UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is working towards a world in which our freshwater and ocean systems are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. #UBCOceans https://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3muphrfydc22qDr. Muhammed Oyinlola said: “Our modelling shows that the outcome is not inevitable. A more diversified option favours growth in lower-input species, while ambiguity leaves the door open to growth that threatens communities, fisheries & climate.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/03/un-fish-farms-food-oceans-aquaculture04 Sep 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3muphrfydc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3muphnkx24s2qWith the closure of Newfoundland and Labrador’s recreational food #fishery on Labour Day, a fisheries officer with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says this year's expansion made for a good season, with high participation levels. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/northern-cod-fishery-update-9.732991604 Sep 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3muphnkx24s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3muphfiiivk2q#FridayFunny Love that Chonkers is such a celebrity that he now has "imitators." Another Steller sea lion has appeared on Pier 39’s K-Dock — but it’s not the San Francisco tourist attraction’s Prius-sized “seal-ebrity” Chonkers. https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/chonkers-imitator-pier-39-22416911.php04 Sep 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3muphfiiivk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mungyrp3ys2tHaving found a mysterious killer of sea stars, scientists see an ingenious way to stop it. @rhizalyssa.bsky.social https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-sea-star-wasting-disease-outbreak-bc-research/03 Sep 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mungyrp3ys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mungvjslac2tA toxic algal bloom is causing a surge of poisonings along the California coast, severely sickening sea lions and other marine mammals and leaving some dead on the shore. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sea-lions-california-dying-22411825.php03 Sep 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mungvjslac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mungne3uys2tThe percentage of the world’s shrimp supply coming from wild-caught fisheries has gradually taken up a smaller piece of the pie. Most recent statistics on wild-caught shrimp place it at 29% percent of the world’s total supply of shrimp. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/global-wild-caught-shrimp-making-sustainability-market-progress-but-still-face-challenges03 Sep 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mungne3uys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mungfae2ic2tRESEARCH: Large fisheries declines linked to compound and extreme climate events. Co-authored by Dr. William Cheung @ubccoru.bsky.social Isabella Morgante & Dr. Juliano Palacios-Abrantes @julianop.bsky.social https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-77077-z03 Sep 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mungfae2ic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mung775fr22tThis agreement will strengthen the Gitanyow Fisheries Authority’s capacity to deliver #fisheries stewardship initiatives, including the Kitwanga Sockeye Recovery Program. https://ecomagazine.com/news/fisheries-aquaculture/canada-and-gitanyow-nation-sign-10-year-fisheries-reconciliation-agreement-to-protect-salmon/03 Sep 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mung775fr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mung3nf4is2tCanadian Fisheries officer Albert Grandy says the expansion of the recreational food fishery, which went from three days a week to seven, made for a good season on the water. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/hundreds-vessels-were-checked-thousands-195505759.html03 Sep 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mung3nf4is2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3munfwgtsg22tShedd Aquarium in Chicago says two whales have died. Shedd says one whale, Rain, came from Marineland in mid-August while the other, Beethoven, was already a resident. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marineland-beluga-shedd-aquarium-died-9.733051303 Sep 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3munfwgtsg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3munbiak5ms2eRESEARCH: Extreme and compound ocean events are key drivers of projected low pelagic fish biomass. Co-authored by Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.1696803 Sep 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3munbiak5ms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mun6bp4qrk2sSometimes called supermales or Trojan YY males, they have two Y chromosomes instead of one. When supermales mate with female wild trout, the offspring are all male—eventually producing a population that consists only of elderly bachelors. https://www.science.org/content/article/doom-invasive-fish-scientists-are-breeding-supermales03 Sep 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun6bp4qrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mun5g6qvqs2h“We’ve done a very thorough analysis of factors impacting #salmon populations. The stats show the biggest factor … is seal and sea lion predation,” said Dr. Murdoch McAllister. https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/historic-dominant-fraser-river-sockeye-run-collapses-called-disastrous-1271916803 Sep 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun5g6qvqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mun4tfrlfs2tRESEARCH: How error distribution and sampling depth strata affect plankton abundance modelling. Co-authored by Dr. Evgeny A. Pakhomov & Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé @marieaugermethe.bsky.social https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44289-026-00166-w03 