Anastasia C. E. Quintana

Can creative policies spark and support collective action for more sustainable small-scale fisheries?

My research examines collective action in conservation and fisheries management. I am a critical commons scholar using common-pool resource theory and political ecology to understand how new policies shape new collective action outcomes in coastal communities and small-scale fisheries.

I conduct this work as a Staff Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City, Panamá where I am part of the Social Ocean Lab (SOL). I also have a position as a Research Affiliate at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)’s Marine Science Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, leading an international team studying temporary fisheries closures. I was previously an NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCSB with Dr. Steven Gaines studying noncompliance in small-scale fisheries.