Learning Marine Science By Listening to Fishing Communities

The following is a summary that originally appeared on the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs website.  Growing up in Massachusetts, Dana Grieco spent all her summers on Cape Cod and gravitated toward a career in marine science. That led naturally to a post-grad internship at the Center for Coastal Studies. It was there where she learned the importance of listening to, and working with, local community members. “It’s this very co-created research in terms of figuring out what’s going on for Cape Cod fisheries,” she explains. “It was about listening to…