ShareThisGuest Lecturer Speaks on the Sustainability of Global Fisheries
Science students learn from Quest University faculty member on global issues.
VVS science teacher Andy Gill (left) and Catrien van Assendelft (right) with Dr. Mai Yasue
Dr. Mai Yasue gave a one-hour class on the sustainability of global fisheries to VVS science students on Friday, February 12. Dr. Yasue teaches courses on global studies, environmental sustainability, community-based conservation and marine conservation at Quest University, a small liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia.
Dr. Yasue began with an overview of the evidence on the ecological collapse of global fish stocks and then discussed the political, economic, socio-psychological factors that have led to this collapse.
Dr. Yasue also conducts research on how to achieve socially and economically sustainable conservation strategies in developing countries. She has an MSc from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Victoria where her focus was on the impacts of tourism development on shorebirds in Thailand. Other past research includes marine ecotourism in Baja California, as well as the design of appropriate data collection methods to understand H5N1 avian influenza in water bird populations. In terrestrial environments, she has examined socioeconomic and political factors that influence the success of forest certification plans and the potential of using international climate policy for biodiversity protection and poverty mitigation.
Dr. Yasue says that as an educator her goals are to encourage students to see relationships across disciplines and countries, and to think about the impacts that we have on people in developing countries, as well as on other species and natural systems.
Her current research focuses on using ecological and socioeconomic data to better understand the effectiveness and socioeconomic benefits of community-based marine protected areas in the Philippines. In addition, she is also examining how the listing of seahorses under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) affected trade patterns and profits for traditional Chinese medicine traders in Hong Kong.
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