Jamie Gibbon
@jgibbon.bsky.social
International Fisheries & Seaweed Farming at the Pew Charitable Trusts | Working to build transparency and accountability across the world’s high seas fleet and a sustainable and inclusive mariculture industry | Wake Forest and Bren alum
“It has big implications for everything from fisheries management and conservation to Indigenous nations’ access to data about their waters and resources.”
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/c...
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Could Artificial Intelligence Make It Easier and Safer to Monitor Fisheries?
New A.I. analysis systems aim to count fish and identify species, streamlining the time-intensive process of recording commercial fishing activity
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August 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“It has big implications for everything from fisheries management and conservation to Indigenous nations’ access to data about their waters and resources.”
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/c...
www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/c...
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November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Our new project website is live!
Click to learn more about Pew’s new work to help build an inclusive and sustainable Seaweed Farming industry in Alaska and British Columbia.
www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/...
Click to learn more about Pew’s new work to help build an inclusive and sustainable Seaweed Farming industry in Alaska and British Columbia.
www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/...
Seaweed Farming
Areas along the west coast of North America face multiple threats that are altering the ocean ecosystems and ways of life for coastal communities. Significant declines in what once were considered ine...
www.pewtrusts.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our new project website is live!
Click to learn more about Pew’s new work to help build an inclusive and sustainable Seaweed Farming industry in Alaska and British Columbia.
www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/...
Click to learn more about Pew’s new work to help build an inclusive and sustainable Seaweed Farming industry in Alaska and British Columbia.
www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/...
Companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more.
Critics say the efforts are moving too quickly and with too few guardrails
apnews.com/article/clim...
Critics say the efforts are moving too quickly and with too few guardrails
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Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...
apnews.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or more.
Critics say the efforts are moving too quickly and with too few guardrails
apnews.com/article/clim...
Critics say the efforts are moving too quickly and with too few guardrails
apnews.com/article/clim...
The annual SPRFMO meetings start next week. Will the US send a delegation?
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The annual SPRFMO meetings start next week. Will the US send a delegation?
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
www.wired.com/story/noaa-e...
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‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast
‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast
Whale watchers capture rare footage of miles-long cluster of dolphins ‘just having a great time’
A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of…
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January 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
‘Super pod’ of more than 1,500 dolphins spotted off California coast
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In the years after WWII, Japanese whalers killed thousands of whales to feed their hungry, war-ravaged country. The baleen from each whale was saved and carted to an offsite Smithsonian storeroom, where it sat forgotten for decades... 🧵
www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...
www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...
How Whales Found Peace in War - bioGraphic
A forgotten museum collection reveals how a pause in industrial whaling during World War II changed whales at the molecular level.
www.biographic.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In the years after WWII, Japanese whalers killed thousands of whales to feed their hungry, war-ravaged country. The baleen from each whale was saved and carted to an offsite Smithsonian storeroom, where it sat forgotten for decades... 🧵
www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...
www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...
1995 was a perfect year to be a teenage baseball fan in Cleveland.
It almost made up for having to be a Browns fan.
It almost made up for having to be a Browns fan.
January 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1995 was a perfect year to be a teenage baseball fan in Cleveland.
It almost made up for having to be a Browns fan.
It almost made up for having to be a Browns fan.
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New paper. Also tickled to see the 1st sentence of the abstract cites a stat that @jgibbon.bsky.social et al developed with funding from a grant I (ok, Pew) gave in a past life. No one knew the global value of tuna til we asked! #fisheries #marineconservation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New paper. Also tickled to see the 1st sentence of the abstract cites a stat that @jgibbon.bsky.social et al developed with funding from a grant I (ok, Pew) gave in a past life. No one knew the global value of tuna til we asked! #fisheries #marineconservation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence of spillover benefits from large-scale marine protected areas to purse seine fisheries
Global tuna fisheries are valued at more than $40 billion, with the majority of this value derived from purse seine fisheries. Recently created large-scale marine protected areas are potentially big e...
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
🧪🦑🌏🎣🪸
New paper. Also tickled to see the 1st sentence of the abstract cites a stat that @jgibbon.bsky.social et al developed with funding from a grant I (ok, Pew) gave in a past life. No one knew the global value of tuna til we asked! #fisheries #marineconservation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New paper. Also tickled to see the 1st sentence of the abstract cites a stat that @jgibbon.bsky.social et al developed with funding from a grant I (ok, Pew) gave in a past life. No one knew the global value of tuna til we asked! #fisheries #marineconservation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Welcome to the party! The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has become the fourth tuna RFMO to adopt electronic monitoring standards. A big step forward for oversight and transparency.
December 5, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Welcome to the party! The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has become the fourth tuna RFMO to adopt electronic monitoring standards. A big step forward for oversight and transparency.
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Great opportunity to work on #Deepseamining 🪸 ⛏️ and #BBNJ 🦑 Treaty
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Officer, Ocean Governance
The Environment Portfolio For more than 30 years, Pew has been a major force in engaging the public and policy makers about the causes, consequences, and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing...
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December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Great opportunity to work on #Deepseamining 🪸 ⛏️ and #BBNJ 🦑 Treaty
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Trusts...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Trusts...
The WCPFC made a critical effort to modernize oversight of the world's largest tuna fishery.
