Fiji Times: Shark tourism will be worth more than shark soup
Shark ecotourism currently generates more than $US314 million ($F575.62m) annually worldwide and is expected to more than double to $US780 million in the next 20 years, the study found. In comparison,...
View ArticleCBC News: Sharks worth more in ocean than in soup, B.C. study finds
Researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre say protecting sharks would lead to a big economic payoff. A study published Thursday in Oryx, The International Journal of...
View ArticleToronto Sun: Sharks worth more for tourism than in soup: study
Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served in soup, a global study showed on Friday. It urged better protection for...
View ArticleIslands Business: Close reserve to commercial fishing, scientists tell Kiribati
A decade ago, Gregory Stone and a group of coral reef ecologists suggested to Kiribati’s leadership that the long-ignored Phoenix Islands were a treasure that could bring the country prestige and...
View ArticleNature News: Europe debates fisheries funding
As Nature went to press, the European Parliament was voting on how billions of euros in subsidies should be allocated to the fishing industry. In past years, the main focus has been on ‘capacity...
View ArticleThe New York Times: Facing Vote on European Subsidies, Fishermen Cling to Way...
In a world of giant trawlers and fish-farming operations, Gwenaël Pennarun still sets out most days from this Breton village to catch sea bass the old-fashioned way, with baited hooks. It is a way of...
View ArticleVancouver Sun: The commercial seal hunt is showing signs that the end is near
The World Trade Organization ruled last week to uphold the European Union’s import ban on seal products on the grounds that it addresses moral concerns regarding seal welfare. While the Canadian...
View ArticleThe Globe and Mail: Failure to add value to resource wealth chains Canada to...
Canada, a country founded on its natural resources, possesses more natural wealth, per capita, than any other any other nation in the world. Our natural resources sustained our First Nations and...
View ArticleTimes Colonist: Comment: Pipelines could cost us far more than they return
At first glance, the National Energy Board’s thoroughness of the review the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project might seem comforting, but with conditional approval of the project, British...
View ArticleMetro News: Northern Gateway could be B.C.’s Exxon Valdez, experts warn
With the federal government expected to announce its decision on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline in June, economic and environmental experts are warning the public of the potential pitfalls...
View ArticleUBC News: 25 years after Exxon Valdez: Raising the flag for tanker safety
Re-posted from UBC News: Twenty-five years ago on this day, a supertanker carrying over 200 million litres of crude oil ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, resulting in one of the most...
View ArticleScientific American: How Fish Cool Off Global Warming
Next time you eat fish for dinner, consider that your meal is probably worth more money as a carbon capture and storage device. By assigning a dollar value to carbon stored in ocean ecosystems, two...
View ArticleFIS: High seas should be closed to all fishing, study suggests
Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study...
View ArticleVICE Motherboard: Deep Sea Fishing Threatens to Wipe Out a $150 Billion...
Marine life in the high seas soak up an amount of carbon equivalent to 30 percent of the US’s annual emissions. This carbon-sequestering service is worth about $148 billion a year, according a new...
View ArticlePhys.org: Report supports shutdown of all high seas fisheries
Fish and aquatic life living in the high seas are more valuable as a carbon sink than as food and should be better protected, according to research from the University of British Columbia. The study...
View ArticleNational Geographic: Global Ocean Commission calls for sweeping international...
An international panel of former heads of state, government ministers and prominent business leaders is calling for world leaders to protect the ocean by adopting a sweeping five-year “rescue package.”...
View ArticleThe Ecologist: Stop fishing the high seas, say scientists, for climate and...
Fish from the high seas are too valuable to be eaten, as they lessen climate change through the carbon they carry down to the ocean depths. The carbon benefits are worth $150 billion every year –...
View ArticleThe Real News: World’s Oceans Face “Irreparable Damage”
The Global Ocean Commission gives world leaders a five-year window for intervention before overfishing and climate change negatively impact the world’s food supply, clean air, and climate stability....
View ArticleVirgin Unite: Why are we paying to destroy our high seas?
It’s a case of too many boats, too few fish in our high seas. And if you live in one of the 10 countries fishing there, you’re probably unwittingly contributing to the problem. “The world’s fleet is...
View ArticleDr. Sumaila talks to CBC Radio One
Jamie Baker of The Fisheries Broadcast, CBC Radio One in Newfoundland and Labrador, interviews Dr. U. Rashid Sumaila about his recent publication in Scientific Reports. You can listen to an audio clip...
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