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A research initiative at UBC and UWA led by #DanielPauly, Deng Palomares & Dirk Zeller. We assess the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems.
Protection where no fishing happens? That’s the definition of a paper park. 📄 bit.ly/wodsau20261
Real MPA or Paper Park? French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Sea Around Us
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands may be a ‘misleading MPA’ or 'paper park.'
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January 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Protection where no fishing happens? That’s the definition of a paper park. 📄 bit.ly/wodsau20261
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A new Nature paper argues conservation failures are rooted in race, power, and colonial legacies. Without recognizing Indigenous and local land rights, expanding protected areas risks repeating past injustices — and undermining conservation itself.
A new Nature paper argues conservation failures are rooted in race, power, and colonial legacies. Without recognizing Indigenous and local land rights, expanding protected areas risks repeating past injustices — and undermining conservation itself.
Conservation’s unfinished business
Conservation often presents itself as a technical enterprise: how much land to protect, which species to prioritize, what policies deliver results. A recent paper in Nature argues that this framing…
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January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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A new Nature paper argues conservation failures are rooted in race, power, and colonial legacies. Without recognizing Indigenous and local land rights, expanding protected areas risks repeating past injustices — and undermining conservation itself.
A new Nature paper argues conservation failures are rooted in race, power, and colonial legacies. Without recognizing Indigenous and local land rights, expanding protected areas risks repeating past injustices — and undermining conservation itself.
The Sea Around Us estimates that 12% of the global fisheries catch comes from the South China Sea.
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US Navy Drills And China’s Tactics Escalate South China Sea Tensions
The South China Sea, long a flashpoint for geopolitical tension, is facing mounting challenges on multiple fronts—military, environmental, and technological. In…
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January 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The Sea Around Us estimates that 12% of the global fisheries catch comes from the South China Sea.
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World Oceans Day 2026 focuses on "Strong MPAs for our blue planet" 🌊 But are all MPAs really protecting nature?
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Real MPA or Paper Park? French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Sea Around Us
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands may be a ‘misleading MPA’ or 'paper park.'
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January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
World Oceans Day 2026 focuses on "Strong MPAs for our blue planet" 🌊 But are all MPAs really protecting nature?
bit.ly/wodsau20261
bit.ly/wodsau20261
2025 in Review: Dr. Daniel Pauly’s portrait with a single sardine captured the reality of fishing down marine food webs. 📸🐟 bit.ly/blog212sau
Fishing down marine food webs and other pressing environmental issues exhibited in Paris | Sea Around Us
Daniel Pauly and Sea Around Us collaborators are part of the Biennale Photoclimat.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
2025 in Review: Dr. Daniel Pauly’s portrait with a single sardine captured the reality of fishing down marine food webs. 📸🐟 bit.ly/blog212sau
Dr. Daniel Pauly's #shiftingbaselines: "By the time the Atlantic cod fishery collapsed in the early 1990s, each generation of managers had already internalized a diminished baseline."
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Shifting Baselines: How Ecology Loses Its Memory
Recently I was interviewing an environmentalist and naturalist about his new book at a small venue in Point Reyes Station, California. The conversation swung back and forth from fun wildlife encounter...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Dr. Daniel Pauly's #shiftingbaselines: "By the time the Atlantic cod fishery collapsed in the early 1990s, each generation of managers had already internalized a diminished baseline."
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2025 in Review:
We announced that a new book on the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory will be released in 2026.
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We announced that a new book on the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory will be released in 2026.
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New GOLT book to be released in 2026 | Sea Around Us
Coming in March 2026: Breathing Water in a Warming World—a new book on the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT).
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January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
2025 in Review:
We announced that a new book on the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory will be released in 2026.
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We announced that a new book on the Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory will be released in 2026.
bit.ly/blog211sau
2025 in Review:
We released preliminary 2022 catch reconstructions for 30 EEZs worldwide bit.ly/blog209sau
We released preliminary 2022 catch reconstructions for 30 EEZs worldwide bit.ly/blog209sau
Sea Around Us publishes preliminary results of catch reconstruction update | Sea Around Us
First 2022 fisheries data now live for 30 global EEZs.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
2025 in Review:
We released preliminary 2022 catch reconstructions for 30 EEZs worldwide bit.ly/blog209sau
We released preliminary 2022 catch reconstructions for 30 EEZs worldwide bit.ly/blog209sau
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Every time I explain this to people who don’t work on this every day they’re shocked that the reason is this simple and I will never understand why.
