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...

#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

"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/...

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

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. ⤵️

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...

#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 📷 Hong Wu/Getty Images

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. ⤵️

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...

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.

"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...

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

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

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

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.

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. 🌊 📖 ⬇️

We're happy to share that our Lead Scientist Colette Wabnitz is a finalist for the Women’s Impact Award presented by the #FallingWalls Foundation! Wabnitz is recognized for her leadership of a project highlighting women's contributions to fisheries ➡️ oceanrisk.earth/fact-sheets/ 📷 Colette Wabnitz

One Ocean, One Future. With ocean science at the helm, WIOMSA welcomes you to join a growing wave of collaboration, dialogue, and knowledge exchange for our oceans, coasts, and communities. Register before 20th August to attend #WIOMSA2025. 🔗 symposium.wiomsa.org/register/

Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of a Big Ideas for Oceans seed grant from @woods.stanford.edu & @stanforddoerr.bsky.social! Delighted to see @oceansolutions.stanford.edu colleagues among the awardees who will research gender equity in fisheries and aquaculture. Get to know their projects ⬇️

“We are at a time when we need to be creative and inclusive in how we address challenges our planet and people are facing." – Fiorenza Micheli, professor of oceans & co-director of the Center for Ocean Solutions Learn more about Micheli's collaboration with colleagues in the English Department ⬇️

[email protected] works from insight to impact to ensure research informs how companies, coastal communities, and countries can take action for our oceans. Learn what inspires our faculty, staff, & early career scholars: oceansolutions.stanford.edu/spotlights 📷: Patrick Beaudouin

Last month, thousands gathered for the One Ocean Science Congress & UN Ocean Conference. Read takeaways from @oceansolutions.stanford.edu Fio Micheli, Nicole Franz, & Laura Anderson, & other @stanforddoerr.bsky.social scholars. sustainability.stanford.edu/news/global-... 📷 IISD/ENB, Kiara Worth

For your summer reading 📚 Find books on plant intelligence, climate politics, the rights of nature, and more – recommended by scholars at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

Please give a warm welcome to Justin Rauh, our new Research Assistant! In this role, Justin will focus on developing a machine learning model capable of improving the taxonomic resolution of environmental DNA analysis. #eDNA Learn more about Justin ➡️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/people/justi...

How can we bridge the gap between small-scale #fisheries and fair, sustainable markets? Center for Ocean Solutions researcher Josheena Naggea contributed to a recent ABALOBI (🔗 abalobi.org) thought piece that explores new models for delivering lasting, systemic change ➡️ heyzine.com/flip-book/f5...

What does "nature positive" mean for the ocean? Center researchers Josheena Naggea & Jean-Baptiste Jouffray joined nearly 100 contributors on a @wwf-ocean.bsky.social report exploring pathways for companies to contribute to climate stability & biodiversity. www.worldwildlife.org/projects/tow...

If you're at UNFCCC #SB62, join us for a side event on integrating aquatic foods into nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans. 📅 June 21st 🕒 3-4:15pm CEST 📍 Kaminzimmer View the full SB62 agenda: unfccc.int/sb62 @worldfish.bsky.social @envdefensefund.bsky.social @fao.org

We’re reflecting on an inspiring two weeks of events, partner convenings, & activities at the third UN Ocean Conference & associated One Ocean Science Congress #UNOC3 From sustainable blue foods to small-scale fisheries governance, here are a few snapshots and sound bites from our time in France 🧵

#ICYMI Data on small-scale fisheries have been piecemeal. A systematic assessment of the sector yields insights into some of its most vital contributions to humanity. 🌊 More from @ssfnicole.bsky.social & global contributors to Illuminating Hidden Harvests ⤵️ www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

"There’s huge potential in blue foods, but it really depends on how they are managed." Engagement Project Manager Laura Anderson spoke with @courthousenews.bsky.social about the opportunities and challenges of blue foods at #UNOC3 last week. For more ⬇️

Congratulations to our co-director, Fiorenza Micheli, who won an award for her outstanding leadership at @stanford.edu's recent Faculty Women's Forum! 📷 "Fio exemplifies visionary and inclusive leadership in all dimensions of her work." Award ➡️ facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/faculty-enga...

In our latest newsletter, you'll find insights on: 🏝️ Sand dredging in marine protected areas 🛰️ Integration of ocean, land, and air sensors 🎣 Outsized impacts of small-scale fisheries in @nature.com 🌊 Reflections on #WorldOceanDay from our community Read & subscribe ⤵️ mailchi.mp/oceansolutio...

