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Until recently, Pacific Northwest communities didn’t have a way to measure the climate benefits of coastal wetlands.

Just in time for #AmericanWetlandsMonth: A new tool will help states see data on how land management decisions—like coastal wetland conservation or disruption—affect climate pollution.

The Pacific Northwest Regional Blue Carbon Calculator was developed by scientists, state agencies, and nonprofit partners to easily estimate how different land management decisions can increase emissions, avoid emissions, or strengthen these habitats’ capacity to store carbon.

“It’s just as important that, not only can we account for restoration, conservation, and enhancement of coastal wetlands, but that we also can account for emissions that occur through wetland disturbance, such as excavation, diking and draining, and filling,” explained Lisa Beers, senior scientist with the @sfestuaryinstitute, at a webinar about the tool.

As states look for practical ways to advance climate goals, approaches such as the Blue Carbon Calculator show how credible, region‑specific science can be embedded into everyday land‑use planning decisions.

📸 John Rybczyk

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
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Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
Knut Troim/Unsplash
Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Pete Souza/The White House/Flickr Creative Commons
Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
Knut Troim/Unsplash
Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Pete Souza/The White House/Flickr Creative Commons
Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
Knut Troim/Unsplash
Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Pete Souza/The White House/Flickr Creative Commons
Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
Knut Troim/Unsplash
Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

The ocean sustains life on Earth by regulating our climate and producing about half of our planet’s oxygen through phytoplankton. But over the years, overfishing, pollution, biodiversity loss, and other threats have taken a toll.

Science shows that well-managed marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore ocean health—supporting wildlife, fisheries, and coastal communities.

Swipe through to learn five ways MPAs strengthen the ocean’s health for people and nature.

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Pete Souza/The White House/Flickr Creative Commons
Gregory Piper/Ocean Image Bank
Knut Troim/Unsplash
Vincent Kneefel/Ocean Image Bank
Yen Yi Lee/Ocean Image Bank
Ben Jones/Ocean Image Bank

When nations share the ocean, managing it sustainably requires more than politics. It takes coordination, trust, and policies rooted in science.

In many areas of Northeast Asia, overfishing and lack of cooperation are straining shared fish stocks.

That’s where new #PewMarineFellow Namhee Kwon steps in. Namhee is analyzing fisheries agreements in South Korea, Japan, and China to identify gaps in governance, enforcement, and data sharing to help build more effective, science-based management approaches.

Her work can strengthen collaboration among nations, supporting more sustainable fisheries for the communities that depend on them.

When nations share the ocean, managing it sustainably requires more than politics. It takes coordination, trust, and policies rooted in science.

In many areas of Northeast Asia, overfishing and lack of cooperation are straining shared fish stocks.

That’s where new #PewMarineFellow Namhee Kwon steps in. Namhee is analyzing fisheries agreements in South Korea, Japan, and China to identify gaps in governance, enforcement, and data sharing to help build more effective, science-based management approaches.

Her work can strengthen collaboration among nations, supporting more sustainable fisheries for the communities that depend on them.

When nations share the ocean, managing it sustainably requires more than politics. It takes coordination, trust, and policies rooted in science.

In many areas of Northeast Asia, overfishing and lack of cooperation are straining shared fish stocks.

That’s where new #PewMarineFellow Namhee Kwon steps in. Namhee is analyzing fisheries agreements in South Korea, Japan, and China to identify gaps in governance, enforcement, and data sharing to help build more effective, science-based management approaches.

Her work can strengthen collaboration among nations, supporting more sustainable fisheries for the communities that depend on them.

When nations share the ocean, managing it sustainably requires more than politics. It takes coordination, trust, and policies rooted in science.

In many areas of Northeast Asia, overfishing and lack of cooperation are straining shared fish stocks.

That’s where new #PewMarineFellow Namhee Kwon steps in. Namhee is analyzing fisheries agreements in South Korea, Japan, and China to identify gaps in governance, enforcement, and data sharing to help build more effective, science-based management approaches.

Her work can strengthen collaboration among nations, supporting more sustainable fisheries for the communities that depend on them.

When nations share the ocean, managing it sustainably requires more than politics. It takes coordination, trust, and policies rooted in science.

In many areas of Northeast Asia, overfishing and lack of cooperation are straining shared fish stocks.

That’s where new #PewMarineFellow Namhee Kwon steps in. Namhee is analyzing fisheries agreements in South Korea, Japan, and China to identify gaps in governance, enforcement, and data sharing to help build more effective, science-based management approaches.

Her work can strengthen collaboration among nations, supporting more sustainable fisheries for the communities that depend on them.

