Table of Contents

Directors’ Introduction 2 Centre Mission and Activities 3

Research Units Aboriginal Fisheries 4 Ministry of Environment 5 Quantitative Modeling Group 6 Fisheries Economics Research Unit 8 Marine Mammal Research Unit 10 Project Seahorse 12 Sea Around Us 14 Policy and Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries 16 Nereus Project - Predicting the Future Ocean 18 Global Ocean Modeling 19 Changing Ocean Research Unit 20

Graduate Studies 22 Graduate Students 23 Graduate Theses Completed 28

Fisheries Centre Members 29 Core Faculty 29 Associated UBC Faculty 29 Emeritus Members 29 Adjunct Professors 29 International Advisory Council 30

Publications Articles in Refereed Journals 31 Books and Technical Reports 38 Fisheries Centre Research Reports 39 Chapters in Books and Technical Reports 40 Miscellaneous Publications 42

Fisheries Centre Visitors 44 Funding 45

page 1 Directors’ Introduction

he period from 2012-2013 has been productive for our Centre as we continued to Tpush through our academic mission of research, teaching and service as these relate 9 Fisheries Centre Research Reports, 14 books and technical reports, and graduated 13 a small unit such as ours was rewarded by the numerous recognitions our members received

Administratively, this period marked a big change at the Centre as veteran administrative a unit within the defunct College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CFIS), and the beginning of

To succinctly capture our achievement as a unit, here is a quote from the Dean of Science, increasingly recognized around the world for exceptional scholarship and expertise in

invite readers to please look through the whole report, kindly assembled by and Nicole Gibillini, where the major contributions of Fisheries Centre research units are

Rashid Sumaila Bill Milsom

page 2 Fisheries Centre Mission and Activities still relevant today:

As previously, this mission inspired, in 2012 and 2013, numerous research and outreach activities, and these outreach activities included convening international and domestic conferences and 26 )

To document these activities, in 2012-2013, the Fisheries Centre published 9 Fisheries Centre distributed internationally since 1995, and has been The Fisheries Centre Friday seminars: Stimulating minds, stomachs and community The Centre continued to host a weekly seminar from The Fisheries Centre seminars, held Fridays from 11am-12pm during to bring speakers from Canada and abroad, while the winter session, are a weekly opportunity for the members of the providing our students with a forum for peer review and to fuel the esprit de corps of the Centre (the donuts beforehand only fuel the corps). The lecture series, organized by a current hosted dozens of short and long-term Canadian and graduate student, is also offered as a course (FISH 500) for incoming international visitors, who shared their expertise with Fisheries Centre students intended to foster critical thinking about the presentations. Each student is also expected to take the stage and reveal his or her own plans for future research. hosts a prestigious lecture series, the Larkin Lectures The diversity of speakers is wide; from quantitative modelers to NGO in memory of the late Professor Peter Larkin and funded through an endowment established by his from the insights of a number of brilliant speakers. Fisheries Centre seminar coordinators: Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak (2012) Dyhia Belhabib Padilla (2013)

page 3 Aboriginal Fisheries

2) Develop collaborative proposals to conduct research to address those issues, and;

Brent Roberts (Campbell River Indian Band), and Satbir Rai, and Assistant Professor Sang-Seon

project is to understand if white sturgeon has a sex - - also studying the sex hormones in lamprey to understand basic biology that may be important for

technical expertise to the First Nations Fisheries Alliance (30 lower Fraser River First Nations), and

In the future, AFRU will continue to build collaborative research with other Fisheries Centre units page 4 Ministry of Environment The Fisheries Centre houses the Environment Conservation Science Section; six members of the BC Government, Ministry of Environment Conservation Science Section, four members of the Freshwa- - -

British Columbia has over 200,000 small (<1 ha) lakes, hundreds of larger lakes and wetlands, and - province’s complex geography and glaciation history produced a province rich in natural resources ecosystem-based management tools along with novel population assessment tools to support gov-

Freshwater habitat restoration is an area of research where British Columbia has been a world - -

The partnership between the Province of BC and the Fisheries Centre and other units of the Univer- sity of British Columbia has resulted in support for hundreds of graduate students as well as foster- ing a collaborative research environment between government scientists and university faculty for - ral environment continue to increase, and the need for science-based decision-making assumes a

- leading the way through strategic partnerships and innovative research linking aquatic biology,

page 5 Quantitative Modeling Group

The Quantitative Modeling Group develops innovative assessment methodologies and - cus on Bayesian statistical methods, single and multi-species population dynamics

New and continuing projects in 2012-2013: • A project with the Ecosystems Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment develops new mark-recapture models to estimate the abundance of Nechako River and Fraser River white sturgeon;

• A few members of the group collaborate via the Canadian Fisheries Research Network (see below) with the Department of Oceans Canada on the joint PhD Student Rachel Chudnow about to release a PIT- hake resource;

bull trout population dynamics and simulation evaluation of alternative management options (PhD Student Rachel Chudnow);

assessment models to evaluate alternative management of red fox populations in the UK (PhD student Tom Porteus)

• An Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) project has led to the development of simulation models

the Grand Canyon Senior Ecologist, providing stock assessment and ecosystem modeling advice, and models; he also just completed a major population dynamics and ecosystem modeling study for

Professor Murdoch McAllister’s collaborative activities include several research projects in a Canada- wide NSERC-funded strategic network on Canadian Capture Fisheries with members from academia,

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The network grant funds graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to work on management

Ministry of the Environment, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and academic partners from SFU and

• Collaboration with US NOAA scientists at the Southeast Centre in research projects on

• Collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists in developing improved understanding of the

Professor participates in this group working on ecosystem modeling and the further

