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Sara, age 4, hugging a dolphin statue at Miami Seaquarium, Fla. Photo by Robert Mirabilio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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 & Mary\u2019s School of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where I earned a master\u2019s in marine science.<\/p>\n

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

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

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},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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