Jessica Zamborain Mason
@jzamborainmason.bsky.social
Oceanographer & nature lover interested in fisheries science, coral reefs, stats & how to manage fisheries for sustainability & climate-resilience
Leading a HDSI nutrition sensitive aquatic food systems workshop with this amazing group of people! Feeling extremely grateful for them sharing their time and expertise with the group! @christinahicks.bsky.social @james-robinson.bsky.social @chrisgolden.bsky.social Aaron, Nisha, Chris Free & Laura
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Leading a HDSI nutrition sensitive aquatic food systems workshop with this amazing group of people! Feeling extremely grateful for them sharing their time and expertise with the group! @christinahicks.bsky.social @james-robinson.bsky.social @chrisgolden.bsky.social Aaron, Nisha, Chris Free & Laura
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We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦
From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program
www.uvic.ca/acet/
to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!
We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦
From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program
www.uvic.ca/acet/
to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!
August 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Please share or apply.
We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦
From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program
www.uvic.ca/acet/
to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!
We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦
From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program
www.uvic.ca/acet/
to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!
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SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.
DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.
DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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open access paper estimating the contribution of aquatic foods, and specific aquatic food groups (e.g., reef fish, pelagic fish, invertebrates) to household nutrient intake and adequacy in Kiribati. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hsph.harvard.edu
@chrisgolden.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social
@hsph.harvard.edu
@chrisgolden.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social
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July 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
open access paper estimating the contribution of aquatic foods, and specific aquatic food groups (e.g., reef fish, pelagic fish, invertebrates) to household nutrient intake and adequacy in Kiribati. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@hsph.harvard.edu
@chrisgolden.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social
@hsph.harvard.edu
@chrisgolden.bsky.social @jagephart.bsky.social
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Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social
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Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social
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Fish and Fisheries is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. Please apply to guide the future of this leading journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Fish and Fisheries
Fish and Fisheries is an interdisciplinary journal covering fish biology, fisheries and aquaculture – from molecular biology & genetics to behavior & conservation.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Fish and Fisheries is seeking a new Editor-in-Chief. Please apply to guide the future of this leading journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Totally missed this last year's paper: A great introduction to continuous-time modelling (deterministic & stochastic)!
Who is afraid of modelling time as a continuous variable?
Most models of ecological and eco-evolutionary processes involve creating trajectories of something, be it population densities, average trait values, or environmental states, over time. This requ...
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May 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Totally missed this last year's paper: A great introduction to continuous-time modelling (deterministic & stochastic)!
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Strong rebuke of NOAA fisheries job cuts from fishing industry commenter John Sackton. Full article here [paywall]:
www.seafoodnews.com/Story/130626...
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May 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Strong rebuke of NOAA fisheries job cuts from fishing industry commenter John Sackton. Full article here [paywall]:
www.seafoodnews.com/Story/130626...
www.seafoodnews.com/Story/130626...
Preprint alert! 🐠🪸
We show that rebuilding fish stocks on coral reefs can significantly increase the number of fish servings produced a year and the number of people meeting fish intake recommendations, particularly for countries with high malnutrition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that rebuilding fish stocks on coral reefs can significantly increase the number of fish servings produced a year and the number of people meeting fish intake recommendations, particularly for countries with high malnutrition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Potential yield and food provisioning gains from rebuilding the worlds coral reef fish stocks
Many coral reefs have fish stocks that are depleted below the level at which sustainable production is maximized. Lower production means that millions of people are losing out on potential food, incom...
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May 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Preprint alert! 🐠🪸
We show that rebuilding fish stocks on coral reefs can significantly increase the number of fish servings produced a year and the number of people meeting fish intake recommendations, particularly for countries with high malnutrition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that rebuilding fish stocks on coral reefs can significantly increase the number of fish servings produced a year and the number of people meeting fish intake recommendations, particularly for countries with high malnutrition! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Trump administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes? Take our poll ⤵️
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What do you think of all the changes? Take our poll ⤵️
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Take Nature’s poll: How will Trump’s policies affect US science?
The new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes?
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April 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Trump administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways.
What do you think of all the changes? Take our poll ⤵️
https://go.nature.com/42DRA71
What do you think of all the changes? Take our poll ⤵️
https://go.nature.com/42DRA71
Are you interested in invertebrate aquatic foods and their role in global nutrition-security? We quantified the nutrient supply of aquatic invertebrates for 29 essential nutrients, and in the process we developed predictive models of their nutrient content! Preprint alert: @chrisgolden.bsky.social
The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods
Aquatic invertebrates are a diverse, nutrient-dense, and socio-ecologically important food whose contribution to human nutrition is frequently overlooked. We quantify their contribution to global nutr...
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March 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Are you interested in invertebrate aquatic foods and their role in global nutrition-security? We quantified the nutrient supply of aquatic invertebrates for 29 essential nutrients, and in the process we developed predictive models of their nutrient content! Preprint alert: @chrisgolden.bsky.social
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging! (nurses health study) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging - Nature Medicine
In two longitudinal cohorts followed for 30 years, the associations of eight different dietary patterns with healthy aging—encompassing cognitive, physical and mental health—were studied, identifying ...
