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The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) is a research unit at the University of British Columbia (UBC) that was formed in 2015 by incorporating members from the former UBC Fisheries Centre (est. 1991, dis. 2015), as well as a subset of researchers that are conducting marine related research at UBC. The IOF developed its own graduate program, which welcomed its first cohort of graduate students in September 2019. In addition to students of its OCF program (OCeans and Fisheries), members are also drawn from other graduate programs at UBC, primarily from the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, the Departments of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Zoology, Geography, and Botany, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries brings together a community of Canadian and international experts in ocean and freshwater species, systems, economics, and issues to provide new insights into how global marine systems function, and the impacts of human activity on those systems. It is working towards a world in which the oceans are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. IOF is located at The University of British Columbia, and promotes multidisciplinary study of aquatic ecosystems and broad-based collaboration with researchers, educators, maritime communities, government, NGOs, and other partners.

Research units

The IOF brings together a broad range of scientists to study both the ocean itself and the lives and livelihoods of coastal populations. Its research groups focus on issues of local significance in Western Canada, including the Salish Sea and Strait of Georgia, as well as broader global concerns such as artisanal fisheries in developing countries. It is constantly developing new research groups in response to emerging issues, trends and awareness.

References

1. "Oceans @UBC". Marine Research at UBC. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. Applied Freshwater Ecology Research Unit – Main web site.
3. Changing Ocean Research Unit – Main web site.
4. Climate and Coastal Ecosystem Lab – Main web site.
5. Simon Donner
6. Coastal Marine Ecology – Main web site.
7. Chris Harley
8. Connecting Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Lab – Main web site.
9. Kai Chan
10. Murdoch McAllister
11. Fisheries Economics Research Unit – Main web site.
12. http://oceans.ubc.ca/rashid-sumaila/ Fisheries Economics Research Unit.
13. Global Fisheries Cluster – Main web site.
14. Global Ocean Modeling – Main web site.
15. Villy Christensen Global Ocean Modeling.
16. Hakai Coastal Initiative – Main webpage.
17. Marine Mammal Energetics and Nutrition Lab – Main web site.
18. David Rosen
19. Marine Mammal Research Unit – Main web site.
20. Andrew Trites
21. Marine Virology and Microbiology – Main web site.
22. Curtis Suttle
23. Marine Virology and Microbiology – Main web site.
24. Evgeny Pakhomov
25. OceanCanada Partnership
26. "Rashid Sumaila, FRSC | Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries".
27. Ocean Pollution Research Unit – Main web site.
28. https://oceanpollution.oceans.ubc.ca/about/principal-investigator/ Juan Jose Alava
29. Ocean Leaders – Main web site.
30. Simon Donner
31. Pelagic Ecosystems Lab – Main web site.
32. Brian Hunt
33. Project Seahorse – Main web site.
34. Amanda Vincent Project Seahorse.
35. Sea Around Us Project – Main web site.
36. Mission statement Sea Around Us
37. Statistical Ecology Research Group – Main web site.
38. Marie Auger-Méthé

External links

• UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

49°15′49″N 123°15′04″W / 49.26362°N 123.25114°W / 49.26362; -123.25114

• Fisheries and aquaculture research institutes