Sea Change

Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada

Edited by Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Derek Armitage, Megan Bailey and William W.L. Cheung

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Series: Sustainability and the Environment

Imprint: UBC Press

276 Pages, 203.00 × 254.00 mm, 7 b&w photos, 19 tables, 17 charts, 9 maps

Paperback
9780774869041
Published: April 2024

£38.00

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Preface

Part 1: Setting the Stage

1 A Partnership Approach to the Study of Canada's Oceans and Coasts / U. Rashid Sumaila, Derek Armitage, Megan Bailey, and William W.L. Cheung

2 Status of Reconciliation and Indigenous Ocean Management in Canada / Russ Jones, Nancy Doubleday, Megan Bailey, Ken Paul, Fraser Taylor, and Peter Pulsifer

Part 2: Changing Oceans

3 Rapid Changes across Canada's Oceans and Their Impacts on Coastal Communities / Travis C. Tai and Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, with Juan Jose Alava Saltos, Natalie C. Ban, Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, William W.L. Cheung, Simon Courtenay, Sarah Harper, Carie Hoover, Heike K. Lotze, Nadja S. Steiner, U. Rashid Sumaila, Nicolás Talloni-Álvarez, Charlotte K. Whitney, and Kristen Wilson

4 Large Changes in Canada's Oceans and Their Impact on Ecosystems and Fisheries / Nadja S. Steiner, Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, William W.L. Cheung, Amber M. Holdsworth, Heike K. Lotze, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Sarah L. Newell, Thomas A. Okey, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, U. Rashid Sumaila, Travis C. Tai, Kristen L. Wilson, and the Community of Chesterfield Inlet

5 Using Multiscale Scenarios to Investigate the Outlook for Marine Ecosystems and Coastal Communities / Louise Teh and William W.L. Cheung, with Natalie Ban, Russ Jones, Lydia Ross, Nadja S. Steiner, and U. Rashid Sumaila

Part 3: Access to Ocean Resources

6 Lobsters and Livelihoods: Indigenous Rights and Fishery Access / Megan Bailey and Anthony Charles

7 The Impact of Quotas on Canada's Fisheries and the Response of Fish Harvesters / Evelyn Pinkerton, Marc Allain, Danielle Edwards, Phillip Saunders, and Charlotte Whitney

8 The Role of Fisheries Co-Management in Addressing Access and Allocation Inequities in Eastern Inuit Nunangat / Carie Hoover, Jason Akearok, Tommy Palliser, Amber Giles, Mark Basterfield, Aaron Dale, Melina Kourantidou, Ashlee Cunsolo, Megan Bailey, and Jamie Snook

Part 4: Ocean Governance

9 Transforming the Governance of Canada's Oceans and Coasts from the Bottom Up / Derek Armitage, Nathan J. Bennett., Rachelle Beveridge, Anthony Charles, Nancy Doubleday, Inka Milewski, Sarah Newell, Lydia Ross, Ruth E. Smith, and the Community of Chesterfield Inlet

10 Knowledge Co-Production and Enhanced Governance Fit in Rebuilding Canada's Coastal Fisheries / Evan J. Andrews, Graham Epstein, Jennifer L. Silver, Ella-Kari Muhl, and Derek Armitage

11 Bright Spots in Integrated Management of Canada's Oceans and Coasts / Sondra Eger, Natalie C. Ban, Chelsea Boaler, Irene Brueckner-Irwin, Simon Courtenay, Graham Epstein, Carie Hoover, Jim McIsaac, and Robert L. Stephenson

Part 5: Into the Future

12 Progress and Challenges in Making Canada's Ocean Laws and Policies Climate-Ready / Cecilia Engler, Phillip Saunders, and David L. VanderZwaag

13 Coastlines, Communities, and Cameras: How Participatory Video Can Enhance Ocean Research / Vincent L'Hérault, Natalie Baird, Hillary Beattie, Ian Mauro, and Eric Solomon

14 Policy Direction for Reconciliation and Indigenous Ocean Management in Canada / Russ Jones, Nancy Doubleday, Megan Bailey, Ken Paul, Fraser Taylor, and Peter Pulsifer

15 Toward a Healthy Future for Canada's Oceans and Coasts / U. Rashid Sumaila and the OCP team　

Index

U. Rashid Sumaila is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in interdisciplinary ocean and fisheries economics at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia. He is also the 2023 co-winner of the Tyler Prize for environmental achievement, was named a 2022 AAAS Fellow, was the 2017 winner of the Volvo Environment Prize, and was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019. Among his publications are Infinity Fish: Economics and the Future of Fish and Fisheries and Game Theory and Fisheries: Essays on the Tragedy of Free for All Fishing.

Derek Armitage is a professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo. He serves as member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Integrated Marine Biosphere Program (IMBeR) and the Independent Science Panel of New Zealand's Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge. He is a co-editor of Governing the Coastal Commons, Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance and Adaptive Co-Management: Collaboration, Learning, and Multi-Level Governance.

Megan Bailey is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in integrated ocean and coastal governance for the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University. She is a co-editor, with Jessica Duncan, of Sustainable Food Futures: Multidisciplinary Solutions.

William W.L. Cheung is a professor and director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, and a Canada Research Chair in ocean sustainability and global change. He has been awarded the E.W.R Steacie Memorial Fellowship and the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas Prix d'Excellence, and was named the Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year. He is a co-editor of Predicting Future Oceans: Sustainability of Ocean and Human Systems Amidst Global Environmental Change.

Contributors: Jason Akearok, Marc Allain, Evan J. Andrews, Natalie Baird, Natalie C. Ban, Mark Basterfield, Hillary Beattie, Rachelle Beveridge, Chelsea Boaler, Irene Brueckner-Irwin, Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Anthony Charles, Simon Courtenay, Ashlee Cunsolo, Aaron Dale, Nancy Doubleday, Danielle Edwards, Sondra Eger, Cecilia Engler, Graham Epstein, Amber Giles, Amber M. Holdsworth, Carie Hoover, Russ Jones, Melina Kourantidou, Vincent L'Hérault, Heike K. Lotze, Ian Mauro, Jim McIsaac, Inka Milewski, Ella-Kari Muhl, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Sarah L. Newell, Thomas A. Okey, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Tommy Palliser, Ken Paul, Evelyn Pinkerton, Peter Pulsifer, Lydia Ross, Phillip Saunders, Jennifer L. Silver, Ruth E. Smith, Jamie Snook, Eric Solomon, Nadja S. Steiner, Robert L. Stephenson, Travis C. Tai, Fraser Taylor, Derek Tittensor, David L. VanderZwaag, Charlotte Whitney, Kristen L. Wilson, and the Community of Chesterfield Inlet