National Data and Integrated Scenarios

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NDIS continues to align new and on-going work with the Changing Oceans Cross-cutting Theme. The initiatives carried out by NDIS for this period include:

1. Transboundary fisheries governance between USA and Canada under changing oceans.
   NDIS continued its collaboration with the Law and Policy WG to evaluate how changing fish stocks distributions and abundance that are shared between USA and Canada would challenge existing international treaties and agreements between the two countries. We planned and worked towards a set of papers for a special issue in a peer-review journal, and had held a session in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBER) Open Science conference in June 2019 on this topic. This research includes PIs from the two WGs as well as postdocs (2 in Dal) and a PhD student (1 in UBC).
2. Development of Canadian Oceans Scenario and Pathway.
   We continue to develop the Canadian Oceans Scenario and Pathway in collaboration with members from the Pacific and Atlantic WGs. A draft manuscript describing multi-scale scenarios for Canadian oceans is to be developed by June 2019, and will also form part of the Changing Oceans chapter in the OceanCanada book.
3. OceanCanada book.
   NDIS members are contributing to the Changing Oceans chapter of the OceanCanada book.

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NDIS continues to align new and on-going work with the Changing Oceans Cross-cutting Theme. The initiatives carried out by NDIS for this period include:

1. Transboundary fisheries governance between USA and Canada under changing oceans.
   NDIS continued its collaboration with the Law and Policy WG to evaluate how changing fish stocks distributions and abundance that are shared between USA and Canada would challenge existing international treaties and agreements between the two countries. We planned and worked towards a set of papers for a special issue in a peer-review journal, and will hold a session in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBER) Open Science conference in June 2019 on this topic. This work was presented at the OceanCanada conference in Halifax in August 2018. This research includes PIs from the two WGs as well as postdocs (2 in Dalhousie) and a PhD student (1 in UBC).
2. Development of Canadian Oceans Scenario and Pathway.
   We continue to develop the Canadian Oceans Scenario and Pathway in collaboration with members from the Pacific and Atlantic WGs. A draft manuscript describing multi-scale scenarios for Canadian oceans is to be developed by June 2019, and will also form part of the Changing Oceans chapter in the OceanCanada book.
3. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) report.
   NDIS member Nadja Steiner coordinated the drafting of a chapter for the new AMAP report to which members of the NDIS in UBC (and other OCP WGs) contributed. The chapter linked biophysical changes in Canadian Arctic oceans with social-economic impact assessment and implications for laws and policies. This chapter, considered a main output of the Changing Ocean CCT, was published in 2018.

NDIS is continuing work on scenario development, Canadian Oceans Scenario and Pathway, and held a workshop in January 2018 where members of all WGs and CCT leads attended to move this important component of OceanCanada work forward. The WG plans to have a first draft of a manuscript based on this work by late summer 2018. It is also continuing the study of the socio-economic implications of rebuilding Canada’s overfished fish stocks in collaboration with OceanCanada partner, Oceana-Canada. NDIS held a workshop with various stakeholders, with a strong representation from First Nations representatives, where it identified depleted fish stocks to be studied from both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A third effort by NDIS is the ongoing work on a special issue of Ecology and Society. This work is a key example of a cross-cutting study on the ecological, economic, policy and legal implications on several of Canada’s transboundary management arrangements in regards to changing oceans as sea surface temperatures rise. NDIS is also contributing to the ongoing Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) report with the contribution, “On Arctic multi-scale ocean acidification scenarios and projections.” A first draft of a paper on the values derived from Canada’s oceans has been completed and is being revised.

