The Three Pillars of Ecotourism
By Emily Rose Nelson, SRC Intern Conservationists, scientists, and politicians alike are increasingly starting to understand that the natural environment can no longer be effectively managed as a separate entity from humans. We have left footprints nearly everywhere on earth and therefore, it is essential we start to factor ourselves into the equation when putting […]
Integration of Indicator Alarm Signals for Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management
By Robert Roemer, SRC Intern Taking into account different stakeholder’s priorities, while combining ecological, economic, and recreational indicators for managing sustainable fisheries have been a long-standing problem. While not a new issue, these quandaries are only compounded when opinions conflict within each ecological, socioeconomic, and recreational stakeholder class. A recent study conducted by Duggan et […]
Lifting, Not Shifting, Baselines in the Face of Conservation Success
By Kevin Reagan, SRC Intern Twenty years ago the term “shifting baselines” was explored and coined by a fisheries scientist named Daniel Pauly in his paper titled “Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries.” This term is used to describe the idea that with each successive generation, in this case speaking of generations of fisheries scientists, the […]
Marine Biota and The Well Being of Humans
By Melissa Soto, SRC Intern A small dose of nature can go a long way. Studies show that exposure to nature has a significant calming and stress reducing effect on humans. A recent study published in the United Kingdom examined how people’s behavior, physiological, and psychological reactions varied when exposed to an aquarium. The researchers recorded […]
Social structure in a critically endangered Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) population
by Robbie Roemer, SRC student It is sometimes hard to comprehend animals besides humans, have the ability to ‘socially learn’ having complex social structures within their animal community. But such is the case with a variety of species including: lemon sharks (Guttridge et al. 2012; Guttridge et al. 2009), a variety of marine mammals (Krützen […]
An introduction to aquaculture
By William Evans, SRC Intern When most people think about aquaculture, commonly known as fish farming, they automatically assume that it is the culturing of the different types of fish that we commonly see in our local supermarkets like salmon and tilapia. In 2008, only 37% of the total global fish supply was provided by aquaculture […]