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Catalyzing research, innovation, and action to improve the health of the oceans for the people who depend on them most. 🔗 oceansolutions.stanford.edu

Based at @woods.stanford.edu in @stanforddoerr.bsky.social.
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#InCommonPodcast: with Fikret Berkes we spoke about our co-edited book 'Governing for transformation towards sustainable small-scale fisheries' t.ly/ioFDd, and more. Thanks to our many co-authors from research and FAO!
Listen to the podcast here: t.ly/f4H5B -@oceansolutions.stanford.edu @fao.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As @cop30brazil.bsky.social gets underway, many countries will share updates to their climate plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions.

#BlueFoods are integral to these plans.

Learn why ➡️ stanford.io/4eJYBHx

Graphic credit: @fao.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Lead Scientist Colette Wabnitz for winning the 2025 Women's Impact award from the Falling Walls Foundation!

Her work on gender equity in #fisheries was recently honored at an award ceremony in Berlin ➡️ falling-walls.com/foundation/p...

Project ➡️ oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Now Open: early-career researcher Blue Food Futures Fellowships - part-time research grant ($10k) + mentorship from global experts!

👉 Learn more: lnkd.in/dr2VZ-_s
👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/dHX2x7br

@oceansolutions.stanford.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🌊 Applications now open! 🌍

We invite early-career researchers to apply for the Blue Food Futures Fellowship, a 6-month, part-time research grant you can undertake from your home institution. Fellows receive mentorship & $10,000 in research funding.

Learn more & apply ➡️ 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 4:01 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"Managing fisheries is easier said than done."

Research Scholar @ssfnicole.bsky.social spoke with Nutrition Insight about the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which entered into force last month.

Learn more about the impacts of subsidy cuts ➡️
www.nutritioninsight.com/news/wto-agr...
WTO fisheries agreement: Implications for nutrition and ocean sustainability
The ocean is a reservoir of nutrients; however, not everyone has equitable access to them. The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently reached an agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to prevent fish deple...
www.nutritioninsight.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This week, lead scientist Colette Wabnitz is at #GAF9, presenting her work on women's contributions to fisheries & gender-related human rights across 28 countries.

Explore the program: www.gafconference.org/program.htm

Learn more about the research: oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/

📷 Alli Cutting
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Proud to be co-author of the paper Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries - t.ly/zkydZ. Kudos to Sarah Harper for the lead, the main gender advisor for the #IlluminatingHiddenHarvest study- t.ly/MEngw @oceansolutions.stanford.edu @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @fao.org
Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries - Ambio
Gender equality is a ubiquitous national goal, yet sectoral gender data gaps to support this goal persist. These gaps are both structural and sexist, concealing women’s contributions and impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods and economic development, food security, and environmental sustainability. The small-scale fisheries sector offers a cogent example of this phenomenon. Building on lessons from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests initiative, we identify systemic changes and specific indicators needed to fill these gaps. This requires multiple data streams, many of which come from outside fisheries agencies, e.g., government statistical or census organizations, sourced from responsible agencies across multiple areas—economy and environment, governance and support services, and health and nutrition. Closing gender data gaps requires making the policy case and working across agencies to create an enabling institutional environment. Only then can data reflect and respond to the lives of the ~ 500 million people who depend on small-scale fisheries.
t.ly
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A recent paper led by Wallenberg postdoctoral fellow Jean-Baptiste Jouffray summarizes industrial impacts on the ocean & compares them with what leading companies in the ocean economy disclose — revealing major gaps in disclosures.

naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/corpora...
Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health
A new paper reveals major gaps in how companies disclose their impacts on the ocean.
naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#ICYMI A recent paper investigates vessel behavior as more countries have adopted the Port State Measures Agreement, an internationally binding treaty addressing #illegalfishing, and shares opportunities for countries to strengthen implementation.

🔗 stanford.io/45LXlB2

@elizabethselig.bsky.social
More scrutiny of domestic fishing fleets at ports could help deter illegal fishing
Domestic vessels account for the majority of port visits globally. Inspecting them in addition to foreign vessels is key to deterring illegal fishing, scientists say.
stanford.io
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The global community must explicitly enshrine food safety as a universal human right."

A @science.org Letter co-authored by Fiorenza Micheli & @ssfnicole.bsky.social calls for safe food to be recognized as a human right in the face of climate change.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Safe food: A human right amid climate change
Unsafe food leads to illness in an estimated 600 million people and causes 420,000 deaths globally each year (1, 2). Foodborne illness and death disproportionately affect children under the age of 5 a...
www.science.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A #NewPaper investigates vessel behavior as more countries have adopted the Port State Measures Agreement, an internationally binding treaty addressing #illegalfishing, and shares opportunities for countries to strengthen implementation.