The National Data and Integrated Scenario Working Group (NDIS) took stock of the available datasets on Canada’s three oceans and developed the first version of the OCP database, as well as a global database of aboriginal fisheries and an innovative fuzzy logic algorithm to synthesize available data (both quantitative and qualitative) to assess the status and trends of Canadian oceans. We identified indicators and extracted relevant data to assess the status of Canada’s three oceans in relation to the Aichi Targets on the conservation of biodiversity. In addition, we undertook two literature reviews: one on the application of scenario analysis to study potential future states of Canada’s oceans, and social, cultural and economic impacts on communities that depend on them; and the second on potential implications of marine pollutants for the health of coastal ecosystems and communities in Canada. We developed national scale scenario storylines for Canadian ocean-related sectors, and adapted simulation models to make projections under climate change and ocean acidification. Moreover, in collaboration with DFO, we will contribute to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program to assess the socio-economic impacts of ocean acidification in the Canadian Arctic. We led the writing of a policy paper suggesting actions for the Canadian government to take to support the sustainability of Canadian coastal communities and the oceans that support them. We are also working closely with the OceanCanada Cross Cutting Themes to study the ecological, economic, policy and legal implications of the increase in sea surface temperatures on several of Canada’s transboundary management arrangements.

The NDIS Working Group was involved in a number of initiatives in 2015/2016:

1. Taking stock of the available datasets on Canada’s three oceans and developing a first version of the OCP database;
2. Discussing with other WGs on developing an OCP platform for sharing and archiving data;
3. Publishing a policy paper in Marine Policy suggesting actions that can be taken by the Canadian federal government to support the sustainability of Canadian coastal communities and the oceans that support them;
4. Developing a global database of aboriginal fisheries (manuscript submitted to PloS One);
5. Developing an innovative fuzzy logic algorithm to synthesize available data (both quantitative and qualitative) to assess the status and trends of Canada’s oceans;
6. Identifying and extracting data for indicators to assess the status of Canada’s oceans in relation to the Aichi Targets on the conservation of biodiversity;
7. Reviewing the literature on the application of scenario analysis to study potential future states of Canada’s oceans, and the situations of the communities that depend on them socially, culturally and economically (manuscript submitted to Regional Environmental Change);
8. Adapting simulation models to make projections for the future of Canada’s oceans under climate change and ocean acidification;
9. In collaboration with Mitac and the Vancouver Aquarium, reviewing the literature on the potential implications of marine pollutants to the health of coastal ecosystems and communities in Canada;
10. Studying the Bella Bella herring fishery to determine its economic and social contributions to different groups, in particular, women;
11. Initiating the establishment of a set of indicators to evaluate the social and economic contribution of Canada’s oceans to the wellbeing of coastal communities;
12. Continuing to work on the contributions of small scale vs. large scale fisheries in BC;
13. Initiating a collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to contribute to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program that assesses the socio-economic impacts of ocean acidification on the Canadian Arctic.

	Juan José Alava Assessing and modelling climate – pollutant interactions in marine food webs in the Pacific and coastal British Columbia, Canada.
	Tim Cashion Working on the Fish Tracker Initiative to link investors to sustainable and unsustainable fisheries practices.
	Sarah Harper Understanding the Pacific herring economy in Bella Bella with a focus on the contributions by women.
	Carie Hoover Identifying and selecting marine indicators for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Canadian Arctic.
	Isaac Jonas Sustainability Fisheries Insurance Fund (SIF)
	Juliano Palacios Abrantes Transboundary fisheries management in changing North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: taking stock, future scenarios
	Travis Tai Biophysical responses of climate change and ocean acidification, and subsequent effects on fisheries profit and communities.
	Nicholas Talloni-Alvarez Examining the potential benefits from meeting the Paris Agreement warming target for marine fisheries and seafood supply in Canada.
	Louise Teh Developing scenarios to investigate the future of Canada’s oceans.
	Lydia Teh The contribution of Canada’s ocean to human well-being.

