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2012 Marine Fellows

Michael Beck, Ph.D.

Michael Beck, Ph.D., is lead scientist of the Global Marine Team at The Nature Conservancy in the U.S. His fellowship project will address adaptation strategies that use the natural properties of coastal systems, such as coral reefs and wetlands, to reduce climate related impacts on developing coastal communities.
Guiherme Dutra

Guilherme Dutra is the marine program director at Conservation International in Brazil. His project will support the expansion of the Abrolhos Marine Protected Area Network in Brazil and use that process as a model for advancing marine protection in the country.
Patricia Majluf, Ph.D.

Patricia Majluf, Ph.D., of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability at the Cayetano Heredia University will use her fellowship project to reduce the negative impacts of the anchoveta reduction fisheries of Peru by creating new markets for the industry to supply fish for direct human consumption.
Stephan Munch, Ph.D.

Stephan Munch, Ph.D., is a research faculty member at the University of California Santa Cruz and a fisheries ecologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His project will create tools to identify climate-driven changes in fisheries demographics.
Claire Nouvian

Claire Nouvian is president and founder of Bloom Association in France. She will research and analyze how existing subsidies to the French fishing sector impact long-term economic and ecological viability.
Fabián Pina Amargós, Ph.D.

Fabián Pina Amargós, Ph.D., is a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciónes de Ecosistemas Costeros in Cuba. His fellowship project will provide critical scientific information about goliath grouper in Cuba and develop a comprehensive plan of action for grouper conservation.

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Karen Eckert Featured in 'Wildlife Heroes' (Pew Marine Fellow, 1996)
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- May 01, 2012, 10:45 EST
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Karen Eckert, executive director of WIDECAST, is one of 40 leading conservationists to be featured in the book Wildlife Heroes, written by Julia Scardina and Jeff Flocken.More
Rainer Froese Publishes 'Evaluation and Legal Assessment of Certified Seafood' (Pew Marine Fellow, 2003)
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- Apr 17, 2012, 12:55 EST
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In a paper published in a recent issue of Marine Policy, Rainer Froese, project leader and coordinator of FishBase, and a colleague present a legal review of international treaties to derive sound definitions of overfishing.More
Climate Change Goes to TOWNS: Jurgenne Primavera (Pew Marine Fellow, 2005)
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- Apr 10, 2012, 11:55 EST
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Jurgenne Primavera, scientist emerita at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development, participated in an event sponsored by the Philippine organization, The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS), aimed at delivering reliable, significant, and practical information to local government units for better preparedness against natural calamities.More
Pew Marine Fellows Participate in Symposium about Interactions Between Corals and Algae
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- Apr 05, 2012, 11:45 EST
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Peter Mumby of the University of Queensland, Bob Steneck of the University of Maine, and Nancy Knowlton of the Smithsonian Institution each gave presentations at the Teasley Symposium held recently at the Georgia Institute of Technology.More
How Coral Bleaching Could Lead to Famine
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- Apr 03, 2012, 11:05 EST
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In an article published recently on ClimateWire Tim McClanahan, a zoologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, discusses what happened in Kenya during the spring of 1998 as being a wake-up call. Between March and July of that year, a rare climatological double whammy sent ocean temperatures spiking 1 to 2 degrees Celsius above the normal range for spring and summer.More
Carl Safina Discusses National Geographic’s Controversial New TV Show, Wicked Tuna (Pew Marine Fellow, 1991)
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- Apr 02, 2012, 15:40 EST
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In a commentary published in the 2 April 2012 issue of The Huffington Post, Carl Safina, president of the Blue Ocean Institute, discusses Nat Geo’s new TV Show, Wicked Tuna, which recently aired its first episode.More
Integrating Fisheries, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Objectives into Marine Protected Area Design in the Coral Triangle: Alan White (Pew Marine Fellow, 2001)
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- Apr 01, 2012, 13:25 EST
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Alan White, senior scientist at The Nature Conservancy, is one of three authors on a report that assesses the needs and interests of the six Coral Triangle Countries and Implementation Partners (governments, NGOs, scientists) regarding technical support required for integrating fisheries, biodiversity, and climate change objectives into resilient MPA network design at regional, national, subnational, and ecoregional scales in the Coral Triangle.More
Enric Sala Quoted in 'The MPA Math: How to Reach the 10 Percent Target for Global MPA Coverage' Pew Marine Fellow, 2006)
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- Mar 31, 2012, 11:40 EST
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An article published in the March/April 2012 issue of MPA News discusses what needs to be done to reach the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD’s) 10 percent target for global MPA coverage.More
Interview with Patricia Majluf (Pew Marine Fellow, 2012)
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- Mar 23, 2012, 10:55 EST
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In a recent episode of La Hora, Patricia Majluf discusses her new role as vice minister of fisheries and fisheries management in Peru.More
Global Explorers Blog Features Les Kaufman and Guilherme Dutra (Pew Marine Fellows, 1990 & 2012)
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- Mar 22, 2012, 12:55 EST
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Les Kaufman, professor at Boston University and senior principle investigator at Conservation International, is in Brazil to study the unique marine habitats of the Abrolhos Shelf.More
Rashid Sumalia and Colleagues Publish New Study (Pew Marine Fellow, 2008)
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- Mar 21, 2012, 15:40 EST
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Climate change alone could reduce the economic value of key ocean services by up to $2 trillion a year by 2100, a new report shows—but so many threats are converging on the oceans at once, that a global, integrated approach is urgently needed.More
Fish Habitat: Why Rock the Boat?
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- Mar 21, 2012, 12:00 EST
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In a commentary published in the 21 March 2012 issue of The Globe and Mail, Rashid Sumaila, director of the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia, writes “Recent news that retired fisheries biologist Otto Langer obtained documents revealing planned changes to the (Canadian) federal Fisheries Act has sent ripples through the fisheries research community.More
Steve Palumbi Leads Team of Researchers in Search of the World's Strongest Corals (Pew Marine Fellow, 1996)
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- Mar 18, 2012, 13:50 EST
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From March 18 to April 7, Steve Palumbi, director of Hopkins Marine Station at Stanford University, will lead a team of researchers to American Samoa, Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, and Aitutaki, a small island north of Rarotonga, in search of ways to better protect coral reefs from the devastating effects of increasing ocean temperature caused by climate change.More
Ben Sullivan and Colleagues Publish 'Conservation and Ecology of the World’s Seabirds' (Pew Marine Fellow, 2010)
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- Mar 13, 2012, 17:00 EST
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A study by Ben Sullivan, a scientist at the RSPB and BirdLife International, and others has found that seabirds, including albatrosses and penguins, are in more trouble than any other group of birds.More
World’s Rarest Dolphin Faces Extinction: Scott Baker (Pew Marine Fellow, 2011)
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- Mar 13, 2012, 11:30 EST
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The population of the world’s smallest and rarest dolphins has dropped by half in the past seven years to an estimated 55 individuals, according to research by Scott Baker, professor of fisheries at Oregon State University, and colleagues released March 13.More

Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation

2012 Marine Fellows

Michael Beck, Ph.D.

Guiherme Dutra

Patricia Majluf, Ph.D.

Stephan Munch, Ph.D.

Claire Nouvian

Fabián Pina Amargós, Ph.D.

The Latest from the Marine Fellows

Karen Eckert Featured in 'Wildlife Heroes' (Pew Marine Fellow, 1996)

Rainer Froese Publishes 'Evaluation and Legal Assessment of Certified Seafood' (Pew Marine Fellow, 2003)

Climate Change Goes to TOWNS: Jurgenne Primavera (Pew Marine Fellow, 2005)

Pew Marine Fellows Participate in Symposium about Interactions Between Corals and Algae

How Coral Bleaching Could Lead to Famine

Carl Safina Discusses National Geographic’s Controversial New TV Show, Wicked Tuna (Pew Marine Fellow, 1991)

Integrating Fisheries, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Objectives into Marine Protected Area Design in the Coral Triangle: Alan White (Pew Marine Fellow, 2001)

Enric Sala Quoted in 'The MPA Math: How to Reach the 10 Percent Target for Global MPA Coverage' Pew Marine Fellow, 2006)

Interview with Patricia Majluf (Pew Marine Fellow, 2012)

Global Explorers Blog Features Les Kaufman and Guilherme Dutra (Pew Marine Fellows, 1990 & 2012)

Rashid Sumalia and Colleagues Publish New Study (Pew Marine Fellow, 2008)

Fish Habitat: Why Rock the Boat?

Steve Palumbi Leads Team of Researchers in Search of the World's Strongest Corals (Pew Marine Fellow, 1996)

Ben Sullivan and Colleagues Publish 'Conservation and Ecology of the World’s Seabirds' (Pew Marine Fellow, 2010)

World’s Rarest Dolphin Faces Extinction: Scott Baker (Pew Marine Fellow, 2011)

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