Margaret Rodrique is a recent graduate from the University of Rhode Island with a double major in Marine Biology and Environmental Science and Management.  Margaret’s primary focus is on ecological sciences and has conducted independent research projects on mangrove systems and salt marshes. Margaret is also passionate about both scientific writing as well as communicating science to the public.  As a current fisheries research intern for the Beyond Our Shores Foundation, Margaret is writing a scientific note that couples remote sensing data with field observations from a research expedition conducted in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Caribbean Sea in 2018.  Her research focuses on highlighting an environmental event that triggered an increase in dolphinfish abundance and presence along the north coast of Puerto Rico.