Solving-FCB Co-principal investigators Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Rashid Sumaila have once again been named on Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list. This prestigious annual list acknowledges researchers whose work ranks in the top 1% by citations in their respective fields over the past 11 years, signifying their significant global influence. Dr. Sumaila, a Canada … Read more
Update 11/17/25: Dr. William Cheung inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Read more at oceans.ubc.ca. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has announced that Dr. William Cheung, Professor and Director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) at UBC, and co-Director for the Solving-FCB Partnership, has been elected as … Read more
Co-PI’s William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila have been selected as authors for the IPCC 7th Assessment Report (AR7).
The Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize In Environmental Sustainability is a $6,550 award that has been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Rashid Sumaila upon being named the 2017 Volvo Environment Prize laureate.
Palacios-Abrantes, J., Santos, B. S., Frölicher, T. L., Reygondeau, G., Sumaila, U., Wabnitz, C. C. C., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2025). Climate change drives shifts in straddling fish stocks in the world’s ocean. Science Advances, 11(31). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adq5976 A new study led by Solving-FCB researchers reveals that climate change is causing significant shifts in the … Read more
New Solving-FCB paper explores how gender inequality shapes the impacts of climate change and IUU fishing on small-scale fisheries, highlighting the need for equity in ocean governance.
Extractive activities in international waters must end permanently to avoid irreversible damage to marine biodiversity, climate stability, and ocean equity, argue leading ocean scientists in Nature.
Sweeping US federal science budget cuts are undermining global ocean observing systems and weakening the international foundations for sustainable fisheries and marine climate policy.
2025 UN Ocean Conference June 9–13, 2025 — Nice, France The Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia is excited to have a large team of faculty, researchers and students attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference June 9 – 13, 2025, in Nice, France. This year’s event will be held … Read more
A round-up of all media coverage covering activities either directly supported by or related to the Solving-FCB Partnership and our members in Q1 of 2025.
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