The Coastal Fisheries Ecology Lab at the University of Washington conducts applied, interdisciplinary research to understand how fisheries and wildlife systems respond and adapt to environmental, regulatory, and social change. Through our research, we aim to learn from and co-produce knowledge with communities who are working to sustain local food systems and coastal ways of life.
Our work draws from approaches and perspectives across multiple fields of study, including fisheries science, ecology, anthropology, geography, and policy science. We enjoy creative approaches to research and use a range of mixed methods that include qualitative and quantitative analysis of social and ecological data, ecological field sampling, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, participatory mapping, and film.
RESEARCH THEMES
| Bridging knowledge systems and management institutions | Resource portfolios and resilience of fisheries and wildlife systems | Place-based, community engaged marine and estuarine ecology |
| > Public participation in fishery management and conservation | > Diversification and specialization in fisheries | > Responses of marine communities to multi-scale environmental drivers |
| > Local, traditional, and Indigenous Knowledge and stewardship | > Resource users’ responses to environmental and regulatory change | > Food web ecology of marine and anadromous fishes |
A sampling of some of our completed projects can be found here.
domains of fisheries and wildlife systems, and their intersections.
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