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Andrew Edwards
@andrew-edwards.bsky.social
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Ecology, fisheries, math, maths, modelling, R

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Andrew Edwards @andrew-edwards.bsky.social · 12h
I had been wondering about this….

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d
By almost any measure, China produces more, and better, science than the US now. And this was true before the enormous cuts to funding for research in the US that has happened this year
quincyinst.org/research/chi...
China’s Historic Rise to the Top of the Scientific Ladder
Long-term U.S. innovation potential will depend on renewing our own scientific capacities and remaining in touch with the global scientific frontier.
quincyinst.org

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 4d
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.

Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!

🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org

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Marie Auger-Methe @marieaugermethe.bsky.social · Sep 5
Like to develop spatio-temporal models? Interested in Arctic marine mammals 🦭🐳 and their susceptibility to oil spills? You may be the postdoctoral fellow Dr. Mariane Marcoux and I are looking for! See the details in the job ad: tinyurl.com/spatiostatamm

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Andrew Edwards @andrew-edwards.bsky.social · Apr 10
Want to reduce perceived uncertainty by billions of fish? Try highest density intervals instead of equal-tailed intervals. Can also change perception of stock health.

New short paper with @marieaugermethe.bsky.social.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New R package: github.com/andrew-edwar...
Using highest density intervals can reduce perceived uncertainty in stock assessments
Sustainably managed fisheries provide conservation and socio-economic benefits. To set catch quotas, decision makers are guided by stock assessments t…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Alexa Fredston @afredston.bsky.social · Apr 7
it's a hard and sad time in science / higher ed in the US right now. on the other hand, lots of PhDs are looking for work, so I wanted to share—

I'm hiring a postdoc!

it's a two-year position at UCSC to do (preferably Bayesian) modeling of marine ecosystems: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01892
Postdoctoral Scholar in Quantitative Marine Ecology
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Feb 6
...but today NOAA abruptly shifted shifted the Hake review meeting to be online only. It's already booked and paid for, hotels booked, 30-40 people travelling to attend, and industry members now out of pocket. During covid, the online meetings were vastly less effective for international diplomacy.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Feb 6
Next week, I am meant to be reviewing the Pacific hake assessment. This is the largest fishery on the US West Coast, catching hundreds of thousands of tons of fish, providing $295 million in income and providing 4324 jobs (in 2022). But... 1/n