Costa Rica's Gulf of Nicoya: Fisheries, Ecology, and Community with Fresia Villalobos-Rojas and Dr. Christian Birkel

Episode 2 of the Solving-FCB Podcast explores the unfolding ecological and socioeconomic crisis in Costa Rica’s Gulf of Nicoya, where climate change, overfishing, and agricultural runoff are driving a dangerous decline in fish populations and threatening local livelihoods. Duncan Murray talks with Fresia Villalobos-Rojas about the issue of illegal fishing in the region and its potential damage to the sustainability of fishing practices, and with Dr. Christian Birkel about his research on the impact of agricultural runoff and terrestrial hydrology on the Gulf of Nicoya's ecosystem and fisheries