What Marine Affairs Means To Me.
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My interest in Marine Affairs began when I started working at a marina and understanding how important the marine environment is to me and anyone who lives or works around a coastal area.
A degree in Marine Affairs will enable me to apply the skills I’ve learned about the issues that the marine environment is faced with today. The knowledge I have acquired about coastal issues during my time in the marine affairs department has given me the ability to inform people how they interact with the marine environment and how to guide them into becoming stewards for the ocean.
The most important message I’ve come away with in my time in Marine Affairs is the study of coastal management and policy through an interdisciplinary knowledge of marine issues such as fisheries management, marine protected areas, coastal hazards, coastal and marine spatial planning, and climate change.
My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.