Redefining ocean literacy means valuing the ancestral and empirical wisdom provided by indigenous coastal communities in cohesion with scientific knowledge, to have a deeper understanding of marine ecosystems and how to protect them. Brigida de Gracia, a member of Panama’s Ngäbe indigenous group, is a research technician and otolith expert in STRI staff scientist Aaron O’Dea’s lab. (Jorge Aleman, STRI)