The Commission has adopted interim electronic monitoring standards - after ten years of effort - which will help improve oversight of the region's valuable fisheries.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
The Commission has adopted interim electronic monitoring standards - after ten years of effort - which will help improve oversight of the region's valuable fisheries.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
WCPFC makes commitments on crew conditions and electronic monitoring
The Commission agreed to implement measures aimed at ensuring fair pay, safe and decent working conditions, and protections against forced labour and other abuses.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The WCPFC made a critical effort to modernize oversight of the world's largest tuna fishery.
The Commission has adopted interim electronic monitoring standards - after ten years of effort - which will help improve oversight of the region's valuable fisheries.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
The Commission has adopted interim electronic monitoring standards - after ten years of effort - which will help improve oversight of the region's valuable fisheries.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...
The WCPFC annual meeting made progress on electronic monitoring and labor standards but delayed updating transshipment management
www.undercurrentnews.com/2024/12/03/w...
www.undercurrentnews.com/2024/12/03/w...
WCPFC adopts first ever crew labor standards, fails to regulate transshipments
The WCPFC annual meeting made progress on electronic monitoring and labor standards but delayed updating transshipment management
www.undercurrentnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
The WCPFC annual meeting made progress on electronic monitoring and labor standards but delayed updating transshipment management
www.undercurrentnews.com/2024/12/03/w...
www.undercurrentnews.com/2024/12/03/w...
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Learn how to draw a North Atlantic Right Whale at the Science Museum of Virginia. Sad thing is that enough kids draw these each day to represent the entire population (c. 375) 😔
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November 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Learn how to draw a North Atlantic Right Whale at the Science Museum of Virginia. Sad thing is that enough kids draw these each day to represent the entire population (c. 375) 😔
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A good summary by @mongabay.bsky.social on what happened at this year's annual #ICCAT meeting in Cyprus
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/mome...
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‘Momentous’ sustainable fishing rules adopted for Atlantic Ocean swordfish
In the late 1990s, swordfish had been so overfished in the North Atlantic Ocean that its population faced the possibility of collapse. The dire situation sparked boycotts and conservation campaigns in...
news.mongabay.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:02 PM
A good summary by @mongabay.bsky.social on what happened at this year's annual #ICCAT meeting in Cyprus
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/mome...
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/mome...
The WCPFC has been working for nearly a decade to develop EM standards. At their meeting this week, countries should:
1) Adopt robust EM standards and minimum data fields
2) Require that members meet ALL the EM requirements in order to receive quota increases
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
1) Adopt robust EM standards and minimum data fields
2) Require that members meet ALL the EM requirements in order to receive quota increases
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
In Western and Central Pacific Ocean, Fisheries Managers Must Step Up
The tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean represent more than half the global tuna catch and are among the most valuable in the world, worth US$21 billion each year. But with such he...
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November 25, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The WCPFC has been working for nearly a decade to develop EM standards. At their meeting this week, countries should:
1) Adopt robust EM standards and minimum data fields
2) Require that members meet ALL the EM requirements in order to receive quota increases
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
1) Adopt robust EM standards and minimum data fields
2) Require that members meet ALL the EM requirements in order to receive quota increases
www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...
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A small but mighty list of voices in fisheries conservation, from all sides of the conversation. Add your name please if I missed you and you’d like to be added.
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November 24, 2024 at 2:56 AM
A small but mighty list of voices in fisheries conservation, from all sides of the conversation. Add your name please if I missed you and you’d like to be added.
go.bsky.app/Hmu7tpm
go.bsky.app/Hmu7tpm
NOAA Fisheries has released two draft programmatic environmental impact statements (PEIS) to support the identification of proposed Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico.
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www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-releas...
NOAA Advances Efforts to Identify Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
Identifying areas that may be suitable for sustainable aquaculture, strengthening American food security and coastal economies.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov
November 22, 2024 at 4:40 PM
NOAA Fisheries has released two draft programmatic environmental impact statements (PEIS) to support the identification of proposed Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) in Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico.
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-releas...
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-releas...
Uncharted Alaska Distillery won both the Beyond the Plate and Most Innovative categories with their Holdfast Kelp Vodka, which is produced from Alaskan sugar kelp harvested by local company Seagrove Kelp.
www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodser...
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Kelp vodka wins two awards at 2024 Alaska Symphony of Seafood
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November 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Uncharted Alaska Distillery won both the Beyond the Plate and Most Innovative categories with their Holdfast Kelp Vodka, which is produced from Alaskan sugar kelp harvested by local company Seagrove Kelp.
www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodser...
www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodser...
November 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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A fantastic write-up on a difficult meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission by @mongabay.bsky.social. Work to do on reversing mackerel and herring declines, taking more account of ecosystem needs and improving how observers are involved in meetings: news.mongabay.com/2024/11/lead...
Leaders fail to address overfishing near Europe at ‘fraught’ international meeting
Mackerel and herring in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, near Europe, have been dramatically overfished for many years, endangering the stocks and creating potential knock-on effects for marine mammals a...
news.mongabay.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
A fantastic write-up on a difficult meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission by @mongabay.bsky.social. Work to do on reversing mackerel and herring declines, taking more account of ecosystem needs and improving how observers are involved in meetings: news.mongabay.com/2024/11/lead...
