UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is a research unit at the University of British Columbia that was formed in 2015 by incorporating members from the former UBC Fisheries Centre, as well as a subset of researchers that are conducting marine related research at UBC. Members of the IOF are drawn primarily from the Departments of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Zoology and Botany. 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.| IOF Research units | Leaders |
| Aboriginal Fisheries Research Unit | - |
| Changing Ocean Research Unit | William Cheung |
| Climate and Coastal Ecosystem Lab | Simon Donner |
| Coastal Marine Ecology | Chris Harley |
| Connecting Human and Natural Systems Lab | Kai Chan |
| Ecosystems Dynamics and Management Investigations Group | Murdoch McAllister |
| Fisheries Economics Research Unit | Ussif Rashid Sumaila |
| Global Fisheries Cluster | Daniel Pauly |
| Global Ocean Modeling | Villy Christensen |
| Marine Mammal Research Unit | Andrew Trites |
| Marine Virology and Microbiology | Curtis Suttle |
| Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program | William Cheung Yoshitaka Ota Daniel Pauly |
| OceanCanada Partnership | Ussif Rashid Sumaila |
| Policy and Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries | Tony J. Pitcher |
| Project Seahorse | Amanda Vincent |
| Quantitative Modeling Group | Villy Christensen Carl Walters |
| Sea Around Us Project | Daniel Pauly |