Core Publications
Core publications (directly related to our mandate, and mostly or fully funded through SSHRC project funds):
2025
Juri, S., Marais-Potgieter, A., Achieng, T., Gianelli, I., Kabisa, M., Nkgothoe, B., Ojino, J., Tcheton, S., Carpenter-Urquhart, L., & Pereira, L. (2025). Transforming towards what? A review of futures-thinking applied in the quest for navigating sustainability transformations. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adcbc4
Dong, S.-L., Cao, L., Liu, W.-J., Huang, M., Sun, Y.-X., Zhang, Y.-Y., Yu, S.-E., Zhou, Y.-G., Li, L., & Dong, Y.-W. (2025). System-specific aquaculture annual growth rates can mitigate the trilemma of production, pollution and carbon dioxide emissions in China. Nature Food. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01122-1
Akpalu, W., & Nnaemeka, C. (2025). A comparative assessment of economic, social, and environmental performance of tilapia aquaculture in Nigeria and Ghana. Aquaculture Economics & Management, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13657305.2025.2455426
2024
Sora, K. J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Steiner, N. S., Sumaila, U. R., Hoover, C., Niemi, A., Loseto, L. L., Li, M.-L., Giang, A., Gillies, E., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Historical climate drivers and species' ecological niche in the Beaufort Sea food web. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae062
Asiedu, B., Henneh, S., Apraku, A., & Amponsah, S. (2024). Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aquaculture industry in Sunyani Municipality, Ghana. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, 10(4), 236-247. https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.1493581
Oloko, A., Teh, L., Le Billon, P., Cheung, W., Harper, S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. Discover Oceans, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00038-1
Chen, Z., Pauly, D., Clarke, T. M., Liang, C., Xian, W., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). The spatiotemporal changes in fish and invertebrate community structure and habitat viability in the Yangtze Estuary. Ecological Indicators, 169, 112872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112872
Cappa, P., Andreoli, V., La, C., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Reygondeau, G., Cheung, W. W. L., & Zeller, D. (2024). Climate change undermines seafood micronutrient supply from wild-capture fisheries in Southeast Asia and Pacific Island countries. Science of The Total Environment, 955, 177024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177024
Zeng, Z., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Climate change alters social-ecological trade-offs in achieving ocean futures' targets. Global Change Biology, 30(8). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17442
Guibourd de Luzinais, V., Gascuel, D., Reygondeau, G., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). Large potential impacts of marine heatwaves on ecosystem functioning. Global Change Biology, 30(7). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17437
Sumaila, U. R., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Lam, V. W. Y., Sumaila, H., Cheung, W. W. L., Issifu, I., Hopewell, K., Cinner, J. E., Bennett, N. J., Folke, C., Gulati, S., & Polasky, S. (2024). Utilizing basic income to create a sustainable, poverty-free tomorrow. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(6), 100104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100104
Wong, A., Frommel, A. Y., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). A traits-based approach to assess aquaculture's contributions to food, climate change, and biodiversity goals. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00065-7
Salifu, I., Aheto, D. W., & Vondolia, G. K. (2024). Unraveling the drivers of the adoption of improved fish smoking technology among small-scale fisheries: A case study of the Ahotor oven in Ghana. Food and Humanity, 2, 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foohum.2024.100266
Adewale, T., Aheto, D., Okyere, I., Soyinka, O., & Dekolo, S. (2024). Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Sardinella maderensis (Lowe, 1838) Fisheries in Coastal Communities of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. Sustainability, 16(7), 2848. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072848
Andersen, N. F., Cavan, E. L., Cheung, W. W. L., Martin, A. H., Saba, G. K., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Good fisheries management is good carbon management. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00053-x
Cheung, W. W. L., Palacios-Abrantes, J., & Roberts, S. M. (2024). Projecting contributions of marine protected areas to rebuild fish stocks under climate change. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00046-w
