Silent damage and rays of hope: Nick Dulvy sheds light on ecological diversity in the world’s oceans

Simon Fraser University Distinguished Professor Nick Dulvy has dedicated his research career to illuminating the diversity of species that make the ocean their home.

Through over twenty years of international collaboration, Dulvy has emerged as a world-leader in the field of marine ecology, and his work has garnered honours in Canada and abroad, including Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, Le Cren Medal from the Fisheries Society of the British Isles, and the Henry Messel award for Conservation Leadership.

“I have always been mystified by the thin silvery veneer that separates our world from the underwater world and the fishes that dominate this mysterious world beneath,” he says. As he dove into marine research, he found an incredible wealth of life living in the ocean, much of it under-studied and under threat.

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