Pollnac went to Thailand for 3 weeks in May and June 2015 to develop a research proposal with Professor Suvaluck Sathumanusphan (Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand).  They visited numerous landing sites along the coast of Rayong Province collecting information on which to base a research proposal focusing on ecological (human and natural environmental) factors influencing marine conservation attitudes, beliefs and behavior.  Behaviors to be examined in the research will involve attitudes toward and use of conservation technologies, as well as fisher group membership and participation.

Professor Suvaluck Sathumanusphan and Research Professor Richard Pollnac (URI, Marine Affairs) interviewing a fisherman’s wife at a fish landing spot on the coast of Rayong Province, Thailand (June 2015).  Professor Suvaluck Sathumanusphan will be visiting URI to work with Dr Pollnac as a Fulbright Fellow in the Spring of 2016.