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March 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging! (nurses health study) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Interested in ecological/environmental #stats? Join us at the EnvEcoStats conference at Lancaster Uni 1-3 July 2025 envecostats.wordpress.com 14 days left to submit an abstract - come on ecologists! @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social #RStats
Environmental and Ecological Statistics Conference
Co-organised by Glasgow University and Lancaster University
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March 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Interested in ecological/environmental #stats? Join us at the EnvEcoStats conference at Lancaster Uni 1-3 July 2025 envecostats.wordpress.com 14 days left to submit an abstract - come on ecologists! @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social #RStats
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#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…
🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
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🎣 Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
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🎣 Engagement Officer
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🚨 Deadlines: 17-19 March
🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
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🎣 Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
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🎣 Engagement Officer
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🚨 Deadlines: 17-19 March
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…
🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
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🎣 Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
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🎣 Engagement Officer
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🚨 Deadlines: 17-19 March
🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
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🎣 Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
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🎣 Engagement Officer
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🚨 Deadlines: 17-19 March
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I completely re-worked my course "Introduction to Bayesian statistics with brms" and taught it for the 1st time this week. It is meant as a tutorial for ecologists, but should be general enough for other sciences as well
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#stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian
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#stats #Rstats #brms #Stan #Bayesian
GitHub - benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro: Introduction to Bayesian statistics
Introduction to Bayesian statistics. Contribute to benjamin-rosenbaum/bayesian-intro development by creating an account on GitHub.
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February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Fisheries management... what we need to ensure jobs, food, and sustainable environment. One more thing that NOAA does.
New: Layoffs underway of probationary employees at @noaa.gov Unclear so far how many were exempted for public safety reasons at the Nat'l Weather Service, NOAA Satellites and other units. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...
Layoffs hit federal climate, weather agency NOAA
The cuts could affect NOAA's weather forecasts, climate research and other functions.
www.axios.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fisheries management... what we need to ensure jobs, food, and sustainable environment. One more thing that NOAA does.
Species interact in a number of ways that we still don’t know about!
Calibrated Ecosystem Models Cannot Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions 🌎🧪🌐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Calibrated Ecosystem Models Cannot Predict the Consequences of Conservation Management Decisions
This study evaluates ecosystem models calibrated to time series data from experimental microcosms. Although multiple parameter sets fit the data well, the models fail to predict future dynamics, resp...
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February 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Species interact in a number of ways that we still don’t know about!
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To help people separate cancer facts from fiction, researchers at Harvard Chan School created the Cancer FactFinder. The online tool allows users to look up common claims about cancer to find out whether they are supported or debunked by research.
Cancer claims are everywhere. Which to trust? — Harvard Gazette
Our research-based quiz can help
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February 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
To help people separate cancer facts from fiction, researchers at Harvard Chan School created the Cancer FactFinder. The online tool allows users to look up common claims about cancer to find out whether they are supported or debunked by research.
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NOAA has been told to alter maps etc to say Gulf of America. Its Scientific Integrity Policy page is currently down, to be scrubbed of "diversity" mentions and such. Climate science is under attack. All international collaboration—interpreted broadly—must be run by political appointees. My latest:
NOAA Is Getting Dragged Down Into the Mud
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NOAA has been told to alter maps etc to say Gulf of America. Its Scientific Integrity Policy page is currently down, to be scrubbed of "diversity" mentions and such. Climate science is under attack. All international collaboration—interpreted broadly—must be run by political appointees. My latest:
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AMAZING JOB OPPORTUNITY: Coral Reef Ecologist, Research, Pristine Seas (National Geographic)
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#coralreefs #coralreefjobs #coraljobs #nationalgeographic #coralresearch #coralreefecology #coralconservation #coralcareers #marinebiology
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February 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AMAZING JOB OPPORTUNITY: Coral Reef Ecologist, Research, Pristine Seas (National Geographic)
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#coralreefs #coralreefjobs #coraljobs #nationalgeographic #coralresearch #coralreefecology #coralconservation #coralcareers #marinebiology
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#coralreefs #coralreefjobs #coraljobs #nationalgeographic #coralresearch #coralreefecology #coralconservation #coralcareers #marinebiology
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My latest post on The Food Archive: It's a very, very mad world.
www.thenutritionarchive.com/blog/2025/2/...
www.thenutritionarchive.com/blog/2025/2/...
It's a very very mad world — The Food Archive
Mad world was a song written in 1982 by Tears for Fears and covered years later by Gary Jules for Donnie Darko. The lyrics go something like this: All around me are familiar face, worn out place, w...
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February 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My latest post on The Food Archive: It's a very, very mad world.
www.thenutritionarchive.com/blog/2025/2/...
www.thenutritionarchive.com/blog/2025/2/...
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Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social
Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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January 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social
Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...