“Fishing With Dynamite” reported in Khurda's Jatni Block - Blast fishing has been reported in the state of Odisha on the north-eastern coast on India #blastfishing #projectblast

Now if that isn't a cauldron on Macbethian proportions I don't know what is! Boiling dagaa for resale in Mongovyeru, Mkinga district in northern Tanzania #projectblast #tanzaniafishing #tanzaniafieldwork

I was thinking today about how I got started with this crazy research on blast fishing, and that brought me back to one of my very first dives in Sharm el-Sheikh in 2011.. I fell totally in love with diving and the underwater world. #projectblast #sharmelsheikh #blastfishing

Doing fish ID photos at the market in Kipambwi, one of the biggest fishing towns in Tangani district #tanzaniaresearch #universityofnewengland #tanzaniafieldwork

Aaaaaaaand back to our regular program of gorgeous villages and immense gratefulness for being able to work in this beautiful country.. Another location that Google doesn't know yet! And no, I did not touch the saturation levels on this photo #tanzaniafieldwork #tanzaniaresearch

Hi everyone, I went AWOL for a bit because my phone had a mishap. Not to worry, we gaffer-taped that sucker back together and I am back in the game! And we all learnt valuable lessons about taking backups for important communication devices for #fieldwork 😅

Mama donkey and her foal (kid? No idea what a baby donkey is called! 😂) hauling wood in Pangani in the north of Tanzania. #tanzania #tanzanite #donkeytrekking

Million dollar view while doing fisher surveys in a small village in Kilwa. This area is seriously beautiful and I’m so privileged to conduct research here😊😊😊 it looks like the internet doesn’t know where this place is which is such a rarity.. #feelinlucky #fieldwork #tanzania

Crumbling colonial buildings in a beautiful and isolated coastal Tanzanian fishing village Rushungi #tanzania #safari #safarinjema #ilovetanzania

Just a wee bit of a climb to reach our household survey respondents! 😂 all in the name of science, right ?! #fieldwork #research #tanzania #surveys

Six traditional fishermen apprehended for blast fishing in West Papua - Blast fishing is still ongoing in many areas of the world! #blastfishing #projectblast

Back in Tanzania and back in the field! #Tanzania #safari #fieldwork #research

RT @LazerUne: Inaugural @LazerUne lab retreat at the @UniNewEngland smart farm this week - we camped, we learned research skills, we bonded…

There may well be better pictures of face, but none that capture quite so well my joy at rolling out transect lines for reef surveys on coral regeneration #projectblast #fieldworkisntwork #tanzania #blastfishing @…

Kuni (firewood) is the most commonly used cooking fuel in most of the villages I surveyed. This is understandable but poses huge issues in terms of deforestation now and in the future #tanzania #environment…

Jodari damdam (tuna) at Mtwara fish market and dried dagaa (sardines) #fisheries #tanzania #fieldwork @ Mtwara

Chaotic notes from my first ever reef survey estimating benthic coral cover in previously blasted areas. Data collection in the field can be tricky! #reefsurvey #fieldwork #uninewengland #tanzania #mikindani @ Old…

Highly scientific way of using a reference “stick” for estimating net size #handsonresearch #handy #research #fieldwork @ Mtwara

Awesome survey in Naombu with a lady octopus fisher #wanawakewanaweza #fieldwork #tanzania #fisheries #mikindani @ Mikindani, Mtwara, Tanzania

We did it! Final fisher survey for this phase completed, and Sia and I are still smiling 😉 thanks to the BMU and village leaders, Mtwara Rural Fisheries Office, and the fishers of Mgao. We’ll be back!…