It’s been a few days since I’ve been back in North Carolina, and the memories from Mexico are still as vivid as the scenes themselves. Naturally, my memory cannot capture every single little detailContinue reading
The Valenzuela Brothers and Pen Shell Diving in the Infiernillo Channel, Sonora
Before starting, I must say that since I began to be interested on indigenous languages and groups of Mexico, the Comcaac people (or Seri) have been particularly fascinating to me. And after a long road, lastContinue reading
Welcome to the Gulf of California!
Few places in the world have the magnificence and diversity found in the Gulf of California. Since we started our trip to the peninsula, nature has not stopped surprising us. Our first part of theContinue reading
Fishing Underwater
Here in Kino Bay, in addition to traditional gillnets and handlines, many fishermen are dive fishermen. Popular species targeted by dive fishermen include: lobster, octopus, some reef fish, and penshells (somewhat similar to scallops). For these fishermen,Continue reading
Ainsley Smith
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, students, travel
A world away, and still, turtles.
Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve spent the last year and a half participating in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. My primary case has been assisting with the representation of the KarenContinue reading
Life in a tiny island
Life in a tiny island Imagine living in a island the size of a few acres, with no fresh water and far away from any city or town. Sounds hard, but that’s how the CuevasContinue reading
What attracts you to a place?
On the first day of the trip we set off on a northward course from La Paz into the Sea of Cortez on a sturdy 45ft long motorboat. Over the span of five days weContinue reading
Acclimating to biodiversity
The hype for this field course and all the diverse marine life that we would see while in Mexico was by no means incorrect. The first official day of the course when we traveled byContinue reading
Pearl Oyster Farm
On the 18th of April we traveled to the first commercial pearl oyster farm in North America, located in Guaymas, and there I got the opportunity to hear Enrique Arizmendi, one of the founding partners,Continue reading
Xuan Hong Lim
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, marine studies, sustainability, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, marine studies, sustainability, travel
Life Perspectives
Humans are sentient beings and so we feel, perceive, and experience subjectivity. During the interviews we had with local fishermen, be it in casual conversations or interviews, I felt that it was very important toContinue reading