Nereus Program

• Yoshitaka Ota is director (policy) of the NF-UBC Nereus Program. He is a research assistant professor for the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington. His main research is anthropology of fishing, assessing current global outlook of indigenous fishing and coastal food security. He also works on ocean governance and policy, marine spatial planning and knowledge communication.
• William Cheung is director (science) of the NF-UBC Nereus Program and the principal investigator of the UBC Nereus Research group since 2014. He is also an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. His main research area is on assessing impacts of fishing and climate change on marine ecosystems and their goods and services, and studying ways to reconcile trade-offs in their management.
• Daniel Pauly is the chair of the Nereus steering committee and a member of the advisory board. He is professor at the University of British Columbia and the principal investigator of the Sea Around Us Program. His research focuses on the global impact of fishing on the world’s oceans and has developed the concept of shifting baseline and fishing down marine food webs.

US$15 million (1.5 million annually for 9 years from 2011 to 2019).{{cite web|url=http://www.nereusprogram.org/about/fellows/ |title=People |publisher=Nereus Program |date= |accessdate=2016-02-05}}

The Nereus Program is solely funded by the Nippon Foundation, the largest non-governmental foundation in Asia.{{cite web|url=http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/what/spotlight/ocean_outlook/ |title=Considering the Future of the World's Oceans |publisher=The Nippon Foundation |date= |accessdate=2016-02-05}}

The Nereus Program is engaged with policy processes both at international and regional levels. The program has organized side events and workshops together with international organization representatives and national governmental officers.

2017: Side event at the UN Oceans Conference titled “The Role of the Oceans in Sustainability: Benefits of Achieving SDG 14 for all Sustainable Development Goals", where discussions led by Nereus affiliates were focused on how research indicates that achieving SDG 14 ocean targets contributes to the achievement of other SDG targets in the context of our changing ocean due to climate change and social equity.{{Cite web | url=http://www.nereusprogram.org/event/un-oceans-conference-nf-nereus-program-side-event/ | title=UN Oceans Conference: NF-Nereus Program Side Event}}

2016: Side event at the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement Review Conference titled “Science, Policy and Civil Society: The Role of NGOs in Global Fisheries Management", where ongoing Nereus research on the potential role of civil society within regional fisheries management organizations was presented.http://www.nereusprogram.org/managing-straddling-and-highly-migratory-fish-stocks-nereus-holds-side-event-at-the-un-fish-stocks-agreement-review-conference/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

2015: Press conference on the Nereus Program report in Tokyo{{cite web|url=http://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/news/articles/2015/13.html |title=Nippon Foundation Nereus Program Reveals Critical State of World's Oceans in 2050 |publisher=The Nippon Foundation |date=2015-06-30 |accessdate=2016-02-05}} (covered by 20 international media outlets, including CBS, and five major Japanese newspapers).

2013: Side event at the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea on seafood security and climate change (attended by nine countries representatives including Japan, US and Palau)

The Nereus Program provides fellowships to young scholars who conduct their research at participating academic institutes. Since 2011, there have been 30 Nereus Fellows{{cite web|url=http://www.nereusprogram.org/about/fellows/ |title=People |publisher=Nereus Program |date= |accessdate=2016-02-05}} working in various issues on the future of oceans and fisheries. Currently, 11 postdoc and 7 Ph.D. students in the natural and social sciences are participating in the Nereus Program as Nereus Fellows.

Program Alumni have gone on to marine research positions in various institutes, including at the USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,{{Cite web | url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/about_us/staff/?lname=KEARNEY&fname=Kelly | title=Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory of NOAA}} University of South Carolina,{{Cite web | url=http://ww2.biol.sc.edu/~ryk/ | title=Rykaczewski Lab - Ecosystem Oceanography and Climate Change}} International Atomic Energy Agency,{{Cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Metian | title=Marc Metian | PhD | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna | IAEA | Environment Laboratories}} and ETH Zurich.{{Cite web | url=http://www.tfroelicher.com/about-me-1/ | title=Education and academic positions}}

In May 2017, the Nereus Program released a research report, 'Oceans and Sustainable Development Goals: Co-Benefits, Climate Change and Social Equity',{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nereusprogram.org/sdg-report/ |title=Nereus Report: Oceans and Sustainable Development Goals: Co-Benefits, Climate Change and Social Equity |publisher=Nereus Program |date=2017-05-31 |accessdate=2017-06-12}} bringing attention to the co-benefits of achieving the ocean goal SDG 14 on other sustainable development goals. Within the report, Nereus affiliate members have highlighted the idea that climate issues and social equity issues are inter-related; thus, this report has deduced that improving the health of our oceans through SDG 14 targets will contribute to the improvement of other areas of society, including, but not limited to, gender equality, sustained economic development, education quality, terrestrial conservation, reduced poverty, and food security.

