Jessica Blythe, PhD
@jessicablythe.bsky.social
I am an Associate Professor @brocku.ca studying small-scale fisheries and marine conservation. Posts are about ocean equity, blue justice, climate adaptation, and all things sustainability! #MarSocSci #OceanOptimism 🌿🐟
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“Facilitating a space wherein communities can shape policies & decisions about their land, ocean, values, practices, & livelihood should be the norm.” – Josheena Naggea
Learn how a Stanford working group is centering cultural heritage in ocean governance ➡️ woods.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
Learn how a Stanford working group is centering cultural heritage in ocean governance ➡️ woods.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
Stanford research and expertise help establish first-of-its-kind marine protected area
A new framework informed by Stanford-led research and stakeholder convenings balances conservation with cultural heritage and sustainable resettlement of communities removed from an island chain decad...
woods.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Facilitating a space wherein communities can shape policies & decisions about their land, ocean, values, practices, & livelihood should be the norm.” – Josheena Naggea
Learn how a Stanford working group is centering cultural heritage in ocean governance ➡️ woods.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
Learn how a Stanford working group is centering cultural heritage in ocean governance ➡️ woods.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...
Wonderful new paper for my morning read!
To co-produce ocean plans, start by recognizing the distinct rights and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
To co-produce ocean plans, start by recognizing the distinct rights and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Co-producing ocean plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Co-producing ocean plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Wonderful new paper for my morning read!
To co-produce ocean plans, start by recognizing the distinct rights and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
To co-produce ocean plans, start by recognizing the distinct rights and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
New study in Coral Reefs by @wcs.org's Tim McClanahan and Jesse Kosgei explains how fishers in Kenya are staying in the fishery even though stocks are declining and they are not earning a living wage.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
The Hidden Forces Keeping Reef Fishers Below Living Wage
New York, NY (November 21, 2025)—A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) published in Coral Reefs reveals why many coral reef fishers remain in poverty, even as fish stocks decline and ...
newsroom.wcs.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New study in Coral Reefs by @wcs.org's Tim McClanahan and Jesse Kosgei explains how fishers in Kenya are staying in the fishery even though stocks are declining and they are not earning a living wage.
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
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Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
NOW OR NEVER - COLLECTIVE ACTION IS VITAL TO PROTECT CORAL REEFS | Together for the Ocean
Coral reefs are absent from national climate and biodiversity plans. Alfred DeGemmis, Director of International Policy at WCS, and Rachel James, Global Coral Reef Rescue Initiative Lead at WWF, explor...
for-the-ocean.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience.
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
@wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏
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The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
Less than 1% of global climate funding reaches Indigenous peoples and traditional groups, despite their leading roles in environmental conservation, particularly in the Amazon.
Across Brazil, organizations are working to align financial procedures with the reality of local communities.
Across Brazil, organizations are working to align financial procedures with the reality of local communities.
With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature
For many Brazilians, the country’s Indigenous peoples are considered the main protectors of nature. This is one of the key findings of a new Greenpeace survey published in October: according to the…
news.mongabay.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Less than 1% of global climate funding reaches Indigenous peoples and traditional groups, despite their leading roles in environmental conservation, particularly in the Amazon.
Across Brazil, organizations are working to align financial procedures with the reality of local communities.
Across Brazil, organizations are working to align financial procedures with the reality of local communities.
When do you give up on a paper?
Never?
After x years?
If it's not a priority?
I just seem to accumulate an ever growing list of papers that I feel guilty about...
Never?
After x years?
If it's not a priority?
I just seem to accumulate an ever growing list of papers that I feel guilty about...
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When do you give up on a paper?
Never?
After x years?
If it's not a priority?
I just seem to accumulate an ever growing list of papers that I feel guilty about...
Never?
After x years?
If it's not a priority?
I just seem to accumulate an ever growing list of papers that I feel guilty about...
Thanks @ymalhi.bsky.social for this reflection on hope! It's the read I needed today #OceanOptimism
I was in #Belem for Week 1 of the climate change #COP30, primarily to engage about rainforests and their future. Here are a few reflections on COP, the city of Belem, rainforests and the nature of hope naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/cop30-a...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
COP30 at the City at the Mouth of the Green Ocean
Yadvinder reflects on this time at COP 30
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thanks @ymalhi.bsky.social for this reflection on hope! It's the read I needed today #OceanOptimism
DYK the Ocean Image Bank has thousands of free, gorgeous ocean photos? 🌊📸 www.theoceanagency.org/ocean-image-...
