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September 2016

Thu
22
Sep
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

Yoshi Ota and William Cheung Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries; Nereus Program, UBC; Rashid Sumalia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC; Larry Crowder, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

The ocean is changing and human society needs to adapt. What is the scale of this change and what will be the impacts?

October 2016

Thu
27
Oct
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

David Kroodsma, Research Program Manager, SkyTruth, USA

Can we have eyes in the sky to monitor global fishing efforts? Join us for a talk on how Global Fishing Watch uses remote sensing collected by satellites to expose the impact of fishing.

November 2016

Thu
17
Nov
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

Elsie M. Sunderland, Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Sunderland will discuss recent insights into factors controlling human and ecological exposures to methylmercury, and the implications of climate change for such risks.

January 2017

Thu
19
Jan
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

Marjo Vierros, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS); Yoshitaka Ota, Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor and Suzanne von der Porten, Nereus Program, UBC

February 2017

Mon
27
Feb
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

David Gill, The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC); Gerald Singh, Nereus Program, UBC

This lecture discusses the intersection of ocean sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals on a global scale.

March 2017

Thu
16
Mar
Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries

Doug McCauley, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara