For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is.

Tomás Ayala and local fishers in Culebra, Puerto Rico, revived a dormant fishing village (villa pesquera) after a 20-year government shutdown, reopening it in 2021 with community support. The facility provides critical infrastructure and a space for collaboration, addressing challenges like abandoned fishing gear and federal permits for oyster farming.