Plastic is everywhere. In the United States, that's no longer an exaggeration, especially when you consider both what we can see—single-use plastic bottles, food wrappers, toys—and what we can’t, including microplastics shed by tires and clothing.

The U.S. could significantly reduce plastic waste and pollution and cut its corresponding costs, according to our new research on potential policy options, conducted with support from consulting firm @thisisicf.

Five recommendations for policymakers to address plastic pollution in the U.S., per the research:

1. Combine and implement pre- and post-consumer policies, such as requiring manufacturers to help pay for the collection and management of plastic products and packaging.

2. Set data-driven, achievable, and ambitious targets that can help reduce waste generation and inform future policymaking and investment needs.

3. Increase investment in and scale up effective reuse systems.

4. Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the extensive pollution associated with microplastics.

5. Develop common reporting metrics for U.S. states, manufacturers, recycling companies, and waste managers to support policy and collaboration.

📸 Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash

Plastic is everywhere. In the United States, that's no longer an exaggeration, especially when you consider both what we can see—single-use plastic bottles, food wrappers, toys—and what we can’t, including microplastics shed by tires and clothing.

The U.S. could significantly reduce plastic waste and pollution and cut its corresponding costs, according to our new research on potential policy options, conducted with support from consulting firm @thisisicf.

Five recommendations for policymakers to address plastic pollution in the U.S., per the research:

1. Combine and implement pre- and post-consumer policies, such as requiring manufacturers to help pay for the collection and management of plastic products and packaging.

2. Set data-driven, achievable, and ambitious targets that can help reduce waste generation and inform future policymaking and investment needs.

3. Increase investment in and scale up effective reuse systems.

4. Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the extensive pollution associated with microplastics.

5. Develop common reporting metrics for U.S. states, manufacturers, recycling companies, and waste managers to support policy and collaboration.

📸 Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash

Plastic is everywhere. In the United States, that's no longer an exaggeration, especially when you consider both what we can see—single-use plastic bottles, food wrappers, toys—and what we can’t, including microplastics shed by tires and clothing.

The U.S. could significantly reduce plastic waste and pollution and cut its corresponding costs, according to our new research on potential policy options, conducted with support from consulting firm @thisisicf.

Five recommendations for policymakers to address plastic pollution in the U.S., per the research:

1. Combine and implement pre- and post-consumer policies, such as requiring manufacturers to help pay for the collection and management of plastic products and packaging.

2. Set data-driven, achievable, and ambitious targets that can help reduce waste generation and inform future policymaking and investment needs.

3. Increase investment in and scale up effective reuse systems.

4. Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the extensive pollution associated with microplastics.

5. Develop common reporting metrics for U.S. states, manufacturers, recycling companies, and waste managers to support policy and collaboration.

📸 Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash

Plastic is everywhere. In the United States, that's no longer an exaggeration, especially when you consider both what we can see—single-use plastic bottles, food wrappers, toys—and what we can’t, including microplastics shed by tires and clothing.

The U.S. could significantly reduce plastic waste and pollution and cut its corresponding costs, according to our new research on potential policy options, conducted with support from consulting firm @thisisicf.

Five recommendations for policymakers to address plastic pollution in the U.S., per the research:

1. Combine and implement pre- and post-consumer policies, such as requiring manufacturers to help pay for the collection and management of plastic products and packaging.

2. Set data-driven, achievable, and ambitious targets that can help reduce waste generation and inform future policymaking and investment needs.

3. Increase investment in and scale up effective reuse systems.

4. Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to address the extensive pollution associated with microplastics.

5. Develop common reporting metrics for U.S. states, manufacturers, recycling companies, and waste managers to support policy and collaboration.

📸 Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash

Illegal fishing doesn’t just harm ocean life, it puts coastal communities and their food supply at risk too.

Meet new #PewMarineFellow and @Stanford scholar Shaili Johri. She’s using DNA and AI to trace seafood origins, uncover illegal activity, and strengthen fisheries enforcement in the Western Indian Ocean.

Her work helps uncover unreported (and often illegal) fishing practices, supporting a healthier ocean for the communities that depend on it.

Illegal fishing doesn’t just harm ocean life, it puts coastal communities and their food supply at risk too.

Meet new #PewMarineFellow and @Stanford scholar Shaili Johri. She’s using DNA and AI to trace seafood origins, uncover illegal activity, and strengthen fisheries enforcement in the Western Indian Ocean.

Her work helps uncover unreported (and often illegal) fishing practices, supporting a healthier ocean for the communities that depend on it.

Illegal fishing doesn’t just harm ocean life, it puts coastal communities and their food supply at risk too.

