. (2005). A fuzzy logic expert system to estimate intrinsic extinction vulnerability of marine fishes to fishing. Biological Conservation 124: 97-111.

Sadovy Y. and Cheung, W.L. (2003). Near extinction of a highly fecund fish: the one that nearly got away. Fish and Fisheries 4: 86-99.