Sea Grant State Fellowships Announced
October 30, 2007
Contact: Christina S. Johnson, csjohnson@ucsd.edu, 858-822-5334
California Sea Grant is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of California Sea Grant State Fellowships.
These recent graduates, two of whom hold master’s degrees in marine conservation and the third a law degree, will each receive a nine-month stipend to learn about and contribute to California marine management and policy.
Photo: Cina Loarie
Credit: Katherine Loarie
Cina C. Loarie, a graduate of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at UC San Diego (2007), who just began working at the Ocean Protection Council. The Council is implementing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Ocean Action Plan. Loarie hopes to bring her scientific expertise to bear on fisheries and/or marine protected areas research. She is currently helping write staff recommendations that will fund a series of tall ships expositions in 2008.
Photo: Hugo Selbie
Credit: Rachael VanderWalde
Hugo Selbie, also a graduate of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at UC San Diego (2007), who is working at NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, a federally protected marine area off Central California. Selbie is interested in interviewing local commercial fishermen about what they catch, where and what they observe while at sea. He is especially interested in local shark and ray fisheries.
Photo: Carina Uraiqat
Credit: Melissa Coates
Carina Aisha Uraiqat, a graduate of UC Davis School of Law (2007), is working at the California Ocean Science Trust, a nonprofit public benefit corporation that emphasizes multi-agency, multi-institutional approaches for integrating science into California marine policy. Her project is not yet defined but Uraiqat has long had an interest in marine conservation policy and hopes to use her expertise to interpret marine related laws.
The California Sea Grant State Fellowship program was conceived as an adaptation of the highly successful national John A. Knauss Fellowship program, which places graduates with advanced degrees in marine science or policy in legislative and executive offices in Washington, D.C. The State Fellowship program does the same with “hosts” in state offices, state agencies or other programs with direct relevance to state marine resource management. The goal for both fellowships is to inject a higher level of scientific sophistication into the crafting and execution of marine-related policies.
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