Photo: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank
Photo: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DYK the Ocean Image Bank has thousands of free, gorgeous ocean photos? 🌊📸 www.theoceanagency.org/ocean-image-...
Photo: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank
Photo: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
We’ve made fisheries research approachable, visual, and FREE. Get started today: bit.ly/catchrecon
Sea Around Us launches catch reconstruction course to empower global fisheries research | Sea Around Us
Catch reconstruction video tutorials.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We’ve made fisheries research approachable, visual, and FREE. Get started today: bit.ly/catchrecon
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
🚨Paper Alert!🚨
🐟🫂🎣 Accounting for #human–nature linkages in area-based #conservation #monitoring through #social–ecological #indicator bundles.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
@cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social @ipbes.net
🐟🫂🎣 Accounting for #human–nature linkages in area-based #conservation #monitoring through #social–ecological #indicator bundles.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
@cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social @ipbes.net
September 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🚨Paper Alert!🚨
🐟🫂🎣 Accounting for #human–nature linkages in area-based #conservation #monitoring through #social–ecological #indicator bundles.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
@cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social @ipbes.net
🐟🫂🎣 Accounting for #human–nature linkages in area-based #conservation #monitoring through #social–ecological #indicator bundles.
#OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
@cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social @ipbes.net
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🚨 Paper Alert!🚨
From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨👩👧👦
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨👩👧👦
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨 Paper Alert!🚨
From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨👩👧👦
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨👩👧👦
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...
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Ghana's new Marine Protected Area is an area that will protect habitats where depleted fish stocks can recover, support biodiversity, and create a “spillover effect” that benefits fisheries outside the MPA boundaries.
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
Establishment of Ghana’s first marine protected area: Implications for fisheries governance, maritime administration and
On 7 October 2025, Cabinet approved the establishment of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA) — the Greater Cape Three
citinewsroom.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ghana's new Marine Protected Area is an area that will protect habitats where depleted fish stocks can recover, support biodiversity, and create a “spillover effect” that benefits fisheries outside the MPA boundaries.
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...
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A safe climate is a human right, and states have a legal obligation to respond through addressing climate change. This is a key message for #COP30.
Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The human right to a safe climate - Nature Sustainability
Nature Sustainability - The human right to a safe climate
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A safe climate is a human right, and states have a legal obligation to respond through addressing climate change. This is a key message for #COP30.
Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
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Ocean-based action is an essential part of the climate solution — but it's often overlooked. As #COP30 begins this week, leaders have a historic opportunity to include ocean-based solutions in global climate strategies. Will they? https://oceana.ly/4nCvzOc
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ocean-based action is an essential part of the climate solution — but it's often overlooked. As #COP30 begins this week, leaders have a historic opportunity to include ocean-based solutions in global climate strategies. Will they? https://oceana.ly/4nCvzOc
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
Sharing our paper on Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries. Gaps are structural & sexist, hiding women’s contributions, impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods, development, food security & environmental sustainability.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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 acti...
link.springer.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sharing our paper on Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries. Gaps are structural & sexist, hiding women’s contributions, impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods, development, food security & environmental sustainability.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
Our perspective piece in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social provides 8 strategies for "Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature". @romiteshkant.bsky.social @mereoni.bsky.social @rufinovarea.bsky.social Free to download: www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011
July 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Our perspective piece in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social provides 8 strategies for "Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature". @romiteshkant.bsky.social @mereoni.bsky.social @rufinovarea.bsky.social Free to download: www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011
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A newly released Global Tipping Points report suggested that coral reefs have passed thresholds beyond which they can't bounce back.
Our new study from Fiji shows just the opposite - astonishing, rapid recovery within 4 years of reefs pummeled by a category 5 cyclone.
#ForCoral
Our new study from Fiji shows just the opposite - astonishing, rapid recovery within 4 years of reefs pummeled by a category 5 cyclone.
#ForCoral
We are standing at a tipping point, but also at the edge of a powerful opportunity #ForCoral.
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Coral reefs are under unprecedented stress. But this is not the end of the story.