• Spatial population dynamics modeling of Gulf of Mexico grouper, using a range of operating models

page 7 Fisheries Economics Research Unit Our members work together to explore the many ways in which ocean ecosystems contribute to our social

Our work examines many aspects of the economics and management of ocean resources, including:

• Valuation of ocean resources for current and future generations; • Providing information about the policy, economics and management of sustainable recreational, other maritime sectors; • Evaluating the cost to create MPAs and the economic value of MPAs; Northern Gateway) oil spills on marine ecosystems; • Evaluating the potential impacts of climate change and ocean

were visited by several scholars from around the world who shared with us their knowledge and

In 2012, Rashid Sumaila participated in several important global events including Prince Charles’ Charities International Sustainability Unit Marine Programme Launch in London; a debate at the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues Oceans panel session in Rio de Janeiro; a hearing of the US

page 8 FERU researchers also presented at several conferences in 2012 and 2013: Vicky Lam spoke at the Second invited workshop leader at the Third International Conference on Marine Mammals of South East Asia;

Rashid Sumaila at the EU -US 3rd coference on ‘Sustainable Oceans: Reconciling Economic Use and Protec-

FERU members organized two major events at UBC including a two-day conference to celebrate the workshop within the framework of the Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research, Too Big

tanker spill on the west coast of British Columbia and published an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun about

page 9 Marine Mammal Research Unit

Photo: Andrew Trites

The Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) is an integral component of the Fisheries Centre and works with other groups at UBC and beyond in a coordinated effort to provide independent research and advice on mat- ters related to marine mammals. Members investigate interactions between humans and marine mammals, on using these animals as indicators of ecosystem change, and the natural history, biology and conservation of marine mammals. MMRU research focuses on population dynamics, energetics and physiology, dietary analy- ses, behaviour and ecology, and simulation modelling. The multi-disciplinary research program of the MMRU outreach.

Laboratory Animal Studies. In a unique cooperative research program, MMRU researchers conduct studies with dedicated research animals maintained at the Vancouver Aquarium (Steller sea lions and northern fur seals) as - phins). The research conducts empirical studies with trained animals that would be impossible to conduct in number of hypotheses proposed to explain wild population declines of sea lions and fur seals. In general, these studies examine how changes in the biotic or abiotic environment may be affecting the physiology or health of individual animals and, ultimately, population levels in the wild. Areas of research include physiology energet-

page 10 These studies at the Aquarium are complemented by a parallel research program at the Open Water Research Station in Port Moody. Here, trained Steller sea lions provide detail for research while freely swimming in the open ocean environment on a range of topics, including diving physiology, swimming biomechanics, and forag- ing energetics and strategy. Both research programs are also active in developing and testing new techniques and technologies for studying animals in situ. This includes techniques to estimate energy expenditure in wild sea lions (e.g., accelerometers) and to detect prey composition (e.g., via DNA analysis and changes in tissue biochemistry).

Collectively, the laboratory animal studies are resolving questions concerning the nutritional and energetic con- sequences for marine mammals facing changes in their environment, including changes in prey availability. The - ver Aquarium and renowned international scientists.

Field Studies: Field work was undertaken in British Columbia, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic. These studies focused on feeding behaviour of bowhead whales, harbour seals, and northern resident killer whales. MMRU was also part of a range-wide survey of Steller sea lions, providing information on sea lion numbers and identi- fying new breeding sites along the BC coast.

Data Analysis: Mathematical models are increasingly used to understand the dynamics of marine mammals and identifying important knowledge gaps. Models were used to determine the distribution and relative abundance of humpback whales in relation to environmental variables in coastal British Columbia and adjacent waters. Models were also used to estimate carrying capacity of South American fur seals, and to link survival and reproduction to improve model estimates of vital rates derived from limited time-series counts of pinnipeds and other species. Swimming paths of fur seals in the Bering Sea were reconstructed to identify foraging areas and the effects of seismic testing on bowhead whale behaviour in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea.

Laboratory Analyses: Other studies undertaken in 2012 and 2013 included developing a DNA technique to to identify nutritional stress, and a survey of whether a relationship exists between diet, stress and population trends in different populations of marine mammals.

Publications and Outreach: MMRU researchers published 28 papers in 2012-2013. Administratively, MMRU - searchers at the Universities of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon State. MMRU also contin- ued to host the annual B.C. Marine Mammal Symposium, which provides a forum for local researchers, mem- related to marine mammals in British Columbia. MMRU graduate students also participated in the annual =symposium of the Society for Marine Mammalogy’s Student Chapter, Northwest Region, which includes stu- dents from universities in Washington, Oregon, B.C., and Alaska.

page 11 Project Seahorse

Project Seahorse is an interdisciplinary and international marine conservation group led by Professor Amanda Vincent, and dedicated to a world where marine ecosystems are healthy and well- Recognizing the interdependencies between marine life and human communities, we begin with

In 2012, the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission, the major international body responsible for biodiversity conservation, designated Project Seahorse as the globally authoritative Seahorse, knowledge in a number of ways: conducted rapid assessments of seahorse populations in Thailand, for numerous seahorses and relatives and conducted Red List training for 20 participants at the

Central Philippines nearly 20 years ago, we have collaborated with local communites to establish 35 marine protected areas across Danajon Bank, one of the country’s most ecologically important, and Fisheries

Using biological and socio-economic knowledge and integrating research that balance impacts on ecosystems governments use their marine resources Seahorse also works with small-scale page 12 One of our PhD students has been exploring the 2012, one of our researchers applied our philosophy - we don’t wait for perfect information to take conservation action - to and its impacts on small measures should be taken to ensure that trawl nets do the silver stardrum (Stellifer illecebrosus),