Calling all early-career ocean professionals! Tune in tomorrow for a virtual #UNOC3 event featuring our Blue Food Futures Program Manager, Josheena Naggea, and other professionals working on ocean solutions. 📅 June 12 🕗 8 am PT RSVP: tinyurl.com/EventRegistrationUNOC

Women make waves 🌊 Join co-director Fiorenza Micheli for a virtual discussion on the role of female scientists in advancing ecosystem & social science, neuroscience, Indigenous knowledge, & policy. 🗓️ June 12 🕔 7–8:30 am PT Register to watch online ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 📷 Ian Segebarth

If you're at #UNOC3, join us for a side event on advancing blue foods for sustainability, food security, and livelihoods. We'll highlight the progress we've made since #UNOC2 and chart the course ahead. 🗓️ June 11 🕔 17:30–18:45 CEST (local time) 📍 Blue Zone, Room 3 RSVP: bit.ly/4dwQYVA

If you're at #UNOC3 this evening, join our co-director Jim Leape & the Blue Food Futures Program team to discuss blue food priorities across ocean, food, & climate policy ⬇️ 📅 June 10 🕕 5:15-6:45 pm CET 📍 The Ocean That Feeds Us: Trade & Blue Food House (Green Zone) 📷 A. Chuklanov/Unsplash

"My sense of wonder for the ocean is in relation to the people whose livelihoods depend on it." Center Research Scholar @ssfnicole.bsky.social joined community members from across the @stanfordwoods.bsky.social & @stanforddoerr.bsky.social to share reflections on #WorldOceansDay ⬇️

Happening tomorrow! Our co-director Fiorenza Micheli will join a #UNOC3 side event to highlight how ocean sustainability efforts have had a positive impact on human health and well-being. 🗓️ June 10 🕢 7:45–9:45 CEST (local time) 📍Green Zone, @univcotedazur.bsky.social More info: oceans.ucsf.edu

"We hope we have created a tool for small-scale fisher organizations around the world to use these...facts that were maybe missing or not as substantiated as before for engagement in policymaking and decision-making." – Research Scholar @ssfnicole.bsky.social 🎙️ Tune in at 08:51 ⤵️

We’re looking forward to co-hosting a #UNOC3 side event on June 12 with ABALOBI (🔗 abalobi.org) This interactive session will unpack how data systems, when co-designed with small-scale fishers, can transform fisheries governance and shape community-led management ➡️ lu.ma/finrtsce

Today is the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. In 2022, our team mapped the regions and ports at highest risk for IUU fishing: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Now, they're studying vessel patterns to help inform tools to reduce IUU fishing.

World Oceans Day and the UN Ocean Conference are coming up. Here is a reminder why #SmallScaleFisheries and representatives of small-scale fisheries organizations need to be an integral part of relevant decision-making and management processes! Have a look at the #Nature Collection to learn more!

Economic policies are lacking in data on small-scale fisheries. This team of researchers is determined to change that. https://go.nature.com/4kqhbaW

Research Scholar @ssfnicole.bsky.social is among the contributors to Illuminating Hidden Harvests, a collaboration of @fao.org, @duke-university.bsky.social, & @stanforddoerr.bsky.social to examine the contributions that small-scale fisheries make to various dimensions of sustainable development ⤵️

Prior to #UNOC3, Research Scholar @ssfnicole.bsky.social will discuss the outsized impacts of small-scale fisheries at the One Ocean Science Congress ➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/OOS2025/sess... 🗓️ June 5, 14:00 –13:45, Room 5 Live-stream the plenary sessions: www.youtube.com/live/XOSGl7P...

The UN Ocean Conference is a week away! #UNOC3 We’re headed to France to join in-person & virtual events on: 🐟 Sustainable blue foods 🌊 Women in ocean science 🎣 Small-scale fisheries ...& more! Will you be there? Let us know in the comments 👋 ⤵️ oceansolutions.stanford.edu/stanford-202...

Calling all Early Career Ocean Professionals (@ecop-dach.bsky.social) 🌊 Join a virtual networking session this Thursday, co-hosted by @unoceandecade.bsky.social Blue Food Futures Program, which is co-led by @oceansolutions.bsky.social.

Add some ocean optimism to your inbox! Subscribe to Currents for the latest insights and impact from the @oceansolutions.bsky.social team and collaborators at @stanford.edu and around the world. Subscribe for quarterly updates ➡️ bit.ly/CurrentsNews

“We need partnerships to transform data into useful information on platforms that are accessible to those who need it.” 🎙️ Co-director Fiorenza Micheli reflected on the advancement of sensor technology and the value of partnerships at a recent conference. For more insights ⬇️

Gorgeous and compelling ocean photos were among the winners of the 2025 Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability's annual photo contest. View the winning images and meet the photographers below ⤵️