In June 2015, the Program released a research report entitled 'Predicting Future Oceans — Climate Change, Oceans & Fisheries',{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nereusprogram.org/nereus-report-predicting-future-oceans-climate-change-oceans-fisheries/ |title=Nereus Report: Predicting Future Oceans — Climate Change, Oceans & Fisheries |publisher=Nereus Program |date=2015-06-30 |accessdate=2016-02-05}} summarizing the main contributions of the numerous projects undertaken by the members of the Nereus Program and its associated colleagues in cross-disciplinary analyses of the global ocean systems. Specifically, this year’s report discussed global changes that are impacting the marine ecosystems’ seafood production capacity, emerging trends in ocean governance, and socioeconomic changes that are affecting our relationship with the sea.{{Cite web | url=http://www.aquablog.ca/2015/07/nereus-program-releases-report-on-current-and-future-ocean-health/ | title=Nereus Program Reports on Current and Future Ocean Health| date=2015-07-03}}

The program has produced over 150 peer-reviewed papers in various journals, including Science{{Cite journal | doi=10.1126/science.aac4722| pmid=26138982| title=Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios| journal=Science| volume=349| issue=6243| pages=aac4722| year=2015| last1=Gattuso| first1=J.- P.| last2=Magnan| first2=A.| last3=Bille| first3=R.| last4=Cheung| first4=W. W. L.| last5=Howes| first5=E. L.| last6=Joos| first6=F.| last7=Allemand| first7=D.| last8=Bopp| first8=L.| last9=Cooley| first9=S. R.| last10=Eakin| first10=C. M.| last11=Hoegh-Guldberg| first11=O.| last12=Kelly| first12=R. P.| last13=Portner| first13=H.- O.| last14=Rogers| first14=A. D.| last15=Baxter| first15=J. M.| last16=Laffoley| first16=D.| last17=Osborn| first17=D.| last18=Rankovic| first18=A.| last19=Rochette| first19=J.| last20=Sumaila| first20=U. R.| last21=Treyer| first21=S.| last22=Turley| first22=C.| s2cid=206639157| url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01176217/file/Gattuso_2015_Contrasting_futures.pdf}} and Nature Climate Change.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1038/nclimate1691| title=Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on marine ecosystems| journal=Nature Climate Change| volume=3| issue=3| pages=254–258| year=2013| last1=Cheung| first1=William W. L.| last2=Sarmiento| first2=Jorge L.| last3=Dunne| first3=John| last4=Frölicher| first4=Thomas L.| last5=Lam| first5=Vicky W. Y.| last6=Deng Palomares| first6=M. L.| last7=Watson| first7=Reg| last8=Pauly| first8=Daniel| bibcode=2013NatCC...3..254C|citeseerx = 10.1.1.303.5225}}

[http://www.nereusprogram.org/research/ Full list of publications]

