Documenting Temporal Changes in Shellfish and Fish Populations to support Community-led Marine Conservation
Research Location: Rurutu, French Polynesia
Conservation Partner: The Rurutu community
Student Researcher
Erin Cearlock, Major: Anthropology, Major: GovernmentFaculty Mentor
Dr. Jenny KahnProject Description
Most Indigenous communities in remote French Polynesia, like those in the Austral Islands, subsist largely on ecotourism and subsistence fishing and farming. Two of the most pressing concerns for these communities are 1) the effects of climate change, global warming, and other adverse environmental effects and 2) how to track and combat the effects of over-fishing, both of local nature and those from outside influences.
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