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Over 300 million people worldwide depend on the oceans for their livelihoods, and over three billion people rely on oceans for food security. Today, oceans are in an era upheaval, propelled by climate change, overfishing, coastal development, and other stresses. Join alumni moderator, Geoff Shester and Professor Fiorenza Micheli in discussing the latest innovations needed to sustain ocean health and solutions at scale for oceans and people.
Speaker
Fiorenza Micheli is the David and Lucile Packard Professor of Marine Science, professor of oceans, senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and professor, by courtesy, of biology. Her research looks at the processes shaping marine communities and coastal social-ecological systems and incorporating this understanding in marine conservation.
Alumni Moderator
Geoff Shester, PhD '08, is Oceana's California Campaign Director based in Oceana's Monterey office and working with Oceana's Pacific Team. He co-authored and advocated for proposals that ultimately led to the largest suite of seafloor habitats protected from trawling in North America, totaling over 1,000,000 square miles of marine protected areas. He also served as the expedition leader and co-leader for several undersea expeditions, which gathered footage of never-before-seen seafloor habitats with remotely operated vehicles. He currently works on Oceana's U.S. West Coast campaigns to implement ecosystem-based management of forage fish, protect seafloor habitats from bottom trawling, and reduce fisheries bycatch.