Additional Info

• Full Name: Marina Ruiz
• Nationality: Mexican
• Institution / University: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
• Title of the Research Project: Complexities and Uncertainties of the Co-evolution of Leatherback Turtles: a cross-scale economical and institutional analysis of long-line fisheries.
• Granted during: 2009
• Research Proyect Country: Mexico
• Status: Current Fellow
• Summary: To develop a cross-scale study of long-line fisheries that co-evolve with the Eastern-Pacific leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), identifying institutional and economic drivers that are determinants of leatherback sharp population decline. To design effective and viable policies for adult leatherback turtles (Dermochelys Coriacea) conservation at sea within the current economic and institutional setting of long-line fisheries.
• Subject: Fisheries
• E-mail: marinadelmar@gmail.com