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Wa Iba, Ph.D. \u201916, a former graduate student of Rice\u2019s who is now a professor in Indonesia, played a central role in organizing the APEC forum and invited the Rhode Island-based team\u2014the only representation from the United States\u2014to participate in the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rice delivered the keynote address, framing the biological context of migratory fishes. As chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Rice has led a prolific career conducting fisheries research, advising local and international government agencies, and teaching about aquaculture both in Rhode Island and in Southeast Asia. \u201cWhen Professor Iba asked me to participate in this forum,\u201d he says, \u201cI recognized immediately the need for data sharing among Southeast Asian nations is identical to the data sharing put into place by the Atlantic States, the U.S. federal government, the Canadian Atlantic Provinces, and the Canada Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans, and that a similar cooperative framework could be developed for their region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McNamee led a session on stock assessment and data-sharing, using the U.S. East Coast menhaden fishery as a case study. He showed how multiple jurisdictions successfully manage this shared resource through coordination and digital data systems, demonstrating how complex systems of governance and interstate coordination can work. These models, like adaptive ecosystem-based management, were presented as possible models for Southeast Asian countries developing their own regional frameworks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was such a great experience to offer examples from the East Coast of the U.S. that I thought they might find interesting and relevant, but I was also impressed by how far along some of the nations were in developing their own systems,\u201d says McNamee. \u201cIn particular, both Chile and Indonesia are either working on or already have robust and progressive systems to better manage their data streams.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maria Rice, Esq., presented on international legal frameworks, governance structures, and led a workshop on women in fisheries. A graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s environmental and natural resource economics program, she has a background in international and environmental law and now advises DEM on marine fisheries and environmental regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur participation in the APEC workshop reflected the strong partnership between the 溏心vlog免费B站 and the Department of Environmental Management in advancing sustainable fisheries management,\u201d Maria Rice says. \u201cRhode Island\u2019s experience shows how science, law, and community engagement can work together to build resilient ecosystems and coastal economies. It was inspiring to connect those lessons with the broader APEC community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team\u2019s multidisciplinary approach\u2014covering practical applications of biology, data science, and law\u2014helped guide the Southeast Asian nations in building cooperative frameworks focused on standardized data sharing and science-driven policies for sustainable fishery management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fisheries officials and academics from across the APEC region attended, including Australia, Brunei, Chile, China, Indonesia, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as a diplomat from the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. A report on the workshop can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This story was written by Anna Gray in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 20, 2025 \u2013 Last month, a Rhode Island team of experts traveled to Indonesia to collaborate with representatives from Southeast Asian countries on sustainable fishery management. 溏心vlog免费B站 professor Michael A. Rice; Jason McNamee, Ph.D. \u201918, deputy director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM); and Maria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":104764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,1909,1916],"class_list":["post-104763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-college-of-the-environment-and-life-sciences","tag-international","tag-partner-produced"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104763"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104782,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104763\/revisions\/104782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}