Liu, X., Liu, Y., Jiang, Z., & Cao, L. (2023). Spatiotemporal variation of China's mariculture potential under climate change. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 34(1), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09814-2
Sumaila, U. R., Alam, L., Abdallah, P. R., Aheto, D., Akintola, S. L., Alger, J., Andreoli, V., Bailey, M., Barnes, C., Ben-Hasan, A., Brooks, C. M., Carvalho, A. R., Cheung, W. W. L., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Dempsey, J., Halim, S. A., Hilmi, N., Ilori, M. O., Jacquet, J., & Pauly, D. (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. Npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0
Zhu, Y., Cui, X., Kang, B., Liu, C., Reygondeau, G., Wang, Y., Cheung, W. W. L., & Chu, J. (2024). Comparative analysis of climate-induced changes in distribution of representative fish species in the Yellow Sea. Science of The Total Environment, 912, 168699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168699
Karim, M. S., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2024). The new UN high seas marine biodiversity Agreement may also facilitate climate action: a cautiously optimistic view. Npj Climate Action, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00088-9
Blanchard, J. L., Novaglio, C., Maury, O., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Arcos, L. D. F., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Eddy, T., Heneghan, R., Roberts, K. E., Schewe, J., Bianchi, D., Guiet, J., Denderen, D. van, Palacios-Abrantes, J., Liu, X., Stock, C. A. A., Rousseau, Y., & Tittensor, D. (2024). Detecting, attributing, and projecting global marine ecosystem and fisheries change: FishMIP 2.0. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.170594183.33534487/v1
Marushka, L., Hu, X. F., Kenny, T.-A., Batal, M., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T., Golden, C. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Salomon, A. K., & Chan, H. M. (2024). Potential impacts of reduced seafood consumption on myocardial infarction among coastal First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. FACETS, 9, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2022-0245
2023
Berchie Asiedu, Samuel K.K Amponsah, Failer Peirre, Andrews Apraku, Samuel Henneh, Lesley Ntim, Rachael Ackah, William D. Amekor, & Esther N. Nkansah. (2023). A Closer Look at Socio-Economic and management perspectives of shark fishery in Ghana. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.10206993
Cheung, W. W. L., Maire, E., Oyinlola, M. A., Robinson, J. P. W., Graham, N. A. J., Lam, V. W. Y., MacNeil, M. A., & Hicks, C. C. (2023). Climate change exacerbates nutrient disparities from seafood. Nature Climate Change, 13(11), 1242-1249. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01822-1
Kim, H., Peterson, G. D., Cheung, W. W. L., Ferrier, S., Alkemade, R., Arneth, A., Kuiper, J. J., Okayasu, S., Pereira, L., Acosta, L. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., den Belder, E., Eddy, T. D., Johnson, J. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Kok, M. T. J., Leadley, P., Leclère, D., Lundquist, C. J., & Pereira, H. M. (2023). Towards a better future for biodiversity and people: Modelling Nature Futures. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102681
Vogel, J. M., Longo, C., Spijkers, J., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Mason, J., Wabnitz, C. C. C., Cheung, W., Sumaila, U. R., Munro, G., Glaser, S., Bell, J., Tian, Y., Shackell, N. L., Selig, E. R., Le Billon, P., Watson, J. R., Hendrix, C., Pinsky, M. L., van Putten, I., & Fujita, R. (2023). Drivers of conflict and resilience in shifting transboundary fisheries. Marine Policy, 155, 105740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105740
Sogbanmu, T. O., Gordon, H. S. J., El Youssfi, L., Obare, F. D., Duncan, S., Hicks, M., Bello, K. I., Ridzuan, F., & Aremu, A. O. (2023). Indigenous youth must be at the forefront of climate diplomacy. Nature, 620(7973), 273-276. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02480-1
Pereira, L. M., Ortuño Crespo, G., Amon, D. J., Badhe, R., Bandeira, S., Bengtsson, F., Boettcher, M., Carmine, G., Cheung, W. W. L., Chibwe, B., Dunn, D., Gasalla, M. A., Halouani, G., Johnson, D. E., Jouffray, J.-B., Juri, S., Keys, P. W., Lübker, H. M., Merrie, A. S., & Zhou, W. (2023). The living infinite: Envisioning futures for transformed human-nature relationships on the high seas. Marine Policy, 153, 105644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105644
Liu, Y., Cao, L., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Global estimates of suitable areas for marine algae farming. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd398
2022
Akpalu, W., & Okyere, M. A. (2022). Fish Protein Transition in a Coastal Developing Country. Environmental and Resource Economics, 84(3), 825-843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-022-00669-y
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