SeaAroundUs

SeaAroundUs

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A research initiative at UBC and UWA led by #DanielPauly, Deng Palomares & Dirk Zeller. We assess the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems.

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"This is not a build Canada while protecting our environment act," said UBC evolutionary biologist Dr. Sarah Otto. "It is a build Canada strong while damaging the environment [act]." @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

cbc.caSome of Canada's top scientists push for changes to Carney's new major projects bill | CBC NewsMore than 50 of Canada's leading scholars and scientists are urging Parliament to make major changes to a signature bill from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government in an effort to avoid irreversible...
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This @mongabay.com article by @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social cites our Paper Park Index! - which found that about 30% of the 184 marine protected areas assessed were likely “paper parks,” with fishing pressure inconsistent with their protected status. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/from...

news.mongabay.comFrom paper parks to lasting protection, here’s what works in marine conservationIn recent years, there has been a steady stream of ocean conservation pledges, from French Polynesia extending marine protection across its nearly 5 million-square-kilometer exclusive economic zone, i...
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Any accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed, said Daniel Pauly, project director of the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of B.C. in Vancouver (via @info.radio-canada.ca ) ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

ici.radio-canada.caWhat is your seafood eating? Investigation traces problems in global feed supply | RCIFish meal and fish oil used in aquaculture linked to pollution, overfishing and labour abuses
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“Any accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed,” said Daniel Pauly, of the Sea Around Us initiative at UBC. “And that kind of accounting offers a very different picture than the industry offers.” (@latimes.com) www.latimes.com/world-nation...

latimes.comThe hidden cost of farmed fish: Pollution, forced labor and the depletion of wild fishFish farming has been marketed as a sustainable answer to overfishing. But an investigation found that the feed behind much of modern aquaculture is driving ocean depletion, labor abuse and unrest far...
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Today is World Octopus Day. This is a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), one of many marine invertebrate species in rapid decline worldwide. Our research on the state of this and other species is meant to support conservation efforts. Learn more lnkd.in/gw3MvREg

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The 2026 Larkin Award Lecture will bring long-time FishBase and Sea Around Us collaborator, Dr. Fabrice Teletchea, to Vancouver. He will address the growth in the number of farmed fish species and the impacts of global change on fish domestication. www.eventbrite.ca/e/2026-peter...

eventbrite.ca2026 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture - Hybrid EventThe 2026 Larkin Lecture will address the growth in the number of farmed fish species and the impacts of global change on fish domestication.

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“Solving complex environmental challenges requires bringing together different forms of knowledge and expertise,” said Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean of UBC Science. @ubcoceans.bsky.social science.ubc.ca/news/2026-09...

science.ubc.caUBC, First Nations-led alliance strengthen collaboration to advance fisheries stewardshipThe Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance and UBC have signed a memorandum of collaboration to strengthen their partnership on fisheries conservation and research.
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Our yardstick for what counts as normal or remarkable is constantly changing. Ecologists call this “shifting baseline syndrome”. This was originally described in the context of fisheries by Daniel Pauly (via @theguardian.com ). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThink of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen PilcherThe complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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"Ce réflexe nous empêche de prendre conscience des grands changements dans notre environnement, selon le biologiste franco-canadien Daniel Pauly." vert.eco/climat/les-f...

vert.ecoLes Français face à l’amnésie climatique : combien de temps trouverons-nous ces étés caniculaires anormaux ? — VertCet été, le plus chaud jamais enregistré en Europe, a été un choc pour nombre d’entre nous : près de la moitié de l’Hexagone a dépassé au moins une fois les 40°C. À tel point que nous nous réjouission...
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What a pleasure it has been to host the 24th FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium. The videos will come soon, but in the meantime, here are some snapshots from Day 1 of the symposium. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees!

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Ces travaux sont inspirés de ceux du biologiste français Daniel Pauly. Il a remarqué que, face à l'effondrement de la biodiversité marine, les jeunes générations de pêcheurs avaient des attentes moindres que leurs aînés (via @franceinfo.fr) www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...

franceinfo.frCanicules à répétition, sécheresse inédite... L'été 2026 va-t-il emporter avec lui nos souvenirs des saisons estivales "normales" ?Avec le réchauffement climatique causé par les activités humaines, les étés n'ont plus le même visage que ceux du passé. A tel point qu'on s'habitue aux températures caniculaires et qu'on oublie "le t...

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Mention of Daniel Pauly's “shifting baselines syndrome.” The first time you enter an ecosystem sets the baseline for you as to what is normal; if change is slow enough, it won’t seem drastic.' @seaaroundus.org www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

mcgill.caHow Do You Squeeze Climate Change Inside the Human Brain?The loudest alarm blaring all over the world right now is that of climate change—but the brains of many seem to have habituated to it. Climate experts find themselves trapped in irony: they can predic...
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The industry’s sales pitch is incorrect,” says the Sea Around Us' Daniel Pauly. "The most popular farmed seafood products in Spain and other countries are fed with the same wild fish species that aquaculture claims to be saving, accelerating ocean depletion" english.elpais.com/climate/2026...

english.elpais.comAquaculture is depleting the oceans: A farmed salmon can consume more than six times its weight in wild fishThe rapid growth of the industry has increased demand for fishmeal and fish oil, creating environmental and social costs that are often felt far from the consumers who buy the final products
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Le syndrome des lignes de base changeantes continue de faire les gros titres. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

lemonde.frL’amnésie environnementale, ou comment notre lente accommodation à une biodiversité dégradée nous fait oublier la nature foisonnante d’antanSi nous nous rappelons des pare-brise constellés d’insectes morts après un trajet en voiture, que sait-on des loups qui rôdaient dans les campagnes au Moyen Age, ou des saumons dans la Seine au XIXᵉ s...
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The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, explains the contradiction of fishing up to six times the weight of a farmed salmon to feed it. [In #Spanish - Use your browser's translation tool] (via @elpais.com ) elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

elpais.comLa acuicultura agota los océanos: un salmón de cultivo puede llegar a consumir más de seis veces su peso en peces silvestresGran parte de la harina de pescado utilizada por las piscifactorías españolas procede de países extranjeros, donde la producción de los insumos de la acuicultura genera graves impactos sociales
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The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, explains the contradiction of fishing up to six times the weight of a farmed salmon to feed it. [In #Spanish - Use your browser's translation tool] revistapuerto.com.ar/2026/08/la-a...

revistapuerto.com.ar“La acuicultura no reduce la presión sobre los peces silvestres”Que comer pescado es bueno para la salud, es ampliamente aceptado y respaldado por la ciencia. Una reciente contribución en la revista Nature no solo lo confirma sino que señala que en todo el mundo s...
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"The generational amnesia observed by Daniel Pauly, my Quadra neighbours, and me is a main cause of shifting baseline syndrome," @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social writes. "Younger generations inherit degraded environments with no memory of what existed." pancouver.ca/on-love-and-...

pancouver.caOn love and legacy: Shifting baseline syndrome strikes home - PancouverShifting baseline syndrome describes how environmental information is lost from memory over time, so changes go unnoticed.