Feb 14, 2026

Solving-FCB partnership: outputs, milestones, and cross-cutting synthesis (February 2026)

Feb 14, 2026

This briefing distills the partnership CV-style progress record (2022–2025): outputs, strategic milestones, and how case studies and working groups fit together.

Scale of outputs (indicative)

The internal tally includes large numbers of presentations, interviews, open-access papers, media articles, reports, podcast episodes, and newsletter/blog pieces—reflecting intensive knowledge mobilization alongside core research.

Strategic milestones

Midterm (2025): SSHRC midterm completed; Phase II (years 4–6) confirmed.
UN Ocean Conference: Blue Zone and side events; small-scale fisheries brochure (PDF).
Costa Rica meeting (Feb 10–13, 2025): Phase II themes—diets/food security, conflict/governance, climate resilience, policy engagement.
Discover Oceans special issue: ongoing call and manuscripts.

Case studies (one-line anchors)

West Africa: 12 nm policy context, fieldwork, gender/IUU/plastics nexus, thesis pipeline.
Canada: Treaty, seeds/clam gardens, marine plan, aquaculture futures.
Netherlands: CLDs, nature inclusivity, validation, CAP-related analysis.
China: SSP/CMIP6 modeling, eDNA for biodiversity, mariculture and carbon angles.
Costa Rica: Land–sea water quality, NFF workshops, 2025 host meeting.

Global synthesis group

NFF synthesis paper; scenarios and participatory methods review; modeling group integrating social dimensions. Highlight publications span climate–fisheries interactions, straddling stocks, deep-sea mining, and futures-thinking reviews (see CV record for full citations).

Recognition (examples)

Includes major awards and honours for Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung, and related faculty (2022–2025).

For weekly case-study detail, see the January–February 2026 briefing series linked from each case study page.

Source material: internal Solving-FCB project CV (2022–2025).