July 31, 2023 - Genome BC: Eight new projects empower BC researchers to solve climate change challenges in food and fisheries
- Eight new projects have received a combined $1.84 million in funding from the Genomic Innovation for Regenerative Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (GIRAFF) program – a collaboration between Genome BC and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF) with support from the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
- Genomic tools for predicting climate change resilience in chinook salmon by Patricia Schulte of UBC. This project will create a genomic tool to determine the current climate resilience of chinook salmon stocks and their capacity to evolve increased tolerance for events, such as heatwaves. This will help guide efforts to enhance chinook salmon hatchery production as well as conservation and climate change mitigation approaches.
- “Climate change and other habitat alterations are causing declines in chinook salmon populations in BC, which threatens important recreational and First Nations fisheries, as well as the many wildlife species that depend on these fish. Our team of scientists from UBC and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is using genomic approaches to develop new tools that can be used to help in monitoring and recovery of this iconic salmon species.”– Dr. Patricia Schulte, Professor, Department of Zoology, the University of British Columbia"
Source: Genome BC