ISTS Symposium43 Program/Agenda

Session

Social, Economic, and Cultural Studies #1

Time:

Monday, 24/Mar/2025:

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Session Chair: Oyeronke Mojisola Adegbile
Session Chair: Emily Mary Duncan
Session Chair: Laura Charlotte Exley
Session Chair: Eugenia (Genia) Naro-Maciel
Session Chair: Jose Ricardo Urteaga Augier

Location: Che Yong Hall

Session Topics:

Social, Economic, and Cultural Studies

Session Abstract

*Denotes Archie Carr Student Award candidate; ^ Denotes Grassroots Award candidate; Presenting author is underlined

Presentations

2:00pm - 2:15pm

*EXPLORING MOTIVATIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY-BASED SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION IN TANZANIA

Lindsey West^1,2

¹Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom; ²Sea Sense, Tanzania

2:15pm - 2:30pm

*CATTLE OF THE SEA: PERCEPTIONS ON ILLEGAL SEA TURTLE TAKE IN PANAMA

Daniela Rojas-Cañizales^1,2, Raúl García-Varela², Jesse Senko³, Héctor Barrios-Garrido^4,5, Anna Erwin¹, Roldán A. Valverde^1,2

¹University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA; ²Sea Turtle Conservancy, 4581 NW 6th St, Suite A, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA; ³School of Ocean Futures, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA; ⁴Marine Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; ⁵TropWATER, Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia

2:30pm - 2:45pm

CRAFTING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR PEOPLE AND SEA TURTLES: A THEORY OF CHANGE APPROACH TO PROJETO TAMAR'S SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BUSINESS IN BRAZIL

Valéria Rocha¹, Maria A Marcovaldi¹, João Carlos A Thomé², César Coelho¹, Gustavo Stahelin¹, Bruno de Barros Giffoni¹, Clarice Burtet¹, Jaqueline Castilhos¹, Luciana S Brondízio³

¹Fundação Projeto Tamar; ²Centro Tamar - ICMBio; ³Instituto Argonauta para a Conservação Costeira e Marinha

2:45pm - 3:00pm

ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC

Eugenia Naro-Maciel¹, Alejandro Fallabrino², Gabriela Velez-Rubio³, Laura Prosdocimi⁴

¹Liberal Studies, New York University, United States of America; ²ONG Karumbé, Montevideo, Uruguay; ³ONG Karumbé y Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay; ⁴Laboratorio de Ecología, Conservación y Mamíferos Marinos (LECyMM). Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

3:00pm - 3:15pm

DRIVERS OF GEAR DISCARDING AND REPORTED SEA TURTLE ENTANGLEMENT INCIDENCES IN PRINCIPE, GULF OF GUINEA: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISHING NET MANAGEMENT

Emily Mary Duncan^1,2, Benjamin B. Phillips², Claire Collins^2,3, Giudiceley Dias¹, Christopher R. Kerry², Estrela Matilde¹, Wilker Mendes¹, Litoney Oliveira¹, Guillermo Porriños^2,4, Asiem Sanyal^1,5, Belzamiel Umbelina¹, Ana Nuno^2,6

¹Fundação Príncipe, a Registered Charity in São Tomé and Príncipe, Rua OUA, Santo António, Príncipe, Island, São Tomé and Príncipe; ²Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom; ³Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, United Kingdom; ⁴cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE ‐ Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; ⁵Fauna & Flora, Cambridge, United Kingdom; ⁶Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), NOVA University Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

3:15pm - 3:30pm

MARES COMUNIDAD: FISHERIES LEARNING EXCHANGES SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FISHING AND BYCATCH REDUCTION IN COASTAL MEXICAN COMMUNITIES

Agnese Mancini^1,2, Raquel Briseño Dueñas^1,3, Diana Arely Ramos de la Torre^1,4, Maria Isabel Miranda Marin¹, Luis Angel Tello Sahagun^1,11, Carlos Delagado Trejo^1,5, Katherine Comer Santos^1,6, Catherine Hart^1,2, Alan Zavala Norzagaray^1,7, Yadira Trejo Hernández¹, Anibal Murillo López¹, Karen Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Helga Oceguera Camacho^1,2, Jesus Salvador Lucero^1,2, Heriberto Santana¹, Joana Alfaro Shigueto^1,8, Jeffrey A. Seminoff^1,9, Bryan P. Wallace^1,10

¹MARES Comunidad, Mexico; ²Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias, Mexico; ³Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, ICML- Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico; ⁴Universidad Tecnológica de Escuinapa, Sinaloa, México; ⁵Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; ⁶The Science Exchange, Jalisco, Mexico; ⁷Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIIDIR Unidad Sinaloa, Guasave, Sinaloa, México; ⁸ProDelphinus and Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú; ⁹NOAA-Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA; ¹⁰Ecolibrium, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, USA; ¹¹Estación Biolgica Majahuas