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SUMMARY: Book Launch: Infinity Fish by Dr. Rashid Sumaila
DESCRIPTION: Join this virtual book launch by author and UBC Professor Rash
 id Sumaila and engage in a discussion on his new book\, Infinity Fish: Econ
 omics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p> </p><p>[embed]https://youtu.be/2rpx1xZtYQ
 8[/embed]</p><p>Pursuing systematic change in the fisheries sector or inter
 ested in the preservation of marine resources? Join us for this virtual boo
 k launch by author and professor Rashid Sumaila and engage in a discussion 
 on his new book\, <em>Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and F
 isheries</em>.</p><p><strong>Welcome Remarks:</strong> <a href="https://spp
 ga.ubc.ca/profile/arthur-bledsoe/">Arthur Bledsoe</a>\, Student\, Master of
  Public Policy and Global Affairs</p><p><strong>Speaker</strong>: Dr. Rashi
 d Sumaila\, University Killam Professor\, School of Public Policy and Globa
 l Affairs\; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries\, UBC</p><p><strong>Disc
 ussant: </strong><span data-key="45">Farha Guerrero\, Host of <em>The Blue 
 Hour</em>\, UBC’s </span><a href="https://www.citr.ca/radio/the-blue-hour/"
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 TR 101.9FM </span></a></p><p><img class="alignleft wp-image-40783 size-medi
 um" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/I
 nfinityFish_BookCover-1-200x300.jpg" alt="InfinityFish_BookCover" width="20
 0" height="300" /></p><p><a href="https://infinity.fish/"><em>Infinity Fish
 : Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries</em></a> is a practical an
 d science-based reference that demonstrates how to value the benefits from 
 restored marine ecosystems to sustain ocean and fishery resources for years
  to come. It discusses ecological and economical aspects to support the pre
 servation of marine resources by understanding cost-benefits of fishery man
 agement systems.</p><p>The author\, Dr. Rashid Sumaila\, explains the econo
 mical benefits of restoring ecosystems that have been overexploited and how
  to maintain fisheries in a level that’s sustainable. This is a practical a
 nd useful reference to a wide range of world-wide audiences. It is for thos
 e who wish to make systematic efforts to develop their fisheries sector\, s
 cientists and researchers\, anyone in fisheries management\, marine resourc
 e management\, economists\, fish farmers\, policy makers\, leaders and regu
 lators\, operations researchers\, as well as faculty and students.</p><p><s
 trong>Speaker’s Bio</strong>: <a href="https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/rashid-
 sumaila/">Dr. Rashid Sumaila</a> is Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Interdis
 ciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics\, Tier 1 and University Killam Prof
 essor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Publi
 c Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC. Dr. Sumaila specializes in bioeconomics\
 , marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fish
 eries subsidies\, IUU (illegal\, unreported and unregulated) fishing and th
 e economics of high and deep seas fisheries.</p><p>Dr. Sumaila has experien
 ce working in fisheries and natural resource projects in Norway\, Canada an
 d the North Atlantic region\, Namibia and the Southern African region\, Gha
 na and the West African region and Hong Kong and the South China Sea. He ha
 s published widely and his work has generated a great deal of interest\, an
 d has been cited by\, various mainstream news outlets.</p><p>Listen to <a h
 ref="https://www.citr.ca/radio/the-blue-hour/"><em>The Blue Hour</em></a> e
 pisodes on December 9 and December 30\, 2021 with Dr. Rashid Sumaila on fis
 heries and economics.</p><p><strong>Co-hosted by</strong>: The School of Pu
 blic Policy and Global Affairs and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheri
 es\, UBC</p>
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