Learn at Lunch with Conservation Law Foundation's Priscilla Brooks

Canyons, Seamounts, and the Law: Defending the Atlantic’s Only Marine National Monument.

With Priscilla M. Brooks, Vice President for Ocean Conservation,

Conservation Law Foundation

Join Priscilla M. Brooks as she discusses protecting special places in the sea and in particular the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts – a biodiversity hot spot located 130 miles off the coast of Cape Cod. The talk will focus on what makes this remote marine ecosystem so unique, the diverse array of wildlife it helps protect (from deep sea corals to endangered whales, seabirds, fish, and many other species), and why it is now at risk due to recent actions aimed at reopening the area to damaging commercial fishing.

Priscilla Brooks is Vice President for Ocean Conservation at the Conservation Law Foundation, a member-supported non-profit environmental advocacy organization whose mission is to protect New England’s environment for the benefit of all people. Spanning a 30-year plus career, Priscilla’s work focuses on restoring and protecting New England’s ocean environment, including its wildlife and habitat, and promoting resiliency in the face of a changing climate. She serves as a member of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, the Rhode Island Habitat Advisory Council and the Massachusetts Ocean Science Advisory Council as well as the board of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Priscilla received her B.S. in Communications from Cornell University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in marine resource economics from the University of Rhode Island.