We would like to invite you to join us for the 2025 graduating class’s final capstone presentations. To participate, please register here!
Watch Now! 1-2 minute video highlights of student’s capstone projects on the CSP YouTube page.
Each student will present on their year-long capstone project and answer questions from the audience. In addition, if you are unable to join us, we will be recording each student’s presentation and posting them to our website by June 20th.
Presentations will take place on June 9th from 10AM to 2:15PM and June 10th from 12PM to 4:15PM Pacific over Zoom.
10:00 AM Room Opens
10:10 AM Welcome from the CSP Director, Anne Kapuscinsk
10:15 AM Jennifer-Justine Kirsch: Innovative Approaches for Coastal Aquaculture: Harnessing Seaweed Farming for Water Quality and Livelihood Resilience in West Java, Indonesia
10:45 AM Erika Gutierrez: Understanding the governance structures of fishing cooperatives in Colima, Mexico
11:15 AM Chamonix Toledo: Reimagining Research Collaborations in Oceania
11:45 AM Temiloluwa Akinyemi: Understanding the interplay between Aquaculture, Fisheries, and Trade, and their impact on food and nutritional security in Africa
12:15 PM BREAK
12:30 PM Ruben Pelle Vruggink: Advancing Regional Sediment Management in Southern California: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Sediment Reuse at Mugu Submarine Canyon to Sustain the Zuma Littoral Cell
1:00 PM Van Nhi Tran Huynh: Guidelines for Wetland Assessment to Support Payment for Ecosystem Services Development in Vietnam
1:30 PM Juan Carlos Marti:Enhancing Sustainability and Profitability in Small Scale Fisheries: a Social Business Model to Shorten the Value Chain
2:00 PM Closing
12:00 PM Room Opens12:10 PM Welcome from the CSP Director, Anne Kapuscinski12:15 PM Adrienne Chenette: Removing Barriers to Salmon Recovery in California12:45 PM Meghan Elizabeth DeCoite: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Marine Debris Assessment: Data Analysis, Best Practices, and Future Improvement Recommendations1:15 PM Sabrina Lopez: Promoting Racial Equity Priorities in Coastal Climate Policy1:45 PM Nathaniel I Kollie: Assessing the Impacts of Distant Water Fishing on the Livelihood and Food Security of Small-scale Fishers and Fishmongers in Liberian Coastal Communities2:15 PM BREAKCoastal Science and Policy PhD Designated Emphasis2:30 PM Ando Rabearisoa – The impact and effectiveness of Locally Managed Marine Areas in reducing poverty in Madagascar3:00 PM Allison Laubach – Assessing the Impact of an International Research Program Using Citation Networks3:30 PM Indiana Reid-Shaw – Social Outcomes of Community-Based Fisheries Management in Kiribati4:00 PM Closing
If you have any questions, please email csp@ucsc.edu.