Trade and policy

As the global experts on seahorses and their relatives, Project Seahorse work closely with international regulatory bodies such as the Convention for the International Trade of Endangered

Seahorse advanced and supported the implementation of the Appendix II listing for seahorse species

Project Seahorse also created and revised a framework for making Non-Detriment Findings that underwent practical testing at national consultative workshops in those countries in 2013, which delegation which rigorously responded to worries that CITES members raise about regulating trade

Outreach

In 2013, in collaboration with the International League of Conservation Photographers, Project page 13 Sea Around Us

The Sea Around Us the Sea Around Us launched an activity designed to overcome this problem, which we call ‘catch Sea Around Us was consumed by this activity during 2012 and 2013, and we thought we would be able to complete catch reconstructions covering the years 1950 to 2010 for all

In July 2013, Deng Palomares and Daniel Pauly spent a week teaching an updated version of the ELEFAN (Photo: Robin Ramdeen) software at the University Cheick Anta Diop in Da-

estimation of foreign catches in their waters, a promising development that we will follow up on page 14 Other activities of the Sea Around Us included (1) involvement with the Pew Charitable Trusts’

Active involvement in the FishBase Consortium, via the activities of the FishBase Liaison and Sea Around Us

The Sea Around Us participated in over 20 international conferences, symposia, meetings and similar in Australia, the European Convention of Environmental Laureates, the Expert Roundtable on Fisheries and the Right to Food in Nairobi, the Monaco Blue Initiative in South Korea, and the Aspen Sea Around Us

Overall, the applied and strategic work of the Sea Around Us during 2012-2013 has led to 30 peer

PhD student Dyhia Belhabib and Sea Around Us Principal Investigator Daniel Pauly at the regional

page 15 Policy and Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries

The Policy and Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries (PERF) group, led by Professor Tony Pitcher,

In the 2012-2013 period, Dr Lingbo Li published ecosystem-based work on seals and zooplankton see photo to the left), and

Agricultural and Food Ethics (Uppsala, Sweden, see photo below), She was invited to Earth Stewardship discussions at EcoSummit (Columbus, USA), the Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual (Vancouver, Canada), EcoMarkets (Oakland, USA) and IndiSeas II niche construction and ecological policy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (Vancouver, Fisheries Congress (Edinburgh, Scotland) and the University of ecosystems and the future of ecology (ESA 2013), ecosystem and concluded a 2-year term as elected Member-at-Large on the Board of ESA, She was also appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico, Department of

Tesfamichael moved to a postdoctoral position with the Sea Around Us where he ‘reconstructed’ the actual catch of Red Sea countries and updated

page 16 Lydia Teh gained her PhD and transferred to a Sea Around Us postdoctoral position performing Teh, Lydia organised a workshop on Economics of Small-scale Fisheries at the 3rd Southeast Asian

presented results from his PhD thesis on ecosystem-based management of Mille Lacs lake at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting (Minneapolis, USA) and to the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, with a special focus on assessing the ecosystem impacts of 3000 tonnes per km² of invading zebra mussels (see photo left

(October 2012, Nanaimo, BC), the 21st Annual BC Marine Mammal Symposium (UBC), and an Alaska Marine Science Symposium

Jamie Slogan was awarded an NSERC Industrial Fellowship, continued research on a Vancouver Convention Centre shoreline Yago Coll began his Masters on Rivers Inlet salmon jointly with Dr from Chile for a PhD that aims to integrate human and ecological the Ocean meeting (March 2012, Oxford, UK), helped to develop a technique to identify Ecological

worked with Dr Pitcher on an analysis of the status of a new spatial modelling framework (Ecospace) for the see photo right continued work on marine spatial planning as a member on the Advisory Board, Institute of Marine Research of Fish and Fisheries

page 17 NF- UBC Nereus Program

The Nereus Program is an interdisciplinary initiative working on the advancement of international its activities and promotes collaborative work have moved the Nereus program to a point where the close interdisciplinary relationships a Nippon Foundation Professor of Ecosystem Modeling and Management has been advancing his research on a model which will integrate Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Co-Director of Nereus; Dr. Ryan Rykacze- wski, Senior Nereus Fellow (Alumnus); Audrey Valls, Nereus Fellow; Dr. Marc Metian, Senior Nereus Fellow; and Daniel studies the vulnerability and responses of marine Dunn, Nereus Fellow. (Kei Kodera/The Nippon Foundation) continuing collaboration with our partners at

Coordinator; he will work on building internal and external communication network for the program, redesigning the web page, increasing social networking, and producing short educational

also a master’s student at FC, has is completing her research on the impact of Climate Change on BC page 18 Global Ocean Modeling

The Global Ocean Modeling (GOM) group is a new research unit that was established in 2013, but which builds on many years of development and cooperation. We work with ecosystem modeling of aquatic ecosys- tems, marine as well as freshwater, and participate in the development of the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) ap- proach and software (www.ecopath.org) through the Ecopath Research and Development Consortium. A major part of our work is focused on developing a spatial model of the global ocean as part of the Nereus program in order to evaluate alternative future scenarios.

economic, social, and governance researchers, and we conduct our research through wide international cooperation.

Our aim is to develop research that support policymaking, and we a focus on management systems that are resil- ient to climate change. This notably includes work in direct support of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Global Environment Facility through initiatives related to Large Marine Ecosystems.

