Aburto Lab

Joshua Stewart is Associate Director of The Manta Trust. His research over the last seven years has been focused on marine conservation issues as diverse as marine protected area development, the protection of endangered fish species, and, most recently, the ecology and conservation of oceanic manta rays. Joshua has been working with The Manta Trust since its creation in 2011 to better understand oceanic manta ray population ecology, and to develop conservation and management recommendations for the species based on the best available scientific evidence.