How do we preserve the future of our oceans?

In 2025, over three billion people rely on seafood as a significant source of protein. Over 80% of the world's biodiversity comes from oceans. A multitude of ocean ecosystems are in crisis mode.

By 2050, the global population is expected to increase by another 2 billion. How can we feed another 2 billion people and preserve the future of ocean ecosystems? How can we make future fisheries sustainable?

This is a topic of VAST importance in determining our future, and yet most of us know almost nothing about it!

Join me in Vancouver, Canada, for an insightful and wide-ranging discussion with William Cheung, Director and Professor of the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries and Principal Investigator for the Changing Ocean Research Unit at the University of British Columbia and one of the world's foremost experts on this subject. Professor Cheung explores the current state of the oceans, threats to ocean ecosystems, the key trade-offs in managing and conserving marine resources, the impacts and advantages of different types of aquaculture, and of course the positive pathways we can take to shape a better, more sustainable future.

Professor Cheung considers it fundamental to strengthen public connectedness to ocean ecosystems, which is what this episode is all about!

Enjoy the podcast!

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