The GOM is led by Professor Villy Christensen, who was appointed Nippon Foundation Professor of Ecosystem Modeling and Management in 2012, and who is involved in numerous international initiatives aimed at support- ing introduction of ecosystem-based management and evaluating options for management under climate change. In addition to Dr Christensen, the following participates in the group: Dr Marta Coll who works with ecosystem modeling and biodiversity research with the Mediterranean Sea as a focal area. Dalai Felinto, who develops - for the global ocean model that GOM is developing. Audrey Valls is PhD student and Nereus Fellow, working with ecosystem modeling, keystone species, and modeling of diet preferences. Further Patricia Woodruff is PhD student working with ecosystem modeling of reservoirs in British Columbia.

Global maps of areas for which Ecopath ecosystem models exist, as can be used to draw inferences on ecosystem states.”

page 19 Changing Ocean Research Unit theoretical and empirical understanding of the vulnerability and responses of marine ecosystems and human to (1) examine hypotheses about biological responses of marine communities to climate change (CC), ocean and the resulting socio-economic implications; (3) explore and evaluate options to mitigate and adapt to these

Current and graduated members of CORU are from a diverse range of countries, including Canada, China,

stable thermal preferences of the exploited species (published in (Nature Climate Change art modelling approaches to examine climate change impacts on marine ecosystems, and developed a new and applied multi-model ensemble approaches to assess the uncertainty of projecting climate change impacts

Contributions including assessing the conservation status of world’s groupers, particularly the endangered Nassau grouper in the Bahamas, being part of a multi-disciplinary team to develop participatory modelling

CORU has been involved in interdisciplinary research projects with international and regional partners, notably CEFAS, Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Princeton University,

In 2012-2013, CORU contributed to a number of international assessment reports and to local and international

page 20 Global Biodiversity OutlookUNEP’s Global of CORU gave

Below are examples of events that he participated in:

10 Dec 2013 (invited speaker) • • • • • • • • 2012 Forum on Fisheries Science and Technology, Shanghai, China 17-18 Oct 2012 (invited • • ICES Annual Science Conference, “Responses of living marine resources to climate change and • Seminar series, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, DFO, “Projecting large-scale • • East China Sea Fisheries Institute, China, “Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and • •

page 21 Graduate Studies F PhD and 26 MSc students at the FC during Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Ireland, Peru,

Students’ research covers a wide range of topics related to the FC Mission: During 2012 and 2013, 13 alumni help out with events such as the biennial Larkin Lecture and holiday celebrations, coordinate building-wide composting, and edit FishBytes Fisheries Centre students are known to tackle rather ambitious projects that often involve travel to remote allowed our students to make strong connections with their global peers, working alongside NGOs, local biology, , economics, engineering, mathematics, sociology, planning and policy are employed in Fisheries policy and management problems under study include assessment and management of artisanal teach a number of graduate credit courses, on such topics as quantitative analysis and modeling, economics, grad

page 22 Graduate Students

Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak (Kuwait) (Canada) Project Project: populations Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Supervisors: Dr Evgeny Pakhomov (MSc) and Dr Daniel Pauly

Elizabeth Atwood (USA) Iain Caldwell (Canada) Project: Assessing the physiological status Project: of northern fur seal populations in North America with fecal hormones dynamic world Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent

Lindsay Aylesworth (USA) Susana Cárdenas-Alayza (Peru) Project: Community and population Project: Prey abundance and population conservation, threats and management dynamics of South American fur seals in Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Peru ( Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Megan Bailey (Canada) Rachel Chudnow (Canada) Project: Project: Case study of the British Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila Columbia Dungeness Crab (Cancer FishBytes Editor 2009-2012 Magister Dyhia Belhabib (Canada) domestic and international experience Supervisor: Project: Fisheries and food security Dr Murdoch McAllister Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor Leah Biery (USA) (Mexico) Project: Using enhanced shark catch data Project: Canada valuation of marine to estimate the magnitude and global recreational activities Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Mathieu Colléter (France) Brajgeet Bhathal (Canada) Project Project: the trophic functioning of marine India’s marine ecosystems and exploration ecosystems: comparative approach and of possible policy scenarios global-scale mapping Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Lisa Boonzaier (South Africa) Alex Dalton (Canada) Project: Project: areas for conserving biodiversity to power a northern fur seal and what is Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly the best way to measure that? FishBytes and Sea Around Us Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites, Dr editor 2012-2013 David Rosen *student graduated in 2012 or 2013 **student graduated in 2014 page 23 Meaghan Darcy (USA) Elizabeth Goundie (USA) Project: Management procedure Project: evaluation of a data-limited lions’ diving energetics and foraging ability? Supervisor: Dr David Rosen, Dr Andrew Supervisor: Dr Steve Martell Trites Mariana Diaz Gomez (Canada) Rhona Govender (South Africa) Project:- Project: A global estimate of the catch of ity of Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) to meet daily energy Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly requirements? Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites

Wes Didier (USA) Aaron Greenberg (Canada) Project: Testing for stresses that may be Project: Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr David Close McAllister

Krista Greer (Canada) Danielle Edwards (Canada) PhD RMES (start 2011) Project: Calculating the carbon emissions of Project: Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Supervisor: Dr Murdoch McAllister Andrea Haas (Canada) Junho (June) Eom (Korea) - Project: The sex pheromone lantic Canada (with emphasis on lobster transmontanus Supervisor: Dr David Close Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila

Sarah Fortune (Canada) Nigel Haggan (Northern Ireland) PhD IIS (start 2013) Project: Measurable and immeasurable Project: North Atlantic right whale growth values in ecosystem-based management and energetics Supervisors: Dr Rashid Sumaila and Dr Ron Trosper

Carling Gerlinsky (Canada) Katherine Haman (USA) logy (start 2010) Project:eir Project: Transfer of diseases from land-to- sea using marine mammals as sentinels patches while diving? Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites and Dr David Rosen