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• Bennett, N. J., Teh, L., Ota, Y., Christie, P., Ayers, A., Day, J.C., Franks, P., Gill, D., Gruby, R. L., Kittinger, J. N., 2017, [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X17300672 An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation]. Marine Policy, 81: 411-418,
• Kittinger, J. N., Teh, L. C. L., Allison, E. H., Bennett, N. J., Crowder, L. B., Finkbeiner, E. M., Hicks. C., Scarton, C. G., Nakamura, K., Ota, Y., Young, J., Alifano, A., Apel, A., Arbib, A. Bishop, L., Boyle, M., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Hunter, P., Cornu, E. L., Levine, M., Jones, R. S., Koehn, Z., Marschke, M., Mason, J. G., Micheli, F., McClenachan, L., Opal, C., Peacey, J., Peckham, S. H., Schemmel, E., Solis-Rivera, V., Swartz, W., Wilhelm, T. A., 2017. [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aam9969 Committing to socially responsible seafood]. Science, 356(6341): 912-913.
• Stock, C. A., John, J. G., Rykaczewski, R. R., Asch, R. G., Cheung, W. W. L., Dunne, J. P., Friedland, K. D., Lam, V. W. Y., Sarmiento, J. L., Watson, R. A., 2017. [http://www.pnas.org/citmgr?gca=pnas%3B114%2F8%2FE1441 Reconciling fisheries catch and ocean productivity]. PNAS, doi:10.1073
• Cheung W., Reygondeau G., Frölicher T., 2016. [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aag2331 Large benefits to marine fisheries of meeting the 1.5°C global warming target]. Science, 354(6319): 1591-1594.
• Cisneros-Montemayor A., Pauly D., Weatherdon L., Ota Y., 2016. [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166681 A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples]. PLoS ONE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166681.
• Lam V., Cheung W., Reygondeau G., Sumaila U.R., 2016. [http://www.nature.com/articles/srep32607 Projected change in global fisheries revenues under climate change]. Scientific Reports.
• Cheung W., Jones M., Lam V., Miller D., Ota Y., Teh L., Sumaila U., 2016. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faf.12177/full Transform high seas management to build climate resilience in marine seafood supply]. Fish and Fisheries.
• Weatherdon L., Magnan A., Rogers A., Sumaila R., Cheung W., 2016. [http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2016.00048/full Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Coastal Tourism, and Human Health: An Update]. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3.
• Friedland K., Record N., Asch R., Kristiansen T., Saba V., Drinkwater K., Henson S., Leaf R., Morse R., Johns D., Large S., Hjøllo, Nye J., Alexander M., Ji R., 2016. [https://www.elementascience.org/articles/99 Seasonal phytoplankton blooms in the North Atlantic linked to the overwintering strategies of copepods]. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 4.
• Weatherdon L., Ota Y., Jones M., Close D., Cheung W., 2016. [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145285 Projected Scenarios for Coastal First Nations’ Fisheries Catch Potential under Climate Change: Management Challenges and Opportunities], PLoS ONE.
• Bailey M., Favaro B., Otto S., Charles A., Devillers R., Metaxas A., Tyedmers P., Ban N., Mason T., Hoover C., Duck T., Fanning L., Milley C., Cisneros-Montemayor A., Pauly D., Cheung W., Cullis-Suzuki S., Teh L., U. Sumaila R., 2016. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X15002869 Canada at a crossroad: The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science], Marine Policy. 63 (53–60).
• Crona B., Daw T., Swartz W., Nyström M., Norström A., Thyresson M., Österblom H., Folke C., Sundberg J., 2015. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/faf.12109/abstract Masked, diluted and drowned out: why signals from local marine ecosystems are not transmitted through global seafood markets]. Fish and Fisheries.
• Lewison R., Hobday A. J., Maxwell S., Hazen E., Hartog J. R., Dunn D., Briscoe D., Fossette S., O'Keefe C. E., Barnes M., Abecassis M., Bograd S., Bethoney N. D., Bailey H., Wiley D., Andrews S., Hazen L., Crowder L. B., 2015, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200538/http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/03/10/biosci.biv018.abstract Dynamic ocean management: Identifying the critical ingredients of dynamic approaches to ocean resource management], BioScience, 65 (5), 486-498
• McOwen C.J., Cheung W.W.L., Rykaczewski R.R., Watson R.A., Wood J.L., 2014. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262417380_Is_fisheries_production_within_Large_Marine_Ecosystems_determined_by_bottom-up_or_top-down_forcing Is fisheries production within Large Marine Ecosystems determined by bottom-up or top-down forcing?] Fish and Fisheries, DOI 10.1111/faf.12082.
• Sydeman, W., García-Reyes, M., Schoeman, D., Rykaczewski, R., Thompson, S., Black, B., Bograd, S. 2014. [https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1251635 Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems]. Science, 345(6192): 77-80.
• Tittensor, D.P., Walpole, M., Hill, S.L.L., Boyce, D.G., Britten, G.L., Burgess, N.D., Butchart, S.H.M., Leadley, P.W., Regan, E.C., Alkemade, R., Baumung, R., Bellard, C., Bouwman, L., Bowles-Newark, N.J., Chenery, A.M., Cheung, W.W.L., Christensen, V., et al. 2014. [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1257484 A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets.] Science 346(6206): 241-244.
• Cheung W.W.L., Watson R., Pauly D., 2013. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7449/full/nature12156.html Signature of Ocean Warming in Global Fisheries Catch]. Nature, 497, 365-368.
• Hanich, Q., Ota, Y., 2013. [http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15718085-12341268 Moving beyond rights-based management: a transparent approach to distributing the conservation burden and benefit in tuna fisheries]. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 28(1): 135-170.

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