Fellows come from across Latin America to learn, create, test, innovate, and implement interdisciplinary solutions to sustainable fisheries challenges.
UC Santa Barbara
Joined September 2014
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Still time to apply to become a Sustainable #Oceans Fellow, beginning Fall 2019! The Bren School is recruiting candidates from East Asia and Latin America! Contact us soon to learn more!
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Take a look at a new book co-authored by #LAFFellows alumni @r_oyanedel. The compilation of expert essays offers recommendations to improve efforts to conserve oceans, coasts and fisheries in Latin America. spda.org.pe/wpfb-file/mar-co…
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Huge congratulations to our newest LAFF alumni, Edaysi, Miguel, Seleni, and Valeria! We look forward to all that you set out to achieve for sustainable fisheries across Latin America. The world needs you.
Check out new findings in a paper by @villasenor_jc that have implications for management of lionfish in W. Atlantic & Caribbean in terms of predicting effects on ecosystems, effectiveness of removal programs, and estimating biomass available for harvest: peerj.com/articles/6667/ – at Santa Barbara, CA
@villasenor_jc shares insight and analysis of Large-Scale #MPAs in the World’s Largest #Tuna #Fishery during @brenucsb's PhD Student Symposium today. Tune in for more all afternoon: ucsb.zoom.us/j/301243846 – at Santa Barbara, CA
Congrats to second year #LAFFellows & project teams on their impressive presentations today! Learn more about their analysis and findings around the potential for #offshore #cultivation to contribute to a #sustainable #totoaba fishery in the #Mexico at totoabaproject.weebly.com – at Santa Barbara, CA
Congrats to second year #LAFFellows and project teams on their impressive presentations today! Learn more about their work with @cobi_mx to quantify the economic loss of marine management delay in the Midriff Islands region of the Gulf California, #Mexico midriffswatch.weebly.com – at Santa Barbara, CA
Congrats to the #LAFFellows & alumni on the wonderful advances made as the Latin American Fisheries Fellows Network! We are so excited by the growing #impact of this unique #network & the collaborative work to further #sustainable #fisheries & #marineconservation in Latin America
Muchas sonrisas after day one of the 2018 Fellows & Alumni Reunion Workshop. Truly inspiring to conviene and mobilize around the work of 8 generations of #LAFFellows. Keep an eye out for some exciting developments to come!
Wonderful to have #LAFFellows in the #Chile #California #Conservation Exchange this past week! As @JerryBrownGov put it "Cal. & Chile have much in common including ... shared challenges presented by global #climatechange & the need to protect our beautiful & varied landscapes..."
We are so excited to welcome a new cohort of #LAFFellows in the @brenucsb MESM class of 2020! Learn more about the our newest fellows from #Argentina, #Mexico, #Brazil, and #Chile at laff.bren.ucsb.edu/laff-netw…
¿Qué come el #pezleón como #especieinvasora? #CONACYT interviews @Brenucsb PhD student Juan Carlos @villasenor_jc about a study on #lionfish #feedingecology that may help understand the effects this #InvasiveSpecies has in the #Mexican #Caribbean. conacytprensa.mx/index.php/c…
.@brenucsb's Dean Gaines discusses #slavery, human #trafficking, and labor rights abuses in the #seafood sector in his plenary talk at @SeawebSummit, highlighting social responsibility of businesses to drive improvements in practices in a sector that employs millions globally.
And congrats the #LAFFellows graduating with their PhDs today, Dr. @renatomolinah and Dr. Daniel Viana!
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¡Felicidades! to the 6th cohort of LAFF fellows graduating today. We are so proud of all you have achieved over the past 2 years in your tenure as #LAFFellows, and we look forward to the mark you will make in the field of sustainable #fisheries, and on the world. Adelante!
Big ¡felicidades! to Dr. @renatomolinah on his successful defense today of his dissertation: “#EconomicModels of #Conservation, #NaturalDisasters, and #Piracy.” We look forward to all you will do in the next phases of your career.
#LAFFellows @brenucsb diving into the weekend with @TrevorABranch’s intensive course on “Advanced #Fisheries Modeling & Assessment”
Interested in #illegalfishing & #TURFs? Take a read of recent paper in @ConBiology by @r_oyanedel & collaborators that explores how considering only official landings stats may lead to false conclusions about status & trends of TURFs managed #fisheries.
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