Speaker

Kurt Ingeman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

Abstract

Changing environmental, ecological, and social contexts create a shifting landscape for achieving the goals of marine conservation in the Anthropocene. Marine social-ecological systems are changing in time, heterogeneous in space, and comprise people with diverse perceptions of conservation success. Efforts toward stemming and reversing marine degradation must address these shifts or forever chase a moving target. In this talk, I will illustrate the challenges of moving targets and principles for addressing them using insights gleaned from my research on the introduction of Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois spp.) to the western Atlantic. Additionally, I will address the spatial dimension of moving targets by highlighting an upcoming interdisciplinary collaboration focused on managing tradeoffs in the contemporaneous recoveries of West Coast rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) and predatory lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus).