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Ussif Rashid Sumaila

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Ussif Rashid Sumaila
Academic career
FieldEconomics
InstitutionUBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Liu Institute for Global Issues
University of British Columbia
Alma materUniversity of Bergen (Ph.D.)
University of Bergen (M.Sc.)
Ahmadu Bello University (B.Sc.)
ContributionsResource economics
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Ussif Rashid Sumaila is a professor of ocean and fisheries economics at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and the Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (formerly known as the UBC Fisheries Centre). He is also appointed with the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He specializes in bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing and the economics of high and deep seas fisheries. Sumaila has experience working in fisheries and natural resource projects in Norway, Canada and the North Atlantic region, Namibia and the Southern African region, Ghana and the West African region and Hong Kong and the South China Sea. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with honours from Ahmadu Bello University University in Nigeria and received his PhD from Bergen University in Norway.[1]

In February 2023 Sumaila was the co-recipient of the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, with Daniel Pauly,[2] which has been described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment.’[3]

Sumaila's work on international fisheries subsidies has been influential in the Doha Round of WTO negotiations concerning subsidies and countervailing measures. Expert advice from Sumaila has been sought by the White House, United Nations, Asian Development Bank, and Parliament in Canada and the United Kingdom. Sumaila has also been featured in the popular documentary End of the Line.

Current projects

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Scientific Director for Ocean Canada

Lead author, Conditions Working Group of the Millennium Assessment Research Group WorldFish Centre, Penang, Malaysia.

Lead editor, Fisheries chapter of the United Nations Green Economy Report.

Journal contributions

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He has published articles in several journals including, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Bioeconomics, Land Economics, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Environmental and Resource Economics and Ecological Economics. Sumaila's work has generated a great deal of interest, and has been cited by, among others, the Economist, the Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune and the Vancouver Sun.

Books and book contributions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ UBC Fisheries Website CV link
  2. ^ https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/980076%7D [bare URL]
  3. ^ "UBC's Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila win Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement". EurekAlert!. Retrieved February 23, 2023.