People want to work! They want jobs! And they’ll make the dangerous journey to Europe to do it.
People want to work! They want jobs! And they’ll make the dangerous journey to Europe to do it.
2025 in Review:
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
Foreign overfishing fuels Senegal’s deadly migration crisis to Europe | Sea Around Us
Senegal’s fish are vanishing—and so are its fishers.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Every time I explain this to people who don’t work on this every day they’re shocked that the reason is this simple and I will never understand why.
People want to work! They want jobs! And they’ll make the dangerous journey to Europe to do it.
People want to work! They want jobs! And they’ll make the dangerous journey to Europe to do it.
2025 in Review:
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
Foreign overfishing fuels Senegal’s deadly migration crisis to Europe | Sea Around Us
Senegal’s fish are vanishing—and so are its fishers.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
2025 in Review:
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
Our research showed that Senegal’s peak fish catch was over 1M tonnes in the 1990s. Now it’s half that. And people are fleeing bit.ly/sausenegal
2025 in Review: Our research showed that Indian Ocean fish fuel global nutrition, but locals are missing out 🍽️ bit.ly/indianonutri
Indian Ocean fisheries fuel global nutrition — but the benefits are leaving the region | Sea Around Us
A new study estimates how much nutrition Indian Ocean fisheries provide and examines how these benefits align with conservation priorities.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
2025 in Review: Our research showed that Indian Ocean fish fuel global nutrition, but locals are missing out 🍽️ bit.ly/indianonutri
Year in Review:
Our research showed that between 1960–2018, fisheries removed 4B tonnes of marine life—and over 560M tonnes of essential nutrients. 🌊
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Our research showed that between 1960–2018, fisheries removed 4B tonnes of marine life—and over 560M tonnes of essential nutrients. 🌊
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Fisheries disrupt balance of marine nutrients in countries’ Exclusive Economic Zones | Sea Around Us
Industrial fisheries have removed over 430 million tonnes of carbon, 110 million tonnes of nitrogen, and 23 million tonnes of phosphorus from countries’ EEZs.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Year in Review:
Our research showed that between 1960–2018, fisheries removed 4B tonnes of marine life—and over 560M tonnes of essential nutrients. 🌊
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Our research showed that between 1960–2018, fisheries removed 4B tonnes of marine life—and over 560M tonnes of essential nutrients. 🌊
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Research Topic in Frontiers in Marine Science open until April 17, 2026: “The Catch and Status of Fisheries in the Central Atlantic, Mediterranean and Western Indian Oceans” www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
Frontiers | The Catch and Status of Fisheries in the Central Atlantic, Mediterranean and Western Indian Oceans
The Sea Around Us, named after Rachel Carson's book of the same title, is a global research initiative at the University of British Columbia that started in ...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Research Topic in Frontiers in Marine Science open until April 17, 2026: “The Catch and Status of Fisheries in the Central Atlantic, Mediterranean and Western Indian Oceans” www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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📑 #NewStudy by Brodie et al. develops reporting to better communicate climate and ecosystem science to fisheries management, industry, and research stakeholders.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
📑 #NewStudy by Brodie et al. develops reporting to better communicate climate and ecosystem science to fisheries management, industry, and research stakeholders.
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Year in Review: The Sea Around Us is proof that when women thrive in science, research flourishes. Let’s keep pushing for equality! 🌊👩🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏿🔬
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Women in Science - The Sea Around Us joins #AccelerateAction campaign | Sea Around Us
As of 2025, about 75 per cent of the Sea Around Us team is comprised of women and in the past 25 years, of the over 200 people from more than 40 countries who have worked for the project, 59 per cent ...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Year in Review: The Sea Around Us is proof that when women thrive in science, research flourishes. Let’s keep pushing for equality! 🌊👩🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏿🔬
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This paper on forever chemicals found in #fish, recently published in Science, uses data from the Sea Around Us!
Check it out 👇
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Check it out 👇
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Risks of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure through marine fish consumption
Global food trade expansion has enriched diets worldwide but also heightened concerns about contaminant spread. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can persist in the environment for decades, y...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This paper on forever chemicals found in #fish, recently published in Science, uses data from the Sea Around Us!