New research co-authored by WCS shows that some reefs can still recover, even after catastrophic damage. bit.ly/47ojYfG 🌏
Fiji’s Coral Reefs Show Remarkable Recovery After Category 5 Cyclone
SUVA, FIJI, October 21, 2025 - A new study led by WCS, University of the South Pacific, and partners has found that coral reefs in Fiji showed remarkable resilience after being battered by Category 5 ...
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A newly released Global Tipping Points report suggested that coral reefs have passed thresholds beyond which they can't bounce back.
Our new study from Fiji shows just the opposite - astonishing, rapid recovery within 4 years of reefs pummeled by a category 5 cyclone.
#ForCoral
Our new study from Fiji shows just the opposite - astonishing, rapid recovery within 4 years of reefs pummeled by a category 5 cyclone.
#ForCoral
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
With our partners, we are working around the clock to find and map all of these special reefs—what we’re calling high integrity climate-resilient coral reefs (HICOR).
The science is clear: Climate resilience is measurable. Hope is actionable, says @stacyjupiter.bsky.social. #HopeForCoral
The science is clear: Climate resilience is measurable. Hope is actionable, says @stacyjupiter.bsky.social. #HopeForCoral
October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
With our partners, we are working around the clock to find and map all of these special reefs—what we’re calling high integrity climate-resilient coral reefs (HICOR).
The science is clear: Climate resilience is measurable. Hope is actionable, says @stacyjupiter.bsky.social. #HopeForCoral
The science is clear: Climate resilience is measurable. Hope is actionable, says @stacyjupiter.bsky.social. #HopeForCoral
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
New Perspective paper in #npjOceanSustainability highlights that marine spatial planning (#MSP) and marine protected area (#MPA) planning are not the same, but both are key for ocean sustainability in a changing ocean!🌊
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
@erc.europa.eu @plantprojecterc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
@erc.europa.eu @plantprojecterc.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New Perspective paper in #npjOceanSustainability highlights that marine spatial planning (#MSP) and marine protected area (#MPA) planning are not the same, but both are key for ocean sustainability in a changing ocean!🌊
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
@erc.europa.eu @plantprojecterc.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s441...
@erc.europa.eu @plantprojecterc.bsky.social
I miss the community we built on #AcademicTwitter! After cancelling my account post-Musk, I rejoined Twitter today… and the first person they suggested I follow was Andrew Tate 😬. Has our community found a new home? BlueSky feels very formal. Maybe we can rebuild some of that here?
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I miss the community we built on #AcademicTwitter! After cancelling my account post-Musk, I rejoined Twitter today… and the first person they suggested I follow was Andrew Tate 😬. Has our community found a new home? BlueSky feels very formal. Maybe we can rebuild some of that here?
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
The IUCN Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation launched this week. Available to download now: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity
You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity
Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation | IUCN Library System
portals.iucn.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The IUCN Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation launched this week. Available to download now: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity
You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more!
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity
Please join us October 16 at 3pm Paris time for a webinar on some of the Blue Justice working group's research on ocean equity!
[🌐 Webinar] The next #CESABINAR will be on the 16th of October 2025 at 3pm on the results of the #BLUE-JUSTICE group: Advancing ocean equity at the nexus of development, climate and conservation policy
🔎Details: bit.ly/40zrT7v
@jessicablythe.bsky.social, David Gill, @joachimclaudet.bsky.social
🔎Details: bit.ly/40zrT7v
@jessicablythe.bsky.social, David Gill, @joachimclaudet.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Please join us October 16 at 3pm Paris time for a webinar on some of the Blue Justice working group's research on ocean equity!
Reposted by Jessica Blythe, PhD
BREAKING: The @wto.org's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force today—a long-awaited step towards curbing the billions in public funds that fuel overfishing.
This marks a milestone, but more action is needed to safeguard fish & communities that depend on them. https://oceana.ly/46qQ0qZ
This marks a milestone, but more action is needed to safeguard fish & communities that depend on them. https://oceana.ly/46qQ0qZ
WTO’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies Enters into Force
While this marks a milestone, more action is needed to safeguard fish and the communities that depend on them before time runs out.
oceana.ly
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BREAKING: The @wto.org's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force today—a long-awaited step towards curbing the billions in public funds that fuel overfishing.
This marks a milestone, but more action is needed to safeguard fish & communities that depend on them. https://oceana.ly/46qQ0qZ
This marks a milestone, but more action is needed to safeguard fish & communities that depend on them. https://oceana.ly/46qQ0qZ