Join us in person or via Zoom webinar for this New England Aquarium Lecture Series event featuring the award-winning, Caribbean-based, ocean conservationist Veta Wade. Wade is the founder of Fish 'N Fins Inc., a marine conservation program in Montserrat that teaches children to swim, snorkel, and dive while creating knowledgeable, passionate ocean stewards.

The Fish ’N Fins Smart(er) Tourism approach for ocean and coastal restoration and protection seeks to embed science, learning, and exploration technologies within the tourism industry to advance a more equitable and resilient Caribbean blue economy. Wade will take you on her journey to accelerate progress on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal #14 and beat entrenched social and economic inequalities to act urgently for our ocean this decade.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Veta Wade is an ocean conservationist, access and ocean equity consultant, and thought leader whose work relies on equitable partnerships that reject a colonial approach to conservation and center on social equity. She works on the digitalization of fisheries through Project DigiFish Barbados with Pelagic Data Systems. Her vision is to help transform the way ocean data is collected and communicated through participatory science, so that island communities can better contribute to global knowledge about the topics and places they care about and know best. She is currently enrolled in the United Nations’ Ocean Decade Early Career Ocean Program, with a focus on the Deep Sea Ocean Strategy 2022–2025.

This Aquarium Lecture Series event is free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute. For those attending in person, parking validation is available.