This edition of Mongabay’s free webinar series highlights the global impacts on oceans, and the intersection of fisheries management, law and regulations. Expert panelists from the University of British Columbia, Ecotrust Canada, and Hakai Magazine discuss emerging impacts on our oceans such as plastic pollution, bottom trawling, overfishing, and climate change as well as fisheries, law, regulations, and how reporters can cover these issues.
Event details
When: July 28, 2022
Recording: YouTube
Registration: Closed
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The experts
Dr. William Cheung is a Professor and Director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, the University of British Columbia. He is also a Canada Research Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change. He is an international leader in developing and using scenarios and models of biodiversity and ecosystem services to understand the responses and vulnerabilities of marine human-natural systems to global change. His work addresses policy-relevant research questions and cuts across multiple disciplines, from oceanography to ecology, economics and social sciences. His research ranges from local to global scales.
Dyhia Belhabib, PhD is an environmental scientist and researcher specializing in illegal fishing, conservation, artisanal fishing and food security. She is currently principal fisheries investigator for Ecotrust Canada and founder of Spyglass (a cooperative platform that publishes information from the Criminal Record of Fishing Vessels). Her research has investigated the link between the fishing industry and the illegal drug trade and the conflict between artisanal fishing, illegal fishing, climate change and international fishing subsidies. She has also advocated for decolonization and greater equity in ocean science.
Colin Schultz is the senior editor of Hakai Magazine. Before joining Hakai, Colin wrote for Smithsonian Magazine’s Smart News, and was a contributing writer and editor for the American Geophysical Union’s newspaper Eos. His freelance writing has appeared online or in print for Popular Science, Discover, New Scientist, Scientific American and others.
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