Sep 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun4tfrlfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mun4osij2c2tA new study details a deep-sea expedition near the remote Christmas and Cocos islands, where researchers visited unexplored seamounts and identified 149 previously unknown marine species, including black corals, sea worms, sea cucumbers & variety of fish https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/scientists-discover-149-new-deep-sea-species-at-remote-indian-ocean-seamounts/03 Sep 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun4osij2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mun4lleqbk2tThe first thing that struck us wasn’t the missing trees, but the missing water. In May 2026, we visited the Sundarbans, a #mangrove forest in the delta where the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers meet in the Bay of Bengal. https://theconversation.com/ecological-collapse-in-the-worlds-largest-mangrove-forest-is-a-preview-of-whats-to-come-28944503 Sep 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun4lleqbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu6mhjq7oc2m“Shifting baseline syndrome”, a concept attributed to Daniel Pauly to explain how new human generations accept a degraded environment as normal because they forget how healthy ecosystems looked, can be applied to the vanishing mangroves. @seaaroundus.org https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/6758/mud-crab-the-unsung-iconic-champion-of-mangroves/29 Aug 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6mhjq7oc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu5vf5xjrs2xRESEARCH: Acknowledgement of Indigenous and Tribal roots in Ohio. Co-authored by Dr. Sara Cannon @surlyscientist.bsky.social. https://academic.oup.com/fisheries/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/fshmag/vuag057/876783828 Aug 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5vf5xjrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu5rmtl5v22dHippocampus amandavincentae grows to about 6.3 inches (16 centimeters) and has a short snout, a five-spined crown on its head, and additional spines along its body and tail. Named for Dr. @amandavincent.bsky.social who directs and co-founded @projectseahorse.bsky.social https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/seahorse-species-found-indias-discarded-081600136.html28 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rmtl5v22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu5rjtzj5s2dForeign fishing fleets are worsening food and nutrition insecurity in some of the world’s most vulnerable coastal countries, keeping locally-caught fish in local markets could improve nutrition for up to 10.6 million people across 35 countries. https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/global-nutrient-imbalance-linked-to-industry-exporting-local-catch-from-africa/28 Aug 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rjtzj5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu5rhwn7qc2dTwo beluga whales and four dolphins rescued from a Canadian marine park that closed more than a year ago arrived at Valencia's Oceanografic aquarium in eastern Spain as part of an international effort to relocate the animals and avoid their euthanasia https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5y4mmn78n3o28 Aug 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rhwn7qc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu5rfv2enk2dThose in Canada's #seafood industry on the East Coast are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government removed U.S. #fish and seafood products from its list of counter-tariffed items. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/seafood-removed-counter-tariffs-9.732238428 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rfv2enk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu3fmvvy2c2bUBC's @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @forestry.ubc.ca welcome Dr. Julian Olden, who will be joining us as the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in Freshwater Ecosystem Sustainability @science.ubc.ca https://oceans.ubc.ca/2026/08/27/iof-and-forestry-welcome-world-leading-researcher-through-eddie-goldenberg-research-chairs-of-canada-program/27 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3fmvvy2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu3fchzsik2bIn a bid to slow the decline of the queen conch, researchers and local conservation organizations across the Caribbean are establishing a network of mobile hatcheries aimed at protecting the giant marine snail through its early life stages. https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/mobile-queen-conch-hatcheries-strive-to-help-the-species-engage-caribbean-communities/ via @mongabay.com https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/mobile-queen-conch-hatcheries-strive-to-help-the-species-engage-caribbean-communities/?utm_source=Global+English&utm_campaign=9e36d3a0d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_20_01_05_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_940652e1f4-7512940ea4-677716692&mc_cid=9e36d3a0d7&mc_eid=b17e8a545c27 Aug 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3fchzsik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu3b5ljwtc2xThe province’s #fishing industry appears to be cautiously optimistic about a new joint federal-provincial funding program, despite a lack of details on how it will work. https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/fishing-industry-cautiously-backs-joint-funding-program-despite-lack-of-details-1270722127 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3b5ljwtc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mu3axss7zk2xThe increase in #whale entanglements is likely due to more humpbacks interacting with commercial and recreational #fishing. https://hashilthsa.com/news/2026-08-26/humpback-entanglements-increase-whales-return-same-spots-where-shellfish-traps-are27 Aug 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3axss7zk2x