Year	Presented by	Presentation Title	Location
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Ending harmful fisheries subsidies by 2020: exploring the impacts of fisheries subsidies and potential reform. Our Ocean 2019.	Oslo, Norway
2019	Cheung, WWL.	Unwrapping the Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC.	Vancouver, BC
2019	Sumaila, UR.	2020 vision: how a successful conclusion of fisheries subsidies negotiations can demonstrate that the WTO is adapting to a changing world. Panel at the WTO Public Forum 2019, Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World.	Geneva, Switzerland
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Mejores subsidies para combater la pesca illegal y cumplir con los Objectivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Keynote at Navegando entre datos: innovación para salvar los océanos. Oceana Mexico.	Mexico City, Mexico
2019	Cisneros-Montemayor, A	A blue economy: achieving a socially equitable marine industrial revolution. Policy in Practice, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC.	Vancouver, BC
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Subsidies, sustainability and multilateralism: working towards an ambitious agreement on fisheries subsidies at the WTO. Pew Charitable Trusts.	Puerto Varas, Chile
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Interdisciplinary ocean and fisheries economics with examples from the trenches. 2019 World Conference on Natural Resource Modelling, GERAD Group for Research in Decision Analysis.	Montreal, QC.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	The current landscape of marine fisheries and fisheries subsidies around the world. WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies: Implications for West Africa.	Dakar, Senegal.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Sustainably harvested and productive ocean. Panel member, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030, 1st Global Planning Meeting.	Denmark, Copenhagen.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	So, resource governance priorities change over time. What are the key considerations nowadays? Utopia or Dystopia – What is the Future of Natural Resource Governance? RAW Talks, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute.	Vancouver, BC.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	MPAs as retirement and insurance policies. Marine Protected Areas, Ocean Risk and Climate Change, Wild Oceans and Republic of South Africa Environmental Affairs.	Durban, South Africa.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Is there a pathway to a sustainable ocean’s economy? MP Joyce Murray’s series Breakfast Connections.	Vancouver, BC.
2019	Teh, LSL.	Economic and social research in small-scale fisheries. Universiti Malaya.	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2019	Cashion, Tim; Noack, Frederik; Sumaila, Rashid.	Seafood watch recommendations effect on US ex-vessel prices. Frontiers and Futures for Fish, NAAFE Forum 2019.Cashion, Tim; Noack, Frederik; Sumaila, Rashid.	Halifax, NS.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	What would you tell WHITE HOUSE on Oceans; how would you prepare for it? UNEP Nairobi Convention, WIO Regional Science to Policy Workshop.	Mauritius.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Why Africa should be at the forefront of the fight to eliminate harmful subsidies at the WTO; WIOMSA 11th Scientific Symposium.	Mauritius.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Ecosystem services at the core of a sustainable blue economy. Blue Economy in a Healthy Ocean; Government of Catalonia.	Barcelona, Spain.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Fisheries world-wide. Learning from the past, imagining the future. MARE X: People and the Sea.	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	So, resource governance priorities change over time. What are the key considerations nowadays? Utopia or dystopia – what is the future of natural resource governance? RAW Talks, Canadian International Resources and Development Institute.	Vancouver, B.C.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Towards an Inclusive Blue Economy. (video)	Perth, Australia.
2019	Cashion, T.	Dispelling the myths of farmed fish. Beer Battered Fish n’ Chips Seminar, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC.	Vancouver, B.C.
2019	Harper, S.	Who owns fishing licences in BC? Biodiversity Legendary Internal Seminar Series (BLISS), Biodiversity Research Centre, UBC.	Vancouver, B.C.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Illicit trade in the marine resources of West Africa. University of Ghana	Accra, Ghana.
2019	Sumaila, UR.	Interdisciplinary collaborative ocean economics research with examples from the "ocean trenches." Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC), Scripps Institution of Oceanography 6th Annual Knowlton-Jackson Distinguished Speaker Lecture Event.	San Diego, CA.
