Oceans@Duke Director Stephanie Rousso discusses her personal experience working with women fisherfolk to promote sea turtle conservation in an opinion for Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability. "Globally, women are blending traditional knowledge with modern science, taking on challenges head-on, and redefining what it means to work toward a sustainable ocean," she writes. "While these global initiatives are empowering women at a large scale, my personal journey has shown me how deeply transformative their contributions can be at the grassroots level."

Citizen science is a valuable tool for addressing spatial distribution gaps in endangered, migratory species, especially in data-limited regions. This paper examines how diverse community groups (coastal residents, SCUBA divers, and artisanal fishers) contribute to sea turtle distribution information in the Bay of La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Though the sample size is small, the variety of sources and sighting types highlight the value of collaborative citizen science in complementing traditional research.