Warming waters from climate change are modifying freshwater fish communities everywhere, notably in Lake Peipsi, located between Estonia and Russia, as they favor warm-water species such as pike-perch and hinder the survival of cool-water species such as vendace and burbot. Continue reading
A team of researchers from the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, CEA Consulting, Duke University, and Virgil Group mapped the extent of bottom trawling in nearshore waters globally, explored its effects on marine ecosystems, and identified possible solutions to address its worst impacts.
Their findings will be presented in a webinar to be held on July 15, 2021, at 12 pm EST.
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Recreational fisher at Baker Beach, California. Photo by mgstanton, Flickr.
Despite being the leading country when it comes to transparency, public accessibility, and free availability of fisheries data, the United States of America’s lack of international reporting of recreational catches and fish discarded at sea may hinder proper ecosystem-based management efforts, new research has found. Continue reading
The Sea Around Us is pleased to announce that the marine fisheries catch data and derived indicators have been updated to the year 2018.
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A treasure trove of vital nutritional data about fish species from all around the world is being made freely available – plugging a knowledge gap that will bolster efforts to tackle malnutrition.
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