2018	Tortell, P.	IOF Seminar: A new generation of ocean observing approaches to link plankton dynamics to fisheries science and management.	Vancouver, B.C.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Bevan Series, School of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Washington	Seattle, USA
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The conservation and fair sharing of ocean and fishery resources: Contributions from fisheries economics. Plenary speaker at the 2018 Student Conference on Conservation Science. Cambridge University	Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Doomsday analysis - the economic, social, and food security outcomes of IUU fishing. APEC Experts Workshop on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing	Singapore.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Ecology Seminar, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of San Diego	La Jolla, U.S.A.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Effect of plastic in the ocean. European Young Leaders Summit	Warsaw, Poland.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Fish, ocean oxygen depletion and the food security of current and future generations. Ocean Deoxygenation: Drivers and Consequences, Past, Present, Future	Kiel, Germany.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Helping to sustain the global ocean. Vancouver Fishackathon keynote address	Vancouver, B.C.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Managing the seas for people & nature.	St John's, N.L.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The Oceans are Our lives. Countdown to 2020: How Far Has the EU Come in Ending Overfishing?	Brussels, Belgium.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The Oceans are Our lives. Seminar presentation to Members of the European Parliament and the EU commissioner for the Environment and Fisheries.	Brussels, Belgium.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The oceans are too large to ignore. Ocean Luminaries event, American Museum of Natural History	New York, U.S.A.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The role of climate change, fisheries subsidies and large scale high seas protection on the conservation and fair sharing of the global ocean. Martec 18. International Conference on Advances in Marine Technologies Applied to Discard Mitigation and Management	Galicia, Spain.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Seminar “The future of fishes and fisheries under climate change", State Oceanic Institute	Xiamen, China.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Subsidies, climate change, high seas protection and the fair sharing of the global ocean. UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series	Vancouver, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Symposium on Law Enforcement and Science: Restoring Filipino Fisheries.	Quezon City, The Philippines.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Turn the high seas into a fish bank for the world? Paper presented at: Nature Vancouver, Vancouver Natural History Society-Marine Biology Section.	Vancouver, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Ways to ensure a future for fisheries. B.C. Young Fishermen's Gathering.	Steveston, B. C.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Workshop in ocean priorities, National Geographic Society	Washington D.C., U.S.A.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Case analysis on sustainable fishery. Paper presented at: 2018 Blue Pioneer Program. Duke Kunshan University	Kunshan, China.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The conservation and fair sharing of ocean and fishery resources: contributions from fisheries economics. Plenary talk presented at: Student Conference on Conservation Science, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge	Cambridge, UK.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Doomsday analysis - the economic, social, and food security outcomes of IUU fishing. Paper presented at: APEC Experts Workshop on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing	Singapore.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Environmental issues in the South China Sea. Panel member at: 8th Annual South China Sea Conference	Washington, DC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Helping to sustain the global ocean. Vancouver Fishackathon	Vancouver, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Marine plastic pollution in a circular perspective. Member of policy session at: World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists	Gothenburg, Sweden.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	MPAs are like retirement accounts: leakages undermine them. Paper presented at: 5th International Marine Conservation Congress	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The oceans are our lives. Paper presented at: Countdown to 2020: How Far Has the EU Come in Ending Overfishing? Brussels, Belgium.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	The role of climate change, fisheries subsidies and large scale high seas protection on the conservation and fair sharing of the global ocean. Keynote address at: Martec 18. International Conference on Advances in Marine Technologies Applied to Discard Mitigation and Management	Galicia, Spain.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Subsidies, climate change, high seas protection and the fair sharing of the global ocean. Paper presented at: UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series	Vancouver, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Turn the high seas into a fish bank for the world? Paper presented at: Nature Vancouver, Vancouver Natural History Society-Marine Biology Section. Vancouver, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	Ways to ensure a future for fisheries. Paper presented at: BC Young Fishermen’s Gathering	Steveston, BC.
2018	Sumaila, UR.	We need the ocean more than the ocean needs us. Paper presented at: International Symposium on Blue Economy and Marine Conservation, Duke Kunshan University	Kunshan, China.
2018	Sumaila U.R.; Seitzinger S; Lopez-Correa C.	How can Canada’s three oceans be part of the solution in addressing climate change challenges? Panel presentation at: Peter Wall Institute; University of British Columbia	Vancouver; Canada.
