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Coastal Forest Fisheries: A Study of Estuarine Forest Resource Dependency in the Southern Coast of Puerto Rico Carlos G. García-Quijano Departments of Sociology & Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island John J. Poggie Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Rhode Island Miguel Del Pozo Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Ponce David C. Griffith Department of Anthropology & Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University Hilda I. Lloréns Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Rhode Island -Results and findings This research project was extended through a no-cost extension until December 2018. Although the full field season of 2017 was postponed until 2018, we continued to field interviews and analysis during this time. We also made a brief follow-up field visits to Puerto Rico in January 2018. We have found multiple linkages between estuarine coastal forest resources and community wellbeing throughout the region. These include multiple coastal activities that span income generating and supplementing, resource sharing, value adding, and capturing for food. Also, we have documented multiple social well-being and beneficence-related practices related to the capture and marketing of coastal forests resources. To these activities we have added documenting the role of coastal resources and associated sharing networks in the aftermath f Hurricane Maria and the economic difficulties associated with Puerto Rico’s debt crisis.