Capstone Experience Feature-Niza Contreras Liedtke

Dive into Niza’s blog titled “Cada Solución, Cuenta: Knowledge Sharing Between Fishing Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience” to read about her work at the intersection of climate change, fisheries, and community engagement. Niza is partnering with Comunidad y Biodiversidad, or COBI, for her capstone.

“solutions to the threats posed by climate change can be found within many of the small-scale fishing communities in México. Whether it is implementing long-term marine reserves, establishing community savings funds, or altering the mesh size on a trap to decrease the capture of juvenile crabs, fishing communities and cooperatives across the country are executing strategies to adapt to their changing conditions.”

Read the blog in either English or Spanish.

Niza has been supported by the New England Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF), UCSC Fisheries Collaborative, Coastal Science and Policy Program and others.