Boris Worm

• Dalhousie University professor co-authors ‘good news, bad news’ study on global fish stock health

  A new study co-authored by a Dalhousie University professor finds nearly half of global fish stock recovery targets are trending in the wrong direction.

  Environment

  Jul 27, 2021
  
• Canada joins 13 nations in 100% sustainable ocean management pledge

  Canada, with over five million square kilometres of ocean area, is one of the countries to put forward a new ocean action agenda on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2020
  
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• Scientist says tropical fish documented by divers signals warming Atlantic waters

  Boris Worm of Dalhousie University - who has also been a diver for decades - says the seahorses, spotfin butterfly fish and bluespotted cornetfish would once have been considered a rarity in Nova Scotia.

  Environment

  Aug 2, 2019
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• As death toll rises, scientists struggle to track massive, elusive right whales

  Though adult members of the critically endangered species can be as long as a city bus, their movements remain difficult to track.

  Environment

  Jul 23, 2019
• 2 Atlantic provinces are banning plastic bags — so where do the others stand?

  The big problem with plastic bags is that they never go away.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2019
• New study shines light on shadowy fisheries operating beyond national jurisdictions

  Researchers using surveillance technology that can peer down on vessels from space have for the first time shed light on the extent and locations of transshipments, an innovation going back to the 1960s that has also been linked to illegal fishing, drug smuggling and human rights abuses.

  Environment

  Jul 25, 2018