2018	Sumaila U.R.; Svensson L; Rolfe J.	Setting the scene: how plastic pollution is affecting ocean health. Panel at: Ocean Summit	Newport; RI.
2017	Cheung, W.	The future of Canadian fisheries under multiple human drivers. Coastal Watersheds in the Anthropocene: Understanding Rapid Change and Implication for People and Ecosystems	Waterloo, ON.
2017	Cheung, W.	Vulnerability and risk of impacts of flatfishes to climate change. 10thFlatfish Symposium	Saint-Malo, France.
2017	Cheunpagdee, R.	A transdisciplinary perspective on change. Coastal Watersheds in the Anthropocene: Understanding Rapid Change and Implication for People and Ecosystems	University of Waterloo, ON.
2017	Cisneros-Montemayor, A; Munro, G; Sanjurjo, E; Hernandez Trejo, V; Sumaila, UR	Strategies and rationale for fishery subsidy reform. North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum	La Paz, Mexico.
2017	Saunders, P; Engler, C; VanderZwaag, D; Koubrak, O; Cheung, W; Palacios-Abrantes, J; Sumaila, UR	Title of panel: Transboundary Fisheries Management in Changing North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Taking Stock, Future Scenarios	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017	Saunders, P; Engler, C; VanderZwaag, D; Koubrak, O; Cheung, W; Palacios-Abrantes, J; Sumaila, UR	Are transboundary fisheries management arrangements in the North Atlantic and Pacific seaworthy in changing oceans? (VanderZwaag and Koubrak)	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017	Saunders, P; Engler, C; VanderZwaag, D; Koubrak, O; Cheung, W; Palacios-Abrantes, J; Sumaila, UR	Changing oceans and the economics of transboundary fisheries management of major fisheries of Canada and the United States. (Sumaila)	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017	Saunders, P; Engler, C; VanderZwaag, D; Koubrak, O; Cheung, W; Palacios-Abrantes, J; Sumaila, UR	Current state and future scenarios for transboundary fisheries management in changing oceans: gauging the biological tides. (Cheung and Palacios- Abrantes)	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017	Saunders, P; Engler, C; VanderZwaag, D; Koubrak, O; Cheung, W; Palacios-Abrantes, J; Sumaila, UR	The international law and policy seascape for managing shifting species and ecosystems. (Saunders and Engler)	Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017	Schuhbauer, A; Cisneros-Montemayor, A; Sumaila, UR	Economic viability of small- compared to large-scale fisheries using Mexico as an example. North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum	La Paz, Mexico.
2017	Steiner, N.	Multi-stressor impacts on subsistence fisheries in the western arctic bioregion – regional climate modelling and eco-physiology. Inuvialuit Game Council Meeting	Whitehorse, YT.
2017	Steiner, N; Azetsu-Scott, K; Cheung, W; Cisneros-Montemayor, A; Drost, H; Hoover, C; Miller, L; Sumaila, U.R; Suprenand, P; Sou, T; Tai, T; VanderZwaag, D.	Impacts of Arctic Ocean acidification and other climate change impacts on subsistence fisheries in the Beaufort Sea and Canadian Arctic archipelago. Inuvik Fisheries Joint Management Board Meeting	Winnipeg, MB
2017	Steiner, N; Azetsu-Scott, K; Cheung, W; Cisneros-Montemayor, A; Drost, H; Hoover, C; Miller, L; Sumaila, U.R; Suprenand, P; Sou, T; Tai, T; VanderZwaag, D.	2016 Inuvialuit Game Council Meeting	Whitehorse, YT
2017	Steiner, N; Azetsu-Scott, K; Cheung, W; Cisneros-Montemayor, A; Drost, H; Hoover, C; Miller, L; Sumaila, U.R; Suprenand, P; Sou, T; Tai, T; VanderZwaag, D.	2016 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Meeting and US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Arctic Ocean Acidification Workshop	Helsinki, Finland.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Assessment of marine protected areas for restoring ocean health, improving fisheries management, and supporting a sustainable blue economy. Workshop at Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation	Puerto Varas, Chile.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Can we save the oceans from ourselves? Session panelist at World Conference of Science Journalists	San Francisco, CA.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Climate change, fish, and people in Africa. Climate change and marine fisheries in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa, World Bank Conference	Cape Town, South Africa.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Current state of fisheries in the South China Sea. Workshop on Environmental Issues and Fisheries Cooperation in the South China Sea, Center for Strategic and International Studies	Washington, DC.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Designing effective and appropriate special and differential treatment. Knowledge-Sharing Seminar on Fisheries Subsidies, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, World Trade Organization (WTO)	Geneva, Switzerland.