Read more: stanford.io/45LXlB2

Figure: Selig et al., 2025
September 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A recent paper highlights that more scrutiny of domestic fishing fleets at ports could help deter #IUUfishing.

Read more from @oceansolutions.stanford.edu managing director @elizabethselig.bsky.social, who led the study. ⤵️
Our paper shows that the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), a global agreement to end #IUUFishing, has made it harder for foreign vessels to land catches where they are not subject to PSMA monitoring. We highlight ways to strengthen its impact: 1/ tinyurl.com/yfx5t2hb
Leveraging port state measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
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September 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Corporate impacts on marine ecosystems are under-reported, according to a new paper led by @oceansolutions.stanford.edu Jean-Baptiste Jouffray. These insights can help improve reporting frameworks with ocean-specific needs.

naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/corpora...
Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health
A new paper reveals major gaps in how companies disclose their impacts on the ocean.
naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu
September 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#NewPaper in Science Advances finds that domestic fishing vessels account for the majority of port visits around the world. Comprehensive inspections at port for both foreign and domestic fishing fleets are a key deterrent for #illegalfishing.

🔗 stanford.io/45LXlB2
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September 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A #NewPaper in Marine Policy shares a conceptual framework of links between climate change & decent work in fisheries.

Read more from @oceansolutions.stanford.edu managing director @elizabethselig.bsky.social, a co-author on the study. ⤵️
As climate change pushes fish stocks to new places, temperature, rainfall, waves, and storms will impact fishers' health and well-being, especially as they embark on potentially longer journeys to catch the same amount of fish. We explore these dynamics in our new paper: tinyurl.com/yc669f8p 1/
Decent work in fishing in a changing climate
Climate change will increasingly impact the working conditions of employed fishers, who work in the most hazardous occupation in a sector already at h…
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August 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Climate change is reshaping marine ecosystems & conditions at sea.

A #NewPaper shares a conceptual framework that highlights how climate hazards may increase injuries & illness from storms & heat exposure, as well as indirect impacts on mental health.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Meet the 2025 @woods.stanford.edu EVP and REIP awardees!

Center for Ocean Solutions researchers are part of a project team that will support bringing blue foods into the school meals program in Indonesia.
It's research grant award season! Each year, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment awards funding to bold, interdisciplinary projects tackling our planet’s most urgent challenges.

🏆 Meet the 2025 awardees here: bit.ly/3UCIhR8
August 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Science cannot stand alone."

@oceansolutions.stanford.edu staff scientist Collin Closek reflects on a book written by nearly 50 co-authors that champions a centuries-old vision for the future of marine conservation.

🎨: Kelly H Dunn

sustainability.stanford.edu/news/transfo...
Transforming marine conservation, one chapter at a time
A new book co-authored by scholars, practitioners, and students champions a centuries-old vision for the future of marine conservation.
sustainability.stanford.edu
August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Please join us in congratulating Lead Scientist Colette Wabnitz for winning the 2025 Women's Impact Award from the Falling Walls Foundation!

Wabnitz is being honored for a project highlighting women's unique contributions to fisheries ➡️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/news/colette...

📷 Alli Cutting
Colette Wabnitz honored for highlighting women’s unique contributions to fisheries
The marine scientist joins two other women researchers honored by the Falling Walls Foundation for advancing gender equity in science.
oceansolutions.stanford.edu
August 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Stanford is hiring Assistant Professors! It would be great to get people familiar with fisheries 🐟 . Please share - or apply if you are a good fit 😊
- Sustainable Food Systems: bit.ly/4m5DPpX
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge bit.ly/4fpML7f
@oceansolutions.stanford.edu @stanforddoerr.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Highlights from the Indonesia Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) Blue Food Forum. 🐟

Co-director Jim Leape joined a panel discussion to celebrate the launch of the #BlueFoodAssessment Indonesia.

Learn more: oceansolutions.stanford.edu/co-designing...

📷: Bappenas
August 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A postcard from the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake meeting in Ethiopia! @unfoodsystemshub.org

Our team met with global collaborators to explore how blue foods can support resilient and sustainable food systems. They also discussed how food-related coalitions can more effectively drive change.
July 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Our co-director and an English professor have teamed up to explore the human relationship with the oceans – an often overlooked aspect of ocean studies.

They envision an interdisciplinary curriculum that incorporates the humanities and the sciences. 🌊 📖 ⬇️
In an era of global change, ocean scientist Fiorenza Micheli and literary scholar Margaret Cohen are coming together to explore people's impact on and connection to the ocean through the "blue" humanities 🌊

Watch the latest #UncommonCollaborators episode 🎥 bit.ly/4mitoPL
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM