Ocean Risk Summit – Bermuda
Nereus Policy Director Yoshitaka Ota will attend and speak at the Ocean Risk Summit in Bermuda. Leaders from across the political, economic, environmental and risk sectors will gather in Bermuda…
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Fish and Future: An Inter-Generational Dialogue on Food, Health and Environment in the Pacific Northwest
Context: The Pacific Northwest has one of the richest marine resources in the world. Fishand shellfish have vital nutritional, cultural and economic value to both the Native American tribes in Washington State and First Nations in…
Webinar: Socially Responsible Seafood
Nereus Program Research Associate Lydia Teh (UBC), Principal Investigator Jack Kittinger (Arizona State University), and Yoshi Ota (University of Washington) joined a webinar organized by EBMTools to discuss “Socially Responsible Seafood.”
“Limits of the Oceans” Symposium A Success
From December 21 to 22 , 2017, Principal Investigators from new partner institutes of the Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program convened in Tokyo to present research and engage in rich discussions of the various challenges facing the world’s oceans. Speakers covered a diverse range of topics, including climate change impacts on marine ecosystems, the role of fisheries and food security in the South Pacific islands, and the complexity of social responsibility in seafood supply chains
Nippon Foundation Nereus Program Tokyo Symposium 2017: Limits of the Oceans
The Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program Tokyo Symposium 2017 will take place from December 21 to 22, 2017 at the Nippon Foundation Building Lobby in Tokyo, Japan. At the Symposium, participants will…
COP23 Press Conference: What climate change means for global fisheries catches and human populations that rely on them
On Wednesday, November 8, a press conference at COP23 will present Nereus Program research. COP28: At the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference (COP23), nations will convene to discuss and advance…
Going diving in the tropics? Don’t eat the reef fish!
Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program study published today in Marine Policy.
While climate change is expected to lead to sharp declines in Palau’s reefs, the best tourism management strategy includes a more than 70 per cent reduction in reef fish consumption by visitors. These findings are highly relevant for sustainable development in small island developing states under climate change.
Adaptation strategies to climate change in marine systems
Climate change and human activity have pressing impacts on the state of our ocean, threatening the integrity of marine ecosystems themselves as well as the services they provide to human communities. Given the inevitable current and future effects of climate change, adaptation by both physical and human systems is crucial.
A kick-off public health workshop on nutrition and seafood, University of Washington
From August 22 to 23, Tiff-Annie Kenny, Oai Li Chen and Yoshitaka Ota held a workshop on seafood, public health and equity at the University of Washington. The workshop is set to advance knowledge regarding the role of seafood nutrition in human health.
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