Meet new #PewMarineFellow and @Stanford scholar Shaili Johri. She’s using DNA and AI to trace seafood origins, uncover illegal activity, and strengthen fisheries enforcement in the Western Indian Ocean.

Her work helps uncover unreported (and often illegal) fishing practices, supporting a healthier ocean for the communities that depend on it.

Illegal fishing doesn’t just harm ocean life, it puts coastal communities and their food supply at risk too.

Meet new #PewMarineFellow and @Stanford scholar Shaili Johri. She’s using DNA and AI to trace seafood origins, uncover illegal activity, and strengthen fisheries enforcement in the Western Indian Ocean.

Her work helps uncover unreported (and often illegal) fishing practices, supporting a healthier ocean for the communities that depend on it.

Illegal fishing doesn’t just harm ocean life, it puts coastal communities and their food supply at risk too.

Meet new #PewMarineFellow and @Stanford scholar Shaili Johri. She’s using DNA and AI to trace seafood origins, uncover illegal activity, and strengthen fisheries enforcement in the Western Indian Ocean.

Her work helps uncover unreported (and often illegal) fishing practices, supporting a healthier ocean for the communities that depend on it.

Earlier this month, Emperor penguins were added to the list of wildlife endangered by global warming by @IUCN_Official (IUCN).

In the case of penguins and fur seals, shifts in sea ice levels and food availability linked to global warming largely drove the changes, according to IUCN researchers.

For species in the Antarctic region, “this is the first clear evidence of climate change’s influence [popping up] in a big way,” says Kit Kovacs, a marine mammal researcher at @polarinstituttet (the Norwegian Polar Institute) who leads the IUCN seal project.

A proposed Domain 1 marine protected area would safeguard 460,000 square kilometers (177,606 square miles) of waters off the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Scotia Arc from fishing, protecting krill and all the wildlife—such as emperor penguins—that depend on them.

@donabertarelliphilanthropy @antarcticsouthernocean #WorldPenguinDay

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Only a fraction of the ocean’s protected areas are monitored—so how do we know if they’re working?

#PewMarineFellow @mostly__fish is diving reefs around the world to find out, measuring whether marine protected areas are truly delivering for biodiversity and the communities that rely on a healthy ocean.

Through @reeflifesurvey, the nonprofit he co-founded, trained citizen scientists are helping map reef life on a global scale—turning data into action for our ocean.

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Ever seen warnings to avoid waterways due to harmful algae blooms?

Those blooms are more than just nuisances. When they happen in our ocean, they can cause mass deaths of fish and other marine life as well as contaminate seafood.

New Pew-Hoover fellow Matthew Gribble is improving statistical models to better understand the impacts of chronic exposure to algae bloom toxins. He is working with collaborators in Alaska and Spain, where communities have been repeatedly affected. His work aims to help scientists better predict harmful events and strengthen seafood testing. #PewMarineFellow

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Image 1: Mesut Karaduman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Image 2: Jodi Hilton/Getty Images
Image 4: Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images

Plastic pollution is everywhere—but the smallest particles may have the biggest impact. They are alsothe hardest to analyze and understand.

New Pew-Gerstner Marine Fellow and @mooreplasticresearch Director Win Cowger is refining an open-source tool he created and training other researchers how to use it. This will accelerate technologies that better address solutions to plastic pollution, including nanoplastics and harmful chemicals that make their way into our water sources.

#PewMarineFellow

Image 1: Ocean Image Bank

Image 2: David McNew/Getty Images

Plastic pollution is everywhere—but the smallest particles may have the biggest impact. They are alsothe hardest to analyze and understand.

New Pew-Gerstner Marine Fellow and @mooreplasticresearch Director Win Cowger is refining an open-source tool he created and training other researchers how to use it. This will accelerate technologies that better address solutions to plastic pollution, including nanoplastics and harmful chemicals that make their way into our water sources.

#PewMarineFellow

Image 1: Ocean Image Bank

Image 2: David McNew/Getty Images

Plastic pollution is everywhere—but the smallest particles may have the biggest impact. They are alsothe hardest to analyze and understand.

New Pew-Gerstner Marine Fellow and @mooreplasticresearch Director Win Cowger is refining an open-source tool he created and training other researchers how to use it. This will accelerate technologies that better address solutions to plastic pollution, including nanoplastics and harmful chemicals that make their way into our water sources.

#PewMarineFellow

Image 1: Ocean Image Bank

Image 2: David McNew/Getty Images

Plastic pollution is everywhere—but the smallest particles may have the biggest impact. They are alsothe hardest to analyze and understand.