Kyle Gillespie (Canada) Sarah Harper (Canada) PhD RMES (start 2013) Project: Marine invertebrate ecology Project: Gender and Fisheries Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumalia

page 24 Mike Hawkshaw (Canada) Rajeev Kumar (India) PhD RMES (start 2006) Project: Inter-cohort density dependence Project: Simulation modeling of Mille Lacs and cyclic age zero survival of cyprinids Lake ecosystems in support of EBM Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher

Sarah Hawkshaw (Canada) Ting-Chun Kuo (Taiwan) Project: Evaluating management strate- Project: Trades in seahorses and other marine wildlife Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Dr Murdoch McAllister

James Hehre (USA) Julia Lawson (Canada) Project: Ecological impacts of seaweed Project: Modelling seahorse life histories to farming in the central Philippines evaluate vulnerability to exploitation Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Pauly

Carie Hoover (USA) Frédéric Le Manach (France) PhD RME PhD RMES, joint with UMR Ifremer - IRD Project: change on polar marine ecosystems Project: Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher and food security: ethics and human rights in relationships between developed and developing countries

Vijay Jayaraj (India) Lingbo Li (China) PhD RMES (start 2013) Project: Modeling responses of marine Project: salmon and euphausiids: the food Supervisor: dynamics in the Strait of Georgia Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher Tiphaine Jeanniard du Dot (France) Roberto Licandeo (Chile) Project: Project: Dynamics of jack mackerel Supervisor: Dr Steve Martell seals: an energetic approach Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites

Danika Kleiber (Canada/USA) Rachel Louton (USA) PhD RMES (start 2009) Project: Gender, marine resource use and Project: Evaluation of alternative community conservation in the Danajon Bank, Central Philippines in the Gulf of Mexico Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Dr Murdoch McAllister

Barbara Koot (Canada) Dale Marsden (Canada) PhD RMES (start 2011) Project: Seasonal distribution and relative Project: Bioeconomics of Fraser River sock- abundance of threatened and endangered whales in British Columbian waters, from Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila passive acoustic data Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites, Dr John

page 25 Steve McAdam (Canada) Erin Rechsteiner (Canada) (2009) Project: Diagnosing causes of white stur- Project: Diet, distribution and food geon () recruitment failure dolphins on the British Columbia coast Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites

Benjamin Nelson (USA) Brent Roberts (Canada) Project: Multi-species modeling of Project: Stimulation and production of 11-deoxycortisol in the stress response of lamprey Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites and Dr Supervisor: Dr David Close Murdoch McAllister Frances Robertson (UK/Canada) Project: Multi-species modeling to Project: determine how gray seal predation impacts status, environmental parameters and exposure to seismic operations on the Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites observed distribution of bowhead whales Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Chad Nordstrom (Canada) Laurenne Schiller (Canada) Project: Project: A global analysis of tuna and bill- northern fur seals: assessing in-situ ocean temperature and links to oceanographic seas from 1950 to present features in the Eastern Bering Sea Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites

Shannon Obradovich (Canada) Anna Schuhbauer (Germany) PhD RMES (start 2012) Project: Survey methodologies and Project: Improving the economic viability management strategy evaluation for BC Supervisor: Dr Murdoch McAllister Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila

Michelle Paleczny (Canada) Jennifer Selgrath (USA) Project: An analysis of temporal and spatial Project: Ecosystem resilience in coastal the modern industrial era, 1950-2010 Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly

Tom Porteus (UK) Jamie Slogan (Canada) Project: Use of Bayesian methods to Project: Long-term community dynamics evaluate strategies for control of terrestrial vertebrate pest species Supervisor: Dr Murdoch McAllister Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher

Satbir Rai Allison Stocks (Canada) Project: Identifying the maturation Project: Providing Vietnam with im- portant information needed to manage () vulnerable seahorse populations Supervisor: Dr David Close Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent page 26 Szymon Surma (Canada) Liesbeth van der Meer (Chile) PhD RMES (start 2012) Project: Project: Fish retail contribution to the global economy Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila

Vicky Wing Yee Lam (Hong Kong) Project: Global expansion of marine Project: face of change in climate and energy prices Japan Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila

Nicholás Talloni Alvarez (Chile) PhD RMES (start 2013) Project: Evaluating and integrating Project: on recruitment processes for rainbow trout Supervisor: Dr Tony Pitcher Supervisor:

Dawit Tesfamichael (Eritrea) Lauren Weatherdon Project: Assessment of the Red Sea Project: Scenarios for coastal First Nations’ Supervisors: Dr Daniel Pauly and Dr Tony resilience and adaptation potential Pitcher Supervisor:

Austen Thomas (USA) Mandy Wong (Canada) Project: Project: Do El Niño-southern oscillation predators in marine ecosystems Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Supervisors: Dr Andrew Trites and Dr Dominic Tollit Aylin Ulman (Canada) Catarina Wor Lima (Brazil) Project: Project: ecosystem of the eastern Mediterranean and Canada Black Sea ecosystems Supervisor: Dr Steve Martell Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly

Brianna Wright (Canada) Tanvi Vaidyanathan gy (start 2010) Project:iller whales Project: bycatch species and their habitats Supervisors: Dr Andrew Trites and Dr Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Dominic Tollit

