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As part of the Ocean and Society series, Columbia Global Center Beijing will host a discussion on small-scale fisheries, marine conservation, food systems, and community livelihoods. The event will focus on fishing communities in China and Southeast Asia, asking how ocean protection and local survival can be balanced in the face of climate risk, declining resources, and changing policies.
The discussion draws on field experiences from southern Thailand, where local fishermen and grassroots NGOs have worked for decades to resist destructive industrial trawling and create community-managed conservation areas. It will also bring in examples from coastal China, including sustainable shellfish harvesting practices in Rudong, Jiangsu.
Speakers will explore why small-scale fisheries still matter, how communities can participate in ocean governance, and what different Asian experiences can teach us about the future of fishing, food, and marine stewardship.
Speakers
Kong Lingyu
Program Director, Foodthink
2025 Richard Rockefeller Fellow, Columbia University
Moderator
Qiao Feng
Climate Change Program Director, China Blue Sustainability Institute
Jiao Xiaofang
Visual Anthropologist
Director of Whose Table, Whose Pasture
Liu Lebin
Head of Marine Biodiversity Conservation, Qingdao Marine Conservation Society