New Pew-Gerstner Marine Fellow and @mooreplasticresearch Director Win Cowger is refining an open-source tool he created and training other researchers how to use it. This will accelerate technologies that better address solutions to plastic pollution, including nanoplastics and harmful chemicals that make their way into our water sources.

#PewMarineFellow

Image 1: Ocean Image Bank

Image 2: David McNew/Getty Images

Plastic pollution is everywhere—but the smallest particles may have the biggest impact. They are alsothe hardest to analyze and understand.

New Pew-Gerstner Marine Fellow and @mooreplasticresearch Director Win Cowger is refining an open-source tool he created and training other researchers how to use it. This will accelerate technologies that better address solutions to plastic pollution, including nanoplastics and harmful chemicals that make their way into our water sources.

#PewMarineFellow

Image 1: Ocean Image Bank

Image 2: David McNew/Getty Images

U.S. wetlands support:

✅Wildfire and flood mitigation
✅Strong coastlines
✅Wildlife habitats
✅Carbon storage

… and more. However, wetland loss in the U.S. is only accelerating, according to @USFWS.

A major challenge in addressing wetland loss is that many types—especially forested and seasonal wetlands, and those that were drained, filled, or otherwise heavily altered—are underrepresented in or missing from national datasets.

The most widely used resource, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetlands Inventory, provides information about wetlands and habitats, but the agency lacks the money to fully modernize its mapping techniques.

A promising development in overcoming these challenges is the Wetland Intrinsic Potential (WIP) tool. The tool combines satellite imagery and data on hydrology, elevation, and vegetation with machine learning—a branch of AI that detects patterns and makes predictions—to model where wetlands are likely to exist.

📸https://pewtrsts.org/428weP3 Moliski

#Wetlands #Conservation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PewTrusts

Taking care of nature isn’t free. It requires staff, scientific research, community outreach, and much more. So how do we raise enough money to conserve nature on a big scale, and where does that money come from?

In a special crossover episode of “After the Fact” from The Pew Charitable Trusts and “Nature Breaking” from World Wildlife Fund, experts explore the world of nature finance—and why investing in our planet is essential.

The blue economy—an approach to using ocean resources sustainably for economic growth—doesn’t always help the people it's meant to support. This is especially true when it comes to small-scale fisheries.

New #PewMarineFellow and Simon Fraser University Professor Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is working with fishing communities in Sonora, Mexico, to understand social connections with the blue economy and how market incentives can be designed to better support coastal communities.

His work focuses on collaboration, local insight, and practical solutions to benefit both ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.

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Image 1: Heather Paul/Getty Images
Image 3: Oleg Shuldiakov/Getty Images

The blue economy—an approach to using ocean resources sustainably for economic growth—doesn’t always help the people it's meant to support. This is especially true when it comes to small-scale fisheries.

New #PewMarineFellow and Simon Fraser University Professor Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is working with fishing communities in Sonora, Mexico, to understand social connections with the blue economy and how market incentives can be designed to better support coastal communities.

His work focuses on collaboration, local insight, and practical solutions to benefit both ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.

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Image 1: Heather Paul/Getty Images
Image 3: Oleg Shuldiakov/Getty Images

The blue economy—an approach to using ocean resources sustainably for economic growth—doesn’t always help the people it's meant to support. This is especially true when it comes to small-scale fisheries.

New #PewMarineFellow and Simon Fraser University Professor Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is working with fishing communities in Sonora, Mexico, to understand social connections with the blue economy and how market incentives can be designed to better support coastal communities.

His work focuses on collaboration, local insight, and practical solutions to benefit both ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.

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Image 1: Heather Paul/Getty Images
Image 3: Oleg Shuldiakov/Getty Images

The blue economy—an approach to using ocean resources sustainably for economic growth—doesn’t always help the people it's meant to support. This is especially true when it comes to small-scale fisheries.

New #PewMarineFellow and Simon Fraser University Professor Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is working with fishing communities in Sonora, Mexico, to understand social connections with the blue economy and how market incentives can be designed to better support coastal communities.

His work focuses on collaboration, local insight, and practical solutions to benefit both ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.

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Image 1: Heather Paul/Getty Images
Image 3: Oleg Shuldiakov/Getty Images

The blue economy—an approach to using ocean resources sustainably for economic growth—doesn’t always help the people it's meant to support. This is especially true when it comes to small-scale fisheries.

New #PewMarineFellow and Simon Fraser University Professor Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor is working with fishing communities in Sonora, Mexico, to understand social connections with the blue economy and how market incentives can be designed to better support coastal communities.

His work focuses on collaboration, local insight, and practical solutions to benefit both ocean ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them.

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Image 1: Heather Paul/Getty Images
Image 3: Oleg Shuldiakov/Getty Images