Science and Seafood: Understanding and Protecting a Precious Natural Resource

About this episode

Colleen Petrik discusses the importance of understanding marine ecosystems to protect seafood resources.

If you love seafood, you’re not alone — but every bite comes from a complex and fragile marine ecosystem. To keep our ocean ecosystems thriving and our seafood resources abundant, we need a deeper scientific understanding of how they function. Colleen Petrik, a professor of oceanography at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, talks about her work studying the changing ecosystem of the ocean from fishing to coastal development. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 41301]

People in this episode

Guest: Colleen Petrik

Topics covered

• seafood
• marine ecosystem
• oceanography
• fishing
• coastal development
• sustainability

Keywords

• seafood
• marine ecosystem
• oceanography
• fishing
• coastal development
• sustainability
• natural resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Books & works: Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series