Zihan Li

Today, Sydney and I presented a comparison of two fisheries success stories from the Northern and Southern hemispheres in our ocean conservation (BIOL 420) class. Take-home message: Long term evaluation and stakeholder engagement is key to fisheries management success. Though both examples were artisanal fisheries that harvested mollusks, the global south example was a nation-wide fishery management project starting in 2018, and the global north example was a small-scale regional project that kickstarted in 1993. As a result, there were some important differences between the two fisheries. On the one…read more

Hi everyone! This is a presentation I gave in class today on a study published a week ago. Take-home message: Antarctica is at risk of species invasion brought by ships around the world. To prevent this, we need to expand biosecurity monitoring and recognize the large impact of tourism on Antarctica’s ecosystems.