My name is Dana Grieco, and I am a PhD candidate in Marine Science and Conservation at the Duke University Marine Lab. My doctoral research focuses on how climate change impacts small-scale, data-poor coral reef fisheries, and identifies how conservation can be leveraged as a tool to mitigate these impacts. As an interdisciplinary scholar using systems thinking, I investigate reef fisheries by looking at the entire social-ecological system, using the peer-reviewed literature for global research perspective. A subset of my work utilizes stakeholder interviews to glean insight on climate impacts in the Caribbean. The aim of my research is to generate evidence-based insights and advance utilization of local knowledge for data-poor fisheries assessments which can inform fisheries practice and management.
Image taken by Andie Sajewski, March 2024, Tiburón Island, Gulf of California.
Here is a short interview about my research for the Duke Centennial:
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