Pooja Rathod is a marine biologist and the co-founder of 'Know Your Fish' - an ocean friendly seafood initiative that promotes sustainable seafood consumption on the India's west coast (www.knowyourfish.org.in). In this talk at the Nature inFocus festival, August 2017, she discusses the exploitation of marine life, and a sincere plea to understand and know the fish you eat.
With an M.Sc in Wildlife Biology and Conservation from NCBS Bangalore and a Research Affiliate - Nature Conservation Foundation, she also works in the Lakshadweep archipelago, studying how herbivores contribute to reef recovery processes. Her work involves understanding the patterns and processes by which degraded coral reefs recover, and how this can be incorporated into, or influenced by, management practices.
