Jessica Gephart
@jagephart.bsky.social
Asst Prof at University of Washington SAFS
Globalization of aquatic food systems & sustainable seafood
Lab website: http://seafood-globalization-lab.weebly.com/
ARTIS website: https://artisdata.weebly.com/
Globalization of aquatic food systems & sustainable seafood
Lab website: http://seafood-globalization-lab.weebly.com/
ARTIS website: https://artisdata.weebly.com/
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
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Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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Ever notice small scale #aquaculture (SSA) doesn't seem to get much attention? Us too. We ran a semi-quant synthesis of the the literature and found it is poorly defined, missing from the US & Europe, & underrepresented in marine systems (e.g., oysters) dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq....
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ever notice small scale #aquaculture (SSA) doesn't seem to get much attention? Us too. We ran a semi-quant synthesis of the the literature and found it is poorly defined, missing from the US & Europe, & underrepresented in marine systems (e.g., oysters) dx.doi.org/10.1111/raq....
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A recent Science Advances special issue focused on #aquaculture, but seemed to have missed the mark in a multitude of ways. My incredible colleagues and I wrote this sweeping Open Access opinion article (with 80 citations!) in response. Hope it's useful! 🐟 🦐 🎣 doi.org/10.1111/raq....
No Free Lunch: Sustainable Aquaculture Requires Recognizing Past Science, Improvements, and Comparative Assessment
Aquaculture has become an established and important part of the global food system. Several critiques of aquaculture continue to resurface, seemingly ignoring past research and improvements of (1) aq....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A recent Science Advances special issue focused on #aquaculture, but seemed to have missed the mark in a multitude of ways. My incredible colleagues and I wrote this sweeping Open Access opinion article (with 80 citations!) in response. Hope it's useful! 🐟 🦐 🎣 doi.org/10.1111/raq....
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🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
The Blue Food Futures Fellowship application is now open!
Fellows receive 6 mo support at their home institution to address pressing issues in blue food + mentorship from a global blue research network + opportunities to present research at international fora
⬇️ More
bluefood.earth/fellowships/
Fellows receive 6 mo support at their home institution to address pressing issues in blue food + mentorship from a global blue research network + opportunities to present research at international fora
⬇️ More
bluefood.earth/fellowships/
Fellowships | BFFP
Blue Food Futures Fellows research critical questions about blue foods, filling knowledge gaps and providing actionable insights for global food and climate initiatives.
bluefood.earth
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The Blue Food Futures Fellowship application is now open!
Fellows receive 6 mo support at their home institution to address pressing issues in blue food + mentorship from a global blue research network + opportunities to present research at international fora
⬇️ More
bluefood.earth/fellowships/
Fellows receive 6 mo support at their home institution to address pressing issues in blue food + mentorship from a global blue research network + opportunities to present research at international fora
⬇️ More
bluefood.earth/fellowships/
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
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Only a third of Americans even somewhat support drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Only a third of Americans even somewhat support drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Source: @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
There is still time to submit!
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣
Working on blue foods? Consider submitting to our new special issue in Environmental Research: Food Systems - Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems.
The journal is society owned and the papers are OA, with OA fees currently waived.
iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
The journal is society owned and the papers are OA, with OA fees currently waived.
iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
October 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There is still time to submit!
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣
If you have some blue foods work that you are looking for a home for, consider our special issue in Environmental Research: Food Systems!
Submission deadline extended to November 30
Submission deadline extended to November 30
Open for submission! Our #ERFS focus issue on 'Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems' 🐟🎣🌊
Submission deadline: 30 September 2025
Open-access. No publication charges.
More info: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
#environment #food #foodsystems #bluefood #fishing #fish #openaccess #noAPC
Submission deadline: 30 September 2025
Open-access. No publication charges.
More info: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
#environment #food #foodsystems #bluefood #fishing #fish #openaccess #noAPC
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you have some blue foods work that you are looking for a home for, consider our special issue in Environmental Research: Food Systems!
Submission deadline extended to November 30
Submission deadline extended to November 30
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Come work with us!
Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social @caseagrant.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Come work with us!
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No words
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Trump’s chaos will punish students.
It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.
It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.
It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.
It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.
October 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump’s chaos will punish students.
It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.
It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.
It’s not the billionaires’ kids who will suffer.
It's working families' kids who will fall further behind.
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New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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A new study reveals that although they are often overlooked, dried fish are critical to helping feed millions of people across Africa.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nItEIj
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nItEIj
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A new study reveals that although they are often overlooked, dried fish are critical to helping feed millions of people across Africa.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nItEIj
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
Read more: https://bit.ly/4nItEIj
@lancasteruni.bsky.social
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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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Oceana #Ghana VP job posting here. Please share with any promising leaders who are ready to build and run campaigns!
oceana.org/employment/v...
oceana.org/employment/v...
September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Oceana #Ghana VP job posting here. Please share with any promising leaders who are ready to build and run campaigns!
oceana.org/employment/v...
oceana.org/employment/v...
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Huh.
Unprecedented substitution of seafood species with non-aquatic species was found...Almost 60 % of shark products were identified as pork.
"Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication and labelling analysis of shark products"
Unprecedented substitution of seafood species with non-aquatic species was found...Almost 60 % of shark products were identified as pork.
"Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication and labelling analysis of shark products"
Redirecting
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Huh.
Unprecedented substitution of seafood species with non-aquatic species was found...Almost 60 % of shark products were identified as pork.
"Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication and labelling analysis of shark products"
Unprecedented substitution of seafood species with non-aquatic species was found...Almost 60 % of shark products were identified as pork.
"Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication and labelling analysis of shark products"
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🚨postdoc opportunity at UBC🚨 applications are now open for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, due internally Oct. 15 - www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!
I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!
August 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨postdoc opportunity at UBC🚨 applications are now open for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, due internally Oct. 15 - www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!
I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!
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Stanford Doerr School is hiring at assistant prof level in Global Environmental Policy. Search is broadly scoped and aimed at anyone in quantitative social sciences or related fields, including econ, polisci, env policy, or data science as applied to env policy. Plz share, RT!
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Global Environmental Policy)
tinyurl.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Stanford Doerr School is hiring at assistant prof level in Global Environmental Policy. Search is broadly scoped and aimed at anyone in quantitative social sciences or related fields, including econ, polisci, env policy, or data science as applied to env policy. Plz share, RT!
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
tinyurl.com/3enzuubc
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Recently published!
Development of a comprehensive bilateral trade-flow dataset of the environmental pressures of global food production
👉 https://bit.ly/3TPYC4q
By authors from @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
#climatechange #agriculture #food
@jagephart.bsky.social
Development of a comprehensive bilateral trade-flow dataset of the environmental pressures of global food production
👉 https://bit.ly/3TPYC4q
By authors from @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
#climatechange #agriculture #food
@jagephart.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Recently published!
Development of a comprehensive bilateral trade-flow dataset of the environmental pressures of global food production
👉 https://bit.ly/3TPYC4q
By authors from @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
#climatechange #agriculture #food
@jagephart.bsky.social
Development of a comprehensive bilateral trade-flow dataset of the environmental pressures of global food production
👉 https://bit.ly/3TPYC4q
By authors from @nceas-ucsb.bsky.social
#climatechange #agriculture #food
@jagephart.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
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Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
August 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
“This is the discovery of the decade for me,” said co-author @drewharvell.bsky.social. "We have studied both the cause and the impacts of this disease for the entire epidemic."
More: www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...
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We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
www.biographic.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We are so proud of our sea star wasting work that came out today. This interactive article is very complete and includes beautiful videos.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...