Ella McDougall: Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies for Coastal Communities and Watersheds

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Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Imperial Beach, CA
June 18-August 25, 2019

This summer, Ella will spend 66% of her time working with the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve developing sea level rise adaptation strategies for coastal watersheds. She will gain knowledge about watershed ecosystem-based management and green-to-gray approaches to adaptation. She will also offer support in hosting NOAA coastal adaptation and implementation trainings, create a marine debris training manual, and engage with Baja elected officials and counterparts.

Scripp’s Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (CCCIA)
La Jolla, CA
June 18-August 25, 2019

For a third of the summer, Ella will assist CCCIA with evaluation and development of feasibility for additional coastal community sites for Flood Risk – Sea Level Rise Pilots. She will also support the development of Climate Status Reports for various State Park coastal sites, and create a suite of tools/products for disseminating results and data to stakeholders.

Chiao Ting: Sustainable Seafood Markets

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Center for Blue Economy (CBE)
Monterey, CA, USA
June 6- Aug 20

Chiao will be analyzing the data from local seafood markets to identify how blockchain technology could support greater sustainable seafood traceability. 

About the CBE: Our mission at the Center for the Blue Economy is to promote a sustainable ocean and coastal economy (the “Blue Economy”) through leadership in research, analysis, and education.

Satoumi Thinktank
Taipei, Taiwan
May 20 – Aug 15

Satoumi Thinktank is an NGO in Taiwan. It’s goal is helping fishermen to earn a fair price by developing a new type of sustainable seafood supply chain.

Welcome 2018 Summer Fellows!

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Each year as the summer begins, we get the pleasure of telling the stories of our Center for the Blue Economy Summer Fellows and Honorary Fellows.   These are students who are tackling real-world projects that positively impact our oceans and coasts.  Readers can get a sense of where they are off to and what they are working on with the overview I created, and from here on out, the students will share their stories in their own words.   We look forward to hearing more “on-the-ground” workings of these amazing fellows!

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