Coastal & Marine Conservation

Northern Atlantic right whale length-at-age is decreasing due to the impacts of sub-lethal entanglements, and the body condition of the population is poorer than closely related southern right whales.

Next-generation marine biologist and Switzer Fellow Ayana Elizabeth Johnson was featured in On Being with Krista Tippett, a podcast that explores the big questions of meaning at the intersection of spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts.

Salmon, sturgeon, lamprey and other fish have been keystone cultural species for Native American tribes of the Klamath River Basin for thousands of years. Keith's work merges the paradigms of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and western ecological knowledge to manage these species.

Cassandra Brooks' research will fill a critical gap in the knowledge of Antarctic toothfish and deepen understanding of biological-physical interactions for fish ecology, while contributing to knowledge of impacts of fishing and environmental change on the Ross Sea system.

"There is absolutely no way seahorses can sustain today's level of exploitation," Healy Hamilton said. "And people need to know: We are headed toward a world bereft of too many of these extraordinary fishes."

For her Smith Fellowship research, Melissa Cronin will complete a project titled, “Conservation and Food Security Implications of Large- and Small-Scale Fisheries Interactions”. The Smith Fellowship seeks to identify and support early-career scientists who will shape the growth of applied conservation science.

Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler presented Coastal Ocean's bold vision for conducting ocean science in a talk at TEDx Boston.

This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California.