The Bren Group Project is a signature of the the Master of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) program at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Serving as the master's thesis, the Group Project is a core component of the curriculum that prepares students for careers as solution-oriented environmental professionals. Each Group Project has four to six students, who work with their faculty advisor, the project’s stakeholders, and other professionals to tackle an environmental problem.
The Sustainable Fisheries Group has been involved in mentoring several Group Projects within the Coastal Marine Resources Management specialization at the Bren School.
Below is a list of the projects in which SFG has been involved.
Driving sustainability in the Gulf of California: fishery management and offshore cultivation for Totoaba Macdonaldi
Group Members:
Miguel Castellanos, Garrett Goto, Adam Sachs, Andrew Steinkruger, Matthew Warham
Faculty Advisor:
Additional Resources:
Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?
Group Members:
Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Annie Daly, Nathan Grimes, Diego Undurraga, Kathrin Wagner
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Environmental Defense Fund
Additional Resources:
Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success
Group Members:
Roxanne Diaz, Fabio Castagnino Ugolotti, Denise Garcia, Sarah Salem, Camila Vargas
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Claudia Madrazo and Marilu Bosoms, Fundacion Claudia y Roberto Hernandez, and Carlos Saavedra, The Summit Foundation
Additional Resources:
A Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of No-Take Marine Reserves in Mexico
Group Members:
Caio Faro, Jael Martinez, Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, Melaina Wright
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C. (COBI)
Additional Resources:
Quantifying the Economic Potential of Small-Scale Fisheries through Better Management in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
Group Members:
Diana Flores, Wagner Quirós, Ignacia Rivera, Alexandra Smith
Client:
Rare and Fish Forever
Additional Resources:
Finding a Place for Conservation: A bio-economic analysis to inform the re-zoning of the Galápagos Marine Reserve
Group Members:
Jesse Goldstein, Smadar Levy, Juan Mayorga, Vanessa Perkins, Alexandra Vasquez
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
National Geographic Society Pristine Seas
Additional Resources:
A Decision Support Framework for Designing Territorial Use Rights for Fishing
Group Members:
Jennifer Macy, Kaia Joye Moyer, Rodrigo Oyanedel, Salvador Rodriguez Van Dyck, Keith Shattenkirk
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Additional Resources:
Strategy of the Commons: Creating a Worldwide Database of Territorial Use Rights Fisheries to Determine Appropriate Contexts for Implementation
Group Members:
Gina Auriemma, Kristen Byler, Katie Peterson, Alana Yurkanin, Pablo Obregon (Consulting)
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Additional Resources:
Discover TURFs website
Assessing management strategies for the artisanal sector of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery
Group Members:
Matias Caillaux, Miguel Cosmelli, Jessica Fuller, Yoel Kirschner, Tracey Mangin, Stephanie Thornton
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Additional Resources:
Bioeconomic Modeling of Salmon Farming Practices in Southern Chile
Group Members:
Willow Battista, John Ellis, Kelsey Jacobsen, Lindsey Kaplan, Jennifer Price, Marisa Villarreal
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Additional Resources:
Sustainability Trajectories to Reform the Coral Reef Wildlife Trade
Group Members:
Clara Cartwright, Stephanie Horii, Daniella Mazaroli, Amanda Nelson, Katherine Nixon, Ariadne Reynolds
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Olazul
Additional Resources:
CORALREEF website (coming soon)
Spatial Planning and Bio-Economic Analysis for Offshore Shrimp Aquaculture in Northwestern Mexico
Group Members:
Michaela Clemence, Frank Hurd, Heather Lahr, Asma Mahdi, Audrey Tresham, Jeffrey Young
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Olazul
Additional Resources:
Reducing the Risk of Vessel Strikes to Endangered Whales in the Santa Barbara Channel: An Economic Analysis and Risk Assessment of Potential Management Scenarios
Group Members:
Sarah Betz, Karen Bohnsack, Renee Callahan, Lauren Campbell, Sarah Green, Kate Labrum
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
Additional Resources:
Economic Viability and Sustainable Management of a California Red Abalone Fishing Cooperative
Group Members:
Kristen Bor, Heather Hodges, Ariel Jacobs, Dan Ovando, Josh Uecker
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
California Abalone Association
Additional Resources:
Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery
Group Members:
Lauren Hess, Philip Johnson, Theresa Karasek, Samantha Port-Minner, Uthra Radhakrishnan
Faculty Advisor:
Client:
California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association (CLTFA)