{"id":21803,"date":"2014-08-22T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T19:54:21","slug":"meet-fisheries-extension-specialist-sara-mirabilio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastwatch\/meet-fisheries-extension-specialist-sara-mirabilio\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Fisheries Extension Specialist Sara Mirabilio"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1906\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1906 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mirabilio_blog_web-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Young Sara Mirabilio hugging dolphin statue.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sara, age 4, hugging a dolphin statue at Miami Seaquarium, Fla. Photo by Robert Mirabilio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My passion for the ocean has existed since I first started forming solid memories. This passion carried through my childhood all the way to Long Island University\u2019s Southampton College, where I majored in marine science, and on still further to William &amp; Mary\u2019s School of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where I earned a master\u2019s in marine science.<\/p>\n<p>If you had asked me at age 12 what I wanted to be, it would\u2019ve been dolphin trainer or sea turtle biologist.\u00a0 But, the ocean\u2019s deeper meaning \u201cclicked\u201d inside of me during college; there exists a legacy of hundreds of years of harvesting the bounty of the seas and creating coastal communities and maritime traditions.\u00a0 How do we strike the balance between economy and resource protection?<\/p>\n<p>I tried my hand at Washington, D.C. policy-making as a National Sea Grant Office John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow.\u00a0 I quickly turned in my business suits and high-heels for oilskins and flip-flops, joining North Carolina Sea Grant in August 2003 as a fisheries extension specialist in their Manteo Office.\u00a0 Despite local ecological knowledge being of high interest to public policy, I was frustrated by the lack of research integrating the knowledge of stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>My work objective, and that also of my blog posts, is to establish communications and cultures conducive to shared problem-solving.\u00a0 I strive to work with all users of our marine fisheries resource towards a governance structure that helps link research with policy outcomes, while at the same time resonating directly with stakeholders and allowing them continuance of their maritime livelihoods.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_1906\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"225\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1906 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mirabilio_blog_web-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Young Sara Mirabilio hugging dolphin statue.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> Sara, age 4, hugging a dolphin statue at Miami Seaquarium, Fla. Photo by Robert Mirabilio.[\/caption]\n\nMy passion for the ocean has existed since I first started forming solid memories. This passion carried through my childhood all the way to Long Island University\u2019s Southampton College, where I majored in marine science, and on still further to William &amp; Mary\u2019s School of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where I earned a master\u2019s in marine science.\n\nIf you had asked me at age 12 what I wanted to be, it would\u2019ve been dolphin trainer or sea turtle biologist.\u00a0 But, the ocean\u2019s deeper meaning \u201cclicked\u201d inside of me during college; there exists a legacy of hundreds of years of harvesting the bounty of the seas and creating coastal communities and maritime traditions.\u00a0 How do we strike the balance between economy and resource protection?\n\nI tried my hand at Washington, D.C. policy-making as a National Sea Grant Office John A. 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