Audrey Valls (France) Xiong Zhang (China) Project: Using ecosystem models to Project: Interactions between seahorses and their habitats changes in marine biodiversity Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Dr Villy Christensen

page 27 Graduate Theses Completed in 2012- 2013* Elizabeth Atwood (USA) Chad Nordstrom (Canada) MSc Zoology Title: Assessing the physiological Supervisor: Dr. Steve Martell Title: status of northern fur seal northern fur seals: assessing in-situ ocean populations in North America with Sarah Fortune (Canada) temperature and links to oceanographic fecal hormones MSc Zoology features in the Eastern Bering Sea Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Title: North Atlantic right whale Supervisor: growth and energetics Megan Bailey (Canada) Supervisor: Michelle Paleczny (Canada) PhD RMES MSc Zoology Title: Rhona Govender Title: An analysis of temporal and spatial Msc Zoology Supervisor: Dr Rashid Sumaila Title: Small but mighty: a global during the modern industrial era, 1950- 2010, and the relationship between global Bhathal, Brajgeet Supervisor: PhD Zoology Supervisor: Title: Government-led development Nigel Haggan (Northern Ireland) PhD IIS Erin Rechsteiner (Canada) Title: Becoming indigenous: MSc Zoology bioeconomic models measurable and immeasurable values Title: Diet, distribution and food Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Pauly in ecosystem-based management Supervisors: dolphins on the British Columbia coast Leah Biery (USA) Supervisor: Title: Using enhanced shark catch Carie Hoover (USA) Brent Roberts (Canada) data to estimate the magnitude and PhD RMES MSc Zoology Title: Title: Stimulation and production of trade change on polar marine ecosystems 11-deoxycortisol in the stress response of Supervisor: Dr Daniel Pauly Supervisor: lamprey Supervisor: Iain Caldwell (Canada) Vicky WY Lam PhD RMES Title: Title: PhD RMES face of change in climate Title: dynamic world Supervisor: Supervisor: Dr Amanda Vincent Supervisor: Lingbo Li (China) Susana Cárdenas-Alayza (Peru) PhD Zoology Dawit Tesfamichael (Eritrea) Title: PhD RMES Title: Prey abundance and population salmon and euphausiids: the food Title: Assessment of the Red Sea dynamics of South American fur seals () in Peru Supervisor: Supervisors: Supervisor: Dr Andrew Trites Tony Pitcher Dale Marsden (Canada) Rachel Chudnow (Canada) PhD RMES Liesbeth van der Meer (Chile) Title: Bioeconomics of Fraser River MSc RMES Title: Title: Global revenues from wild management’: Case study of the Supervisor: products British Columbia Dungeness Crab Supervisor: (Cancer magister Steve McAdam (Canada) Supervisor: Dr Villy Christensen PhD Zoology Meaghan Darcy (USA) Title: Diagnosing causes of white PhD Zoology sturgeon () Title: Title: Management procedure recruitment failure on recruitment processes for rainbow trout evaluation of a data-limited multi- Supervisor: Supervisor: page 28 Fisheries Centre Members

Faculty Associated UBC Faculty Dr Don Ludwig Fisheries Mathematics Dr U. Rashid Sumaila, Director Dr Kai Chan Professor, Fisheries Centre Institute for Resources, Dr Gordon Munro Fisheries Economics Environment & Sustainability Fisheries Economics Ecosystem Services & Biodiversity Dr William Cheung Dr William Neill Assistant Professor, Fisheries Centre Dr Douglas Harris Fisheries Limnology Global Change Biology & Fisheries Law Fisheries Law Dr Tom Northcote Dr Villy Christensen, Associate Fisheries Biology Director Professor, Fisheries Centre Forest Sciences and Institute for Ecosystem Modeling Resources & Environment Adjunct Professors Forests & Fisheries & Associated Faculty Dr David Close Assistant Professor, Fisheries Centre Dr Linc Kesler Outside UBC Aboriginal Fisheries Aboriginal Fisheries Dr Cameron Ainsworth National Oceanic and Atmospheric Dr Steven Martell Administration Associate Professor, Fisheries Centre Sociology Marine Ecosystem Restoration (Adjunct as of August 2012) Fisheries Sociology Dr Jackie Alder Quantitative Fisheries Stock UNEP, Nairobi Assessment Dr Charles Menzies Environmental Policy Implementation Anthropology Dr Murdoch McAllister Fisheries Anthropology Dr Claire Armstrong Associate Professor, Fisheries Centre University of Tromsø Bayesian Statistical Methods Dr Richard Paisley Fisheries Economics Law Dr Daniel Pauly Fisheries Law Mr Josef Bauer Commercial (retired) Tropical & Global Fisheries Issues Dr Royann Petrell Chemical & Biological Engineering Dr Ratana Chuenpagdee Dr Tony J. Pitcher Engineering Fisheries Economics Ecosystems, Rapid Appraisal and Dr William Rees Schooling School of Community & Regional Marie Étienne Planning AgroParisTech Dr Andrew Trites Ecological Economics Professor, Fisheries Centre Marine Mammals and Fisheries Dr John K. B. Ford DFO, Nanaimo Dr Amanda Vincent Emeritus Members Marine Mammals Associate Professor, Fisheries Centre Canada Research Chair in Marine Dr Colin Clark Dr Robyn Forrest Conservation Commercial DFO, Nanaimo Management Strategy Evaluation Dr Dr Brian Elliot Environmental Sociology Dr Michael Grigg Modeling, Assessment and Ecosystems Dr Les Lavkulich Fisheries Education Biochemistry Dr Sang-Seon Yun Dr Martin Haulena Assistant Professor, Fisheries Centre Dr Paul LeBlond Vancouver Aquarium Chemical Communication Systems of Fisheries Oceanography Veterinarian Fishes page 29 Dr Douglas E. Hay Dr John Stockner FC Office Staff DFO, Nanaimo Eco-Logic Ltd Pelagic Fisheries Limnology & Oceanography

Dr Glen Jamieson DFO, Nanaimo BC Fisheries, Vancouver Invertebrate Fisheries GIS, Sports Fisheries