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Check it out 👇
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thank you, @environmentjournal.bsky.social, for nominating our principal investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly! 💙🌊
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Initiative on new Nobel prize for climate gains momentum – The Environment Journal
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December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thank you, @environmentjournal.bsky.social, for nominating our principal investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly! 💙🌊
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Year in Review: 🌊 The Sea Around Us and ProtectedSeas Navigator started working together to expand access to global marine protection data! 🌐
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Sea Around Us and ProtectedSeas Navigator join forces for greater ocean data transparency | Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia and ProtectedSeas Navigator, a free, interactive map of marine regulatory information worldwide, have partnered to expand users’ acce...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Year in Review: 🌊 The Sea Around Us and ProtectedSeas Navigator started working together to expand access to global marine protection data! 🌐
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Year in Review:
We honoured the legacy of W.N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024), creator of the renowned Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. A true pioneer in ichthyology. 🐟
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We honoured the legacy of W.N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024), creator of the renowned Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. A true pioneer in ichthyology. 🐟
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Remembering William N. Eschmeyer (1939 – 2024) | Sea Around Us
By Daniel Pauly, Rainer Froese and Nicolas Bailly. The Quantitative Aquatics and Sea Around Us teams lament the passing of W.N ‘Bill’ Eschmeyer (1939-2024), the founding editor and namesake of the Esc...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Year in Review:
We honoured the legacy of W.N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024), creator of the renowned Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. A true pioneer in ichthyology. 🐟
bit.ly/blog199sau
We honoured the legacy of W.N. Eschmeyer (1939–2024), creator of the renowned Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes. A true pioneer in ichthyology. 🐟
bit.ly/blog199sau
Year in Review:
🐟 Big questions, jargon-free answers. Dr. Pauly’s “Ask Dr. Pauly” columns are now in one inspiring booklet.
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🐟 Big questions, jargon-free answers. Dr. Pauly’s “Ask Dr. Pauly” columns are now in one inspiring booklet.
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Daniel Pauly’s answers for ocean conservation in one booklet | Sea Around Us
Oceana has just published a booklet that compiles all of the articles contributed in the past decade by the Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, to the NGO’s thrice-yearly magazine. The columns’ topics...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Year in Review:
🐟 Big questions, jargon-free answers. Dr. Pauly’s “Ask Dr. Pauly” columns are now in one inspiring booklet.
bit.ly/blog198sau
🐟 Big questions, jargon-free answers. Dr. Pauly’s “Ask Dr. Pauly” columns are now in one inspiring booklet.
bit.ly/blog198sau
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Millions of Brazilians unknowingly eat toxic, endangered shark: How Mongabay broke the story
Millions of Brazilians unknowingly eat toxic, endangered shark: How Mongabay broke the story
Mongabay senior editor Philip Jacobson joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a two-part investigation published this year in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center about how state governments in Brazil…
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December 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Millions of Brazilians unknowingly eat toxic, endangered shark: How Mongabay broke the story
The ocean was the star—even in a landlocked town 🌊🎬 DocumenTerre 2025 used film and conversation to explore marine threats, biodiversity and our shared responsibility to protect the sea.
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A film festival on the sea in a landlocked French town | Sea Around Us
Given that the ocean was the star of the 2025 DocumenTerre Film Festival, the Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, was named the ‘parrain’ (godfather) of the event.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The ocean was the star—even in a landlocked town 🌊🎬 DocumenTerre 2025 used film and conversation to explore marine threats, biodiversity and our shared responsibility to protect the sea.
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The Sea Around Us depends on the support of our partners and dedicated individuals to carry out its vital work. With your help, we will continue to provide unique, global databases of marine and fresh...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As you plan your end-of-year giving, consider supporting the Sea Around Us. Your donation helps drive impactful, global ocean research. 🌊💙
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New paper using Sea Around Us data: Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority - Environmental Biology of Fishes
The conservation of Cameroon’s marine biodiversity is hindered by knowledge gaps and ineffective management, endangering both marine ecosystems and their human-dependent communities. Moreover, conduct...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New paper using Sea Around Us data: Shining a light on Cameroon's elasmobranch fisheries: insights from citizen science and market surveys highlight a conservation priority link.springer.com/article/10.1...