The Fisheries Fellows project helps me to apply the knowledge that I gained through my studies. As Fellows, we are not only doing research, we are giving a use to that research. The results of the research we conduct during out studies usually ends up on a shelf in the University library – being used by no one. Rare’s Fisheries Fellows Program will allow me to develop an understanding of the social aspects related to fisheries, understanding fisheries issues as the integration of many factors: people, markets and the biological resource, without focusing solely on fish dynamics.

Opportunities such as this one are not always available, so when you have a chance like this you have to go for it. For me, one of the best experiences of the 11 week training course was the opportunity of meet the organizations of the Northwest Pacific Mexican Lobster Fishery – a great example of community collaboration that brings benefits to all while insuring a sustainable fishery.

We seven fellows of the first generation are multidisciplinary professionals, with different views of the real situation of fisheries in Mexico, but with the same goal of helping community fishers to understand the importance of the sustainable use of the resources for their own benefit. (Ivan Martínez Tovar, Fisheries Fellow, has just completed his 11-week training course and is moving to Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, to begin work on the program.)

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