Janice Doyle Dr Jacquelynne King Dr John Volpe Administration Support DFO, Nanaimo University of Victoria Fisheries Climaatology Sustainable

Dr Josh Korman Dr Jane Watson Malaspina College, Adaptive Management Nanaimo Marine Mammals Dr Rosemary Ommer Marina Campbell University of Victoria International Advisory Administration Support Fisheries Sociology (until June 2012) Council Mr Eric Parkinson BC Ministry of Environment Dr Philippe Cury Fisheries Management Sete, France Dr Ian Perry DFO, Nanaimo Dr Douglas DeMaster Marlene Tecson-Golfinopoulos Fisheries Oceanography National Marine Fisheries Service Manager, Administration and Finance (as of July 2012) Dr Stephen Raverty Dr Cornelia Nauen BC Agriculture and Lands European Commission Pathologist - Fish & Mammals Brussels, Belgium

Dr Laura Richards Dr Ana Parma DFO, Nanaimo Centro Nacional Patagónico Fisheries Assessment Chubut, Argentina Penny Mullen Administration Support (as of August 2012 Dr Jordan Rosenfeld Dr Yvonne Sadovy Stream Ecology

Dr Jon Schnute Dr Anthony D. M. Smith DFO (retired) CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Fisheries Mathematician Research Erin Bedard Graduate Program Assistant Dr Richard Sims (until May 2012) EBA Engineering Consultant Environmental Science

Mr Alan Sinclair DFO (retired) Management Strategy Evaluation

Monica Penner Graduate Program Assistant (June-August 2012)

page 30 reproductive can improve model estimates of Publications vital rates derived from limited time-series counts ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS use by top marine predators with diverse foraging from space: Google Earth improves estimates of Gaining perspective on what we’ve lost: The reproducibility of encoded accounts in historical Odobenus rosmarus divergens marine spatial planning methods in Madagascar Aquaculture Economics & Management, 16(3): 183- sympatric European seahorse species: apparent in Small-scale Fisheries of Ghana: A Step towards seahorse () movement Moving beyond catch in allocation approaches for cooperative management of tuna in the western Strategic Behavior and the Environment, 3(1-2): 31-

page 31 Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ( The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and and Freshwater Research 63(5): 415-427 Assessing the trophic position and ecological role of squids in marine ecosystems by means of food web tool for long-snouted seahorse ( )? Journal of Experimental Marine and relative abundance of humpback whales in relation to environmental variables in coastal British Columbia a DNA-based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: which counts count? Molecular models for management advice: An analysis of value of the Belize marine ecosystem: Potential page 32 interactions into projecting distribution changes (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) species diversity in ‘ray’ mortality in juvenile red snapper caught as bycatch species distribution modelling for ecological predictions in the Antarctic: a cross-disciplinary Thunnus thynnus) Reply to: ‘Is the ocean food provision index biased?’ North Atlantic right whales and the implications for early development of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis uncertainty: assessing and addressing bycatch of Stellifer illecebrosus Based Management: A Transparent Approach to to rebuild exploited resources and ecosystems of catch data can tell us about the status of global The tragedy of the ‘tragedy of the commons’: diving metabolism results in a short aerobic dive limit for Steller sea lions ( Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 186: 699- 708.

page 33 Mechanical reliability of devices subdermally implanted into the young of long lived and Distribution of North Sea whiting between the 1920s spill cost British Columbians? Environment, games under climate variability: transboundary lions in Alaska with implications for population driven decline of Coregonus artedi population in Mille Multiple functions of a multi- component mating pheromone in sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus A global assessment of seamount knowledge and Predicting the impact of climate change on Assessing the impacts of climate change on food and nutritional security implications of climate Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater distributions: prediction and assessment using Africa: implications for economic, food and nutritional gets what? Developing a more equitable framework for page 34 Seamount physiography and biology in the North- and political turmoil: the recipe for a food security points for management of an exploited tropical British Columbia, track large-scale climate forcing mammal impacts in exploited ecosystems: would juvenile coho salmon and steelhead trout migrating outer continental shelf and upper slope demersal ultraviolet radiation exposure on early ocean (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Apogonidae), from juvenile coho salmon and steelhead trout migrating seals are structured by thermocline depths and Iberian Peninsula using ecological tracers as multi- ocean temperatures with higher temporal and Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society Fisher Interviews, Logbooks, and Catch Landings of biological reference points to the spatio-temporal Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(2): much sampling does it take to detect trends in R Rykaczewski, Yoshitaka Ota, Jorge L Sarmiento, coral-reef habitat using photoquadrat surveys? Villy Christensen, Maja Schlüter, Simon Birnbaum, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater

page 35 sympatric carcharhinids: a comparison of the vulnerability of pelagic sharks of the southern structure, and functioning of the pelagic species of pinnipeds - implications for the QFASA communities in the North Chilean Patagonian a mature male beluga whale ( responses to environmental change and the impacts maximum food intake in young northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus Lagenorhynchus assessment of threats and extinction risk in a billion Fishery in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: Failures and Simons JD, Yuan M, Carollo C, Vega-Cardenjas M, Shirley T, Palomares MLD, Roopnarine P, Abarca Arenas LG, Empirical development of strategy for the control database for management and modeling research in dolphins () as predicted reliability of functional grouping based on prey ( Dicentrarchus labrax in the northeastern Atlantic: implications for bycatch of common dolphin

page 36 dictates what whales, dolphins and porpoises eat: the importance of prey quality on predator foraging ecosystem evaluation framework for global seamount vulnerability of a deep continental slope ecosystem of gap between ecosystem modelling tools using geographic information systems: driving a food-web model with spatial-temporal primary production preference and biodiversity priorities for marine species: Ecology, 94(2), 544-544 [Ecological Archives Rebuilding Global Marine Fisheries Outweigh prioritisation of marine protected area under data Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 69: subsidies and potential catch loss in SIDS Exclusive Environment and Development Economics 18: 427 impacts on the Gulf of Cadiz marine ecosystem