2017	Sumaila, UR	The economic benefits and impacts of sustaining the global ocean. The Role of Oceans in Earth’s Life Support System, 3rd GEO Blue Planet Symposium	College Park, MD.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Economic benefits from no-take marine reserves. The Malta Declaration: assessing real progress towards effective ocean protection (Our Ocean side event)	Malta.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Effective high seas management is necessary for the sustainability of the global ocean. Fisheries Access Workshop	Seattle, WA.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Effects of climate change in the Pacific and policy/legal response options. Session at Pacific Judicial Council 2017 Environmental Law and Science Conference	Guam.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Fisheries subsidies: why should you care about them? North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum	La Paz, Mexico.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Fishing in troubled waters: geopolitics and resource security. Member of session presentation at: 10th International Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Forum	London, UK.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Improve high seas fisheries management and increase economic, social and ecological benefits for our oceans. Our Ocean Our Future. High Seas Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council, Ocean Conference Preparatory Meeting Side Event	New York, NY.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Incorporating the gender dimension in marine conservation. Roundtable at Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation	Puerto Varas, Chile.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Increase transparency in fisheries subsidies in support of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. Fisheries Economics and Social Science, Fisheries Science for Future Generations, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science	Tokyo, Japan.
2017	Sumaila, UR	"Lost" First Nations fisheries: some economic insights. Transforming Fisheries: Respecting Indigenous Governance and Management, First Nations Fisheries Council	Victoria, BC.
2017	Sumaila, UR	The Oceans Act's Marine Protected Areas. Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans	Ottawa, ON.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Subsidies: small versus large-scale fisheries subsidies. Workshop on improving our knowledge on small-scale fisheries: data needs and methodologies. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations	Rome, Italy.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Sustainability of the global ocean. The Oceans: Protecting an International Resource, 2017 International Affairs Conference	Star Island, NH.
2017	Sumaila, UR	Ways to ensure future for fisheries. BC Young Fishermen’s Gathering	Victoria, BC.
2017	Sumaila, UR	What is sustainability under the global warming? Sustainability and Ecology Seminar Talks	Sapporo, Japan.
2017	Sumaila, UR	What the science says on climate change: projected effects in the Pacific Islands. Session at Pacific Judicial Council 2017 Environmental Law and Science Conference	Guam.
2017	Sumaila, UR	When are subsidies harmful? Workshop at Beyond 2020: supporting Europe's coastal communities	Tallinn, Estonia.
2017	Sumaila, U.R; Karousakis, K; Martini, R.	Towards a sustainable blue future: fiscal incentives to achieve SDG 14. The UN Ocean Conference	New York, NY.
2017	Sumaila, U.R; Koroilavesau, S; Morgan, C; Tipping, A	Building disciplines on fisheries subsidies: progress and prospects. The UN Ocean Conference.	New York, NY.
2017	Sumaila, U.R; Tun, K; Waterman, S.	Future of the oceans. Commonwealth Science Conference	Singapore.
2017	Teh, LCL.	Indigenous people database. Workshop on improving our knowledge on small-scale fisheries: data needs and methodologies. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.	Rome, Italy.
2017	Westlund, L; Cheunpagdee, R.	What do we mean by small-scale fisheries? Workshop on improving our knowledge on small-scale fisheries: data needs and methodologies. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations	Rome, Italy.
