Seafood farming’s growth rate has already peaked, and now it’s in decline

16-Nov-2022 - The growth rate of seafood farming worldwide peaked in 1996 according to new UBC research, highlighting the importance of rebuilding wild fish stocks to feed future demand. If we were to rely only on aquaculture to meet the demand for seafood by 2030, the world’s production would need to grow at ...

Countries likely missing out on revenue from catch share fisheries

23-Sep-2021 - Despite harvesting an estimated global value of US$17.7 billion worth of fish, many catch share fisheries may be paying little or no royalties on their harvests, with countries likely foregoing this potential source of revenue, according to a new UBC study. Introduced in the late 1970s to help ...

Weight loss changes people’s responsiveness to food marketing

Are people with obesity really more susceptible to food marketing?

06-Apr-2021 - Obesity rates have increased dramatically in developed countries over the past 40 years — and many people have assumed that food marketing is at least in part to blame. But are people with obesity really more susceptible to food marketing? And if they are, is that a permanent predisposition, or ...

UBC chemist helps create new compostable coffee pod

Pods break down fully in 35 days in municipal composting

26-Feb-2021 - Dr. Zac Hudson believes your morning cup of coffee should be strong and guilt-free. That’s why the University of British Columbia scientist has spent the past three years creating a new fully compostable coffee pod with Surrey-based NEXE Innovations. “Every year more than 40 billion single-use ...

Canadians’ consumption of fruit and vegetables drops 13 per cent in 11 years

01-Mar-2019 - Two surveys taken 11 years apart show a 13-per-cent decrease in the amount of fruit and vegetables being consumed by Canadians, new UBC research has found. And while consumption of milk and dairy products also declined during the study period between 2004 and 2015, Canadians were eating more meat ...

New technique can detect impurities in ground beef within minutes

01-Dec-2017 - Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. Food science students led by professor Xiaonan Lu used a laser-equipped spectrometer and statistical analysis to determine with 99 per cent accuracy whether ground beef ...