Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Armstrong, K.C., Rakowsky, J.A., Ferguson Irlanda, C.E., Kilcullen, F., Nestor, V., Crowder, L.B. and Ramos, J., 2025. A framework for just seascape restoration. npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1), p.4.
Bennett, N.J., Alava, J.J., Ferguson, C.E., Blythe, J., Morgera, E., Boyd, D. and Côté, I.M., 2023. "Environmental (in) justice in the Anthropocene ocean". Marine Policy, 147, p.105383.
94 citations as of March 21, 2025
Singeo, A. and C.E. Ferguson. (2023) “Lessons from Palau to end parachute science in international conservation research.”. Conservation Biology, e13971.
17 citations as of March 21, 2025
Ferguson, C.E., Kristen Marie Green, Shannon Switzer Swanson. (2022). "Indigenous food sovereignty is constrained by “time imperialism”". Geoforum, 133, p.20-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.05.003
28 citations as of March 21, 2025
Ferguson, C. E., Teri Tuxson, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Stacy Jupiter, Hugh Govan, Victor Bonito, Semese Alefaio, Maxine Anjiga, Jonathan Booth, Tracey Boslogo, Delvene Boso, Ambroise Brenier, Akanisi Caginitoba, Ana Ciriyawa, Joeli Bili Fahai’ono, Margaret Fox, Andy George, Hampus Eriksson, Alec Hughes, Eugene Joseph, Sean Kadannged, Eferemo Kubunavanua, Sesimani Loni, Semisi Meo, Fiorenza Micheli, Elizah Nagombi, Rebecca Omaro, Anouk Ride, Annisah Sapul, Ann Singeo, Karen Stone, Margaret Tabunakawai-Vakalalabure, Marama Tuivuna, Caroline Vieux, Vutaieli B. Vitukawalu, and McKenzie Waide. (2022). “Local practices and production confer resilience to rural Pacific food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic”. Marine Policy, 137.
59 citations as of March 21, 2025
Ferguson, C. E., Nathan J. Bennet, Willy Kostka, Robert Richmond, and Ann Singeo. (2022) “The tragedy of the commodity is not inevitable: Indigenous resistance prevents high-value fisheries collapse in the Pacific Islands”. Global Environmental Change, 73.
19 citations as of March 21, 2025
Rebecca E. Short, Gelcich, S., David L. Little, Fiorenza Micheli, Lucie Hazen, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto, Ben Belton, Melba Reantaso, Cecile Brugere, Simon R. Bush, Ling Cao, Beatrice Crona, Philippa J. Cohen, Omar Defeo, Peter Edwards, Caroline E. Ferguson, Nicole Franz, Christopher D. Golden, Benjamin S. Halpern, Christina Hicks, Derek Johnstone, Alexander M. Kaminski, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Rosamond L. Naylor, U. Rashid Sumaila, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Michelle Tigchelaar, Colette C.C. Wabnitz, and Wenbo Zhang. (2021). “Harnessing diversity of small-scale actors key to aquatic food futures”. Nature Food, pp.1-9.
162 citations as of March 21, 2025
Ferguson, C.E., 2021. A rising tide does not lift all boats: Intersectional analysis reveals inequitable impacts of the seafood trade in fishing communities. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, p.246.
41 citations as of March 21, 2025
Bordner, A.S., Ferguson, C.E. and Ortolano, L., 2020. Colonial dynamics limit climate adaptation in Oceania: Perspectives from the Marshall Islands. Global Environmental Change, 61, p.102054.
103 citations as of March 21, 2025
For Practitioners
Ferguson, C.E., Sangeeta Mangubhai, Tanya O'Garra, and Elisabeta Waqa "New research: Barriers to and benefits of women’s participation in fisheries management in Fiji." SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin #36, September 2022.
Mangubhai, S., Caroline E. Ferguson, Chelcia Gomese, and Aliti Vunisea. “Practical ways to implement gender-sensitive fisheries and aquaculture research in the Pacific.” SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin #35, March 2022.
Singeo, A., Caroline E. Ferguson, Iseko Willyander, Reid Endress, Surech Bells, and Bryan Endress. “Key findings from Palau’s gender and marine resources assessment: Women and men both important for use, management, and youth empowerment.” SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin #33. September 2021.
Ferguson, C.E., Singeo, A. and Ferrier-Loh, A.. "Bridging fishers’ and Western scientific knowledges to farm sea cucumbers in a community setting in Palau", SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin #31. March 2020.
Ferguson, C. E. "Winners and losers in the export of sea cucumbers from Palau", SPC Women in Fisheries Bulletin #30. September 2019.
For General Audiences
Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast, Host and producer
1,756 downloads as of August 23, 2023
Jupiter, Stacy, Teri Tuxson,, Caroline E. Ferguson, and Sangeeta Mangubhai. “Pacific Islanders’ Food-Sharing Customs Ensure Resiliency in Face of Disaster.” Op-ed, Truthout, August 4, 2022.
Bordner, A.S. & Ferguson, C.E. "The Marshall Islands could be wiped out by climate change – and their colonial history limits their ability to save themselves", The Conversation. December 11, 2020.
39,735 reads as of Jan. 11, 2022
Ferguson, C.E. "Marshallese-Americans Commemorate 73 Years in Exile", Hyphen Magazine. May 20, 2019.