Rashid Sumaila is a Professor and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia. He is also the Research Director of the OceanCanada Partnership. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/rashid-sumaila/rss en Environment Fisheries Northern People & Health Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Rashid Sumaila https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2015/12/08/indigenous-fisheries-in-a-changing-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2015/12/08/indigenous-fisheries-in-a-changing-arctic If Arctic states and big fishing nations agreed to permanently close the Arctic high seas to all commercial fishing, it could have a wide range of benefits. Arctic coastal fisheries, indigenous peoples and the ecosystem as a whole might thrive under such an arrangement, writes Rashid Sumaila.