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!… instagram.com/p/BzGYieelnR0/…

Awesome survey in Naombu with a lady octopus fisher #wanawakewanaweza #fieldwork #tanzania #fisheries #mikindani @ Mikindani, Mtwara, Tanzania instagram.com/p/BzHjecDlYPP/…

Highly scientific way of using a reference “stick” for estimating net size #handsonresearch #handy #research #fieldwork @ Mtwara instagram.com/p/BzcYWqGFqGC/…

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… instagram.com/p/BzcYwLPFEIZ/…

Jodari damdam (tuna) at Mtwara fish market and dried dagaa (sardines) #fisheries #tanzania #fieldwork @ Mtwara instagram.com/p/BzcZTclldh5/…

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… instagram.com/p/BzcZrMjF0hi/…

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 @… instagram.com/p/BzlD21kl-LL/…

Inaugural lazer_une lab retreat at the Uni of New England smart farm this week - we camped, we learned research skills, we bonded, we frogged! - all the important things in life

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

Six traditional fishermen apprehended for blast fishing in West Papua - goo.gl/alerts/6rZvL Blast fishing is still ongoing in many areas of the world! #blastfishing #projectblast

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

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

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

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

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 😅

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

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

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

“Fishing With Dynamite” reported in Khurda's Jatni Block - goo.gl/alerts/yk7AE Blast fishing has been reported in the state of Odisha on the north-eastern coast on India #blastfishing #projectblast