page 37 knowledge of a well-known fauna: implications based bioenergetics model for estimating time- Thunnus orientalis) using spatial and seasonal dimensions in a stock reduction of multiple stakeholders for reef ecosystem analysis for lower Fraser River white sturgeon ( sea lamprey pheromone in tributaries of laurentian great lakes by liquid chromatography-tandem mass drive creation of marine protected areas, so what did these protected areas do for the seahorses? Bioenergetics and population Dynamics of Marthasterias glacialis Grand Canyon as evidenced by tag recapture improve abundance estimates from standard Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 68, 2194- BOOKS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS European Parliament, Directorate General for page 38 [Japanese edition of Darwin’s Fishes: an encyclopedia Marine Resources Exploitation and Governance: a by the Sea Around Us Project for the Rockefeller Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies - FISHERIES CENTRE RESEARCH REPORTS to Oceana and the Bloomberg and Rockefeller Report Prepared for the Global Ocean Project of University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 47 climate change impacts on marine ecosystems assessment to support EU future environment of a tanker spill on ocean-based industries in British modelling tools using Geographic Information Ocean Environments in a Changing Climate: proceedings of a national seminar held in Freetown, Around Us Project to Oceana and the Bloomberg

page 39 CHAPTERS IN BOOKS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS Ocean Environments in a Changing Climate: Bridging disciplinary and professional divides to improve international development research Sustainable Development at Universities: New (Keeling) Island and Christmas Island: brief history Research Report 20(5), Ecopath theory, modeling and application to coastal Peninsula Marine Ecosystem Model and Simulations: Consumption: The Citizen, The Market, and The Reports 20(3), Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture: theory Fisheries Centre Research Reports 20(3), Theory of Cooperative Games and the Spirit of Elinor Aquaculture and Seafood Trade: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 16-20, page 40 Organizations and the New Member Problem: Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications of Sustainability Volume 10: The Future of Environments in a Changing Climate: Sustainability Global Environment Outlook 5: Environment for the Proceedings of the 65nd Meeting of the Gulf future we want (GEO5), UNEP, Nairobi, and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Santa Marta, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Volume 10: The Global Economic Policy and Institutions, Geneva, Economic Incentives and Environmental Regulation: as a Global System: Economics and Governance of Potential Economic Costs of the Overuse of Marine in a Changing Climate: Sustainability and Economic of the Fisheries of Saudi Arabia in the Gulf, 1950- for Internal Policies, Policy Department B: Structural

page 41 Lingcod () stock assessment and perturbation and recovery: Theory and application MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

Sebastes fasciatus credibility of stock-recruitment relationships for economic value of shark ecotourism: Implications for DNA barcoding unveils the diversity of skate species the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL), 4(1): contribution to the symposium on “Successful Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Insights from Chinese]

page 42 (Sebastes maliger 65nd Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries ( assessment for bocaccio ) in British 19(1): 4-5 Assessment for the inside population of yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus) in British Columbia,

page 43 Fisheries Centre Visitors Listed below are some of the visitors to the UBC Fisheries Centre in 2012-2013. These and other Canadian and international

Brooke Campbell Tse-Lynn Loh Katy Seto Canadian International Development Visiting postdoc University of California at Berkeley Agency Host: Amanda Vincent Host: Rashid Sumaila Host: Chris McOwen Isaac Trindade Joshua Cinner Science without Borders Program James Cook University, Australia Host: Villy Christensen Brazil Host: Host: Daniel Pauly Nicole Mermoud Marta Coll Universidad de Concepción, Chile Marjo Vierros Institute of Marine Sciences, Spain Host: Tony Pitcher United Nations University, Japan Host: Villy Christensen Host: Marc Metian Jose Fernandes University of Stockholm, Sweden Jack Whalen University of East Anglia, UK Host: Villy Christensen Aalto University, Finland Host: Host: Rashid Sumaila Lydia Mosunmola Stephanie Green Federal University of Technology, Akure, Xueying Yin Simon Fraser University Nigeria Host: Host: Rashid Sumaila Host:

William Hunt Samliok Ndobe Senlin Zheng MER Consortium Tadulako University, Central Sulawesi Third Institute of Oceanography, Xiamen, Host: Tony Pitcher and Brawijaya University, Malang China Host: Daniel Pauly Host: Amanda Vincent Yazhou Jiang Visiting professor from China Kjell Nedreaas Host: Norwegian Institute of Marine Research Host: Daniel Pauly Miranda Jones University of East Anglia, UK Hiroshi Okamura Host: National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Çetin Keskin Host: Istanbul University Host: Daniel Pauly Sung-Woo Park East Sea Fisheries Management Service, Nils Krueck Korea University of Queensland, Australia Host: Host: Tony Pitcher Cheung

Anders Knudby Alejandro Ramírez Simon Fraser University Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile Host: Host: Villy Christensen

Hideo Kojimoto Sergio Alejandro Rosales Carmona MVPS Mexico Host: Yoshitaka Ota Host: Rashid Sumaila

Nels Krueck Yutaro Sakai University of Queensland, Australia University of Calgary Host: Tony Pitcher Host: Rashid Sumaila

Zunlei Liu Visiting Professor from China Host: page 44 Funding

Some of our major funders are Science Foundation (30,299), The Pew Charitable Trusts (21,232), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (3,228), Province of BC Ministries of Fisheries

page 45 Fisheries Centre Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) The University of British Columbia

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