Catalyzing research, innovation, & action to improve the health of the oceans for the people who depend on them most. Part of @stanfordwoods in @StanfordDoerr.
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In the latest Currents newsletter, you'll find:
✍️ New research on ocean conflicts
📱 A mobile app to support sustainable fisheries
🌴 Insights about the Chagos Archipelago
🌊 A deep dive into @HopkinsMarine
Read & subscribe ⤵️
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📸: Adelina Mensah
ALT Fishers guide their canoe across a foggy harbor. Image credit: Adelina Mensah
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As 🐟 stocks decline, wage theft & other labor abuses may rise to keep fishing profitable, perpetuating unsustainable fishing & worker exploitation.
To break this cycle, we helped launch IKAN: WorkSmart, a free app empowering fishers to know their rights: ikanapp.com
ALT A person holds a mobile phone with the IKAN app on display. Credit: Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative
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IKAN is a collaboration between @OceanJusticeID, @follow50eight, @StanfordHumRts, @oceansolutions, & @TuftsNutrition
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Join our team! We're #hiring a part-time communications manager to translate ocean research, innovation, & action into compelling content for diverse audiences.
Learn more & apply ➡️ careersearch.stanford.edu/jo…
#SciComm #PartTime #OceanJobs
@StanfordWoods @stanforddoerr
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“As new ocean industries expand & #climatechange reorders marine ecosystems, finding ways to resolve conflicts will become even more urgent.”
New research from @ElizabethSelig & team on disputes shaping ocean prosperity off Africa's coast ⬇️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/…
📷 A. Mensah
ALT Fishers guide a canoe across a harbor. The sky is overcast, and buildings appear on the horizon. Image credit: Adelina Mensah
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In ocean science, even the best ideas can die on land—stalled by regulations, access, & the difficulty of trying new tech at sea.
Learn more about efforts underway at @HopkinsMarine, including a program co-led by @oceansolutions, to address this gap: bit.ly/4c3Rzhn
ALT An underwater scene shows seaweed in the waves. Image credit: Ian Segebarth/Jennifer Adler
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We co-founded the @BlueFoodFutures Program in 2023 to advance blue food science, policy, & community.
On March 19, we're hosting a seminar & networking session on campus for Stanford affiliates to connect with a global community of scholars.
Rsvp ⤵️
events.stanford.edu/event/bl…
ALT Six hands eat blue foods spread out in a beautiful display on a green leaf.
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Congratulations, Gladys, and welcome to the @BlueFoodFutures community!
🏆Doctoral researcher Gladys Mwaka Holeh (@VLIZnews, @ugent) has been selected as a @BlueFoodFutures fellow. Her research examines how artisanal seaweed aquaculture can support nutrition, climate resilience, and coastal livelihoods along the Kenyan coast and the Western Indian Ocean. Congratulations, Gladys! 👏 bluefood.earth/news/blue-foo… #BlueFood #Seaweed #SustainableAquaculture #OceanDecade #SciencePolicy #VLIZ @oceansolutions
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Calling Stanford students! 📣
We're looking for a communications assistant who's passionate about ocean science and storytelling to join our team for the spring quarter. 🌊
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting March 9 ➡️ bit.ly/CommsAssistant26
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Meet the ✨Ocean Equity Index ✨, a new tool for measuring & advancing ocean equity ➡️ oceanequityindex.org/
"By turning equity into a measurable standard, we can finally move from promises of equity to making progress," said co-author Josheena Naggea of @oceansolutions.
ALT A wheel reads "ocean equity index" in the middle and is split into thirds: distributional, procedural, and recognitional. It has examples within each section.
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Share your work in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability photo contest!
Open to all Stanford students, postdocs, faculty, staff, & alumni, the contest highlights research, beauty, & sustainability. Share your photos by March 13.
Let's add some ocean images to the mix🌊⬇️
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"I view research as a story where I’m trying to figure out who the main characters are and what the core plot is."
Learn more about what inspires Managing Director @ElizabethSelig's approach to research in our latest spotlight ➡️
oceansolutions.stanford.edu/…
ALT A portrait of Elizabeth Selig appears along with the text: Managing Director, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions.
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Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions retweeted
RESEARCH: Implications of climate change for blue food systems in the Pacific Islands region. Co-authored by Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Colette Wabnitz @coru_ubc @oceansolutions agris.fao.org/search/en/prov…
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In a new @wef blog, our co-director Jim Leape and the Forum's Alfredo Girón Nava offer examples of how countries in Africa, and elsewhere, are building and strengthening the #BlueFoods sector through innovative solutions ⤵️
#BlueDavos
📷 Greg Keelen
weforum.org/stories/2026/01/…
ALT A man in a boat on a river casts a net into the water.
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We're #hiring! Are you interested in environmental DNA, biomolecular engineering, and applying novel #eDNA monitoring methods to marine biodiversity and ocean conservation challenges?
Apply for our new Environmental Biomolecular Engineer role ➡️ careersearch.stanford.edu/jo…
ALT A graphic reads "We're hiring" with the title "Environmental Biomolecular Engineer" beneath. A blue DNA helix appears in the background.
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#BlueFoods support livelihoods around the world. In Mexico, the blue food sector directly supported nearly 300K jobs.
Learn more about Mexico’s blue food sector & opportunities for climate action ➡️ doi.org/10.25740/qr738mf9192
Image credits: @cobi_mx, design credit Wienot Films
ALT A collage of photos and graphics features a lobster, an overhead view of a fishing village, a diver, and several fishing boats. Image credits: Arturo Hernández-Velasco-COBI & design credit to Wienot Films
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A recent editorial examines what the High Seas Treaty could mean for global food systems.
Our team co-led two cited efforts, Illuminating Hidden Harvests & @BlueFoodFutures, that offer data on the connections between ocean protection & food security ⤵️ nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
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November issue: Wild forage fish and future aquaculture production, cultivated beef, enhanced soil carbon storage, drought-tolerant rhizobacteria, food systems modelling, the human cost of diets… and more!
nature.com/natfood/volumes/6…
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How do we move from climate ambition to action?
On Dec 8, hear from @LCAnderson2020, the @oceansolutions representative at @Cop30noBrasil, & a panel of experts on how initiatives are translating climate conference goals into sector-specific guidance⤵️ edf.zoom.us/webinar/register…
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Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions retweeted
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🔵 Apply to the Blue Food Future Fellowship!
Led by the Stanford @oceansolutions Blue Food Futures Program, a Decade Action, this fellowship empowers early-career researchers to advance the role of blue foods in global food systems transformation.
👉 ow.ly/UEvB50XyhCV
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A new book released by @spc_cps at #COP30 last week highlights governance and adaptation approaches that can help secure resilient futures for Pacific Island communities and the sea, according to co-editor (& our lead scientist) Colette Wabnitz.
More ⤵️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/…
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