2016	Alava, JJ.	Exploring the impact of climate change on the bioaccumulation of chemical pollutants in a marine food web from the northeastern Pacific: an EwE model approach. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series (UBC)	Vancouver, BC.
2016	Cisneros-Montemayor, A.	Trends in Canadian marine research: current state and information gaps. DFO State of the Pacific Ocean Meeting	Nanaimo, BC.
2016	Hoover, C; Grandmaisson, V; Paulic, J; MacPhee, S; Loseto L.	Regional indicators for marine monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Poster at Beluga Summit	Inuvik, NWT.
2016	Hoover, C; Loseto, L.	Ecological indicators to support marine monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Fisheries Joint Management Committee	Winnipeg, MB.
2016	Hoover, C; Loseto, L; MacPhee, S; Hynes, K; Simpson, B; Wojciech, W; Ostertag, S; Pearce T	Ecosystem assessment in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: modelling past changes and developing future indicators. Poster at OceanCanadaPartnership Conference	Vancouver, BC.
2016	Hoover, C; MacMillan, K; MacPhee S; Loseto, L.	Regional indicators for marine monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. ArcticNet Conference	Winnipeg, MB.
2016	Hoover, C; MacPhee, S; Hynes, K; MacMillan K; Loseto, L.	Regional indicators for marine monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Inuvialuit Game Council; Whitehorse, YT; also presented at: Beaufort Sea Partnership at annual meeting;	Inuvik, NWT.
2016	Hoover, C; MacPhee, S; Walkusz, W; Loseto, L.	Understanding the Beaufort Sea food web and changes over time. Poster at Beluga Summit	Inuvik, NWT.
2016	Hoover, C; MacPhee, S; Walkusz, W; Pitcher, T; Loseto, L; Pakhomov, E.	Impacts of fisheries and climate change on polar marine ecosystems: comparing the Beaufort Sea shelf with the Antarctic peninsula marine ecosystem using ecopath with ecosim models. New Challenges in a Changing Ocean, ICES/PICES 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium	Bergen, Norway
2016	Steiner, N.	Climate change impacts on Arctic marine ecosystems. Climate Change Seminar Series, University of Victoria	Victoria, BC.
2016	Steiner, N; Azetsu-Scott, K; Cheung, W; Cisneros-Montemayor; A; Drost H; Hoover, C; Miller, L; Sumaila, U.R; Suprenand, P; Sou, T; Tai, T.	Linking climate change effects on marine ecosystems to socio-economic impacts in the Canadian Arctic: AMAP-OceanCanada Case Study. Beaufort Sea Ocean Canada Conference	Vancouver, BC.
2016	Steiner, N; Sou, T; Christian, J; Swart, N; Lee, W; Riche, O.	Regional climate modelling of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem: linking to local scales. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference	Fredericton, NB.
2016	Sumaila, UR	Biodiversity, resilience and sustainability. 3rd Science for Biodiversity Forum. Mainstreaming biodiversity for well-being: contributions from science	Cancún, Mexico.
2016	Sumaila, UR	Climate change impacts on the economics and management of world fisheries. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Climate Symposium, Smart Climate Information and Accountable Action: Achieving Sustainable Food Security in a Changing World	Piura, Peru.
2016	Sumaila, UR	How is climate change likely to impact the systems that sustain fisheries? Environment and Oceanic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile and the National Geographic Society. Is the Paris Agreement Good News for the Ocean?	Washington, DC.
2016	Sumaila, UR	Participation at public forum hosted by Terry Beech, Member of Parliament for Burnaby North-Seymour and members of Pacific Caucus on the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion project and an evidence-based discussion on Canada’s energy future	Burnaby, BC.
2016	Sumaila, UR	Scientific consensus on MPA financing and MPA financing: why invest in MPAs? 10X20 Initiative Conference on MPAs	Rome, Italy.
2016	Sumaila, UR	Sea Around Us workshop funded through the MAVA Foundation. Lecture to West African researchers	Vancouver, BC.
2016	Sumaila, UR	A simple application of bioeconomics to fisheries subsidies. Fisheries and Aquaculture Bioeconomics Symposium	Mérida, Mexico.
2015	Cheung, W.	Impacts of global change on upwelling ecosystems and fisheries. IMBIZO IV Marine and Human Systems	Trieste, Italy.
2015	Cheung, W.	The IPCC and its assessment on oceans and fisheries. Management of marine ecosystems under climate change symposium	Tokyo, Japan.
2015	Cheung, W.	Oceans system under climate change. ICES-PICES workshop: Strategic Initiate on Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems	Seattle, WA.
2015	Cheung, W.	Responses of marine ecosystems to climate change and ocean acidification. Our Common Future under Climate Change	Paris, France.
2015	Cheung, W.	Transform high seas management to build climate resilience in marine seafood supply. ICES-PICES Third International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans	Santos, Brazil.
2015	Steiner, N.	Arctic Ocean acidification. MEOPAR Ocean Acidification Expert Forum	Victoria, BC.
2015	Steiner, N.	Marine biogeochemistry in the Arctic. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) and American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Conference	Whistler, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Benefits of managing ocean living resources sustainably. Our Oceans Conference	Valparaiso, Chile.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Boom or bust: the future of fish in the South China Sea. Press conference	Hong Kong, China.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Connecting ocean science and policy @ the regional level. Pew Marine Fellows	San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Conservation economics: close the high seas to boost global catch, equality. Global Ocean Legacy	San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Diminishing fish stocks diminishing fortunes from the SCS. Royal Geographical Society of Hong Kong	Hong Kong, China.
2015	Sumaila, UR	E15 policy options on oceans and fisheries. Trade and Development Symposim at the WTO Ministerial Meeting	Nairobi, Kenya.
2015	Sumaila, UR	The economics of high seas fisheries: what do we know and what do we need to know? High Sea Symposium	Oxford, UK.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Examples from the "ocean trenches". Liu Institute Seminar on Large-scale Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research	Vancouver, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Fisheries subsidies provisions in Environment Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Congressional Briefing	Washington DC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Global biodiversity outlook: OceanCanada Partnership marine scenario analysis. UNESCO-IPBES Scenarios Workshop	Toyko, Japan.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Marine resources: an environmental and resource economics perspective. UNEP’s International Resource Panel	Paris, France.
2015	Sumaila, UR	The quest for ocean sustainability: a new role for the high seas? AAAS Annual Meeting	San Jose, CA.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Social license and marine biodiversity. Royal Society of Canada Symposium	Victoria, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Socioeconomic benefits of LME valuation in context of climate change. PIRATA-PREFACE-CLIVAR Tropical Atlantic Variability Conference	Cape Town, South Africa.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Spaceship earth: fellow travelers steer towards living sustainably with the ocean. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies International Research Colloquium	Vancouver, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Stop diminishing fish stocks to improve fortunes from Asia’s waters. Credit Suisse Seminar	Hong Kong, China.
2015	Sumaila, UR	A story about community based ocean research. UBC CBR Telling Stories Series, Museum of Anthropology	Vancouver, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Subsidies, sustainability and inequality among fishers. Board of Directors of Oceana	Valparaiso, Chile.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Subsidies weaken the sustainability of global fisheries while increasing inequality among fishers. UNCTAD and ComSec AHEM Meeting on Trade in Sustainable Fisheries	Geneva, Switzerland.
2015	Sumaila, UR	The sustainability of the global ocean. Vancouver Aquarium Public Lecture	Vancouver, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Sustaining ocean fisheries: a resource economics perspective. Ocean Wise 10th Anniversary: From Fish to Foodies	Vancouver, BC.
2015	Sumaila, UR	Why value the socioeconomic benefits of large marine ecosystem? UFRN	Natal, Brazil.