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Trevor A. Branch

@trevorabranch.bsky.social

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Professor at Univ of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social I run models and synthesize data, love R graphics, and do research on the status of marine fisheries, fishing quotas, and blue whales @bluewhalenews.bsky.social

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Mar 19

Sorting out the history of whaling pressure on five populations of blue whales in the Indian Ocean and SW Pacific. So many years of work went into this monumental collaboration with many many coauthors. So pleased to see this paper finally published.
doi.org/10.1111/mms....

Blue whale news @bluewhalenews.bsky.social · Mar 19

Published! Our huge effort to obtain catch series for each of five overlapping populations of pygmy blue whales. Big collaboration with 30+ coauthors using spatial patterns of blue whale song (unique to each population) to figure out where each resides 1/n

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7h

I love my cheap little Nissan Leaf, 2020 car for $20K. I plug it into a regular wall socket overnight a couple of nights a week. Better acceleration than any car or truck on the road, so fun to drive. No maintenance costs, tiny energy costs.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 12h

📢 Check out all the BHL presentations at #LivingData2025!
On #Day1, our Communication Director @nicolekearney.bsky.social will provide a crucial update about BHL's Transition from the #Smithsonian to an autonomous & sustainable global consortium. www.livingdata2025.com/program.html... 🌱 📖 🌏

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Jessica Gephart @jagephart.bsky.social · 15h

There is still time to submit!
The special issue "Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems" deadline was extended to November 30 🐟 🦐 🍣

Jessica Gephart @jagephart.bsky.social · Mar 18

Working on blue foods? Consider submitting to our new special issue in Environmental Research: Food Systems - Blue Foods in Local to Global Food Systems.

The journal is society owned and the papers are OA, with OA fees currently waived.

iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

Two women fish processors drying fish on a beach.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19h

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🌎🦑

Frontiers | Twelve years of fin whale song evolution in the central North Pacific

Fin whale song consists of low frequency notes arranged in regular, repeating patterns of note type pairings and inter-note intervals (INIs). In the central ...

www.frontiersin.org

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah sure offhand I can still remember 4 phone numbers of my friends from 35 years ago.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how they will combat fouling to avoid the weight dragging it down (and slowing it down).

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Right whales in Hermanus: why their calf production is slowing down

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Southern right whales are having fewer calves: what this says about ocean health

The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.

theconversation.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Whaling catches since 1985 now available in a sortable list on the IWC website
iwc.int/management-a...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Southern right whales are having fewer calves: what this says about ocean health

The link between feeding and breeding makes whales a living barometer of ocean health.

theconversation.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Some weird patterns in prospective student emails this year: about 80% from a single country to which I have no scientific ties, and none of the students have the right match of skills for my lab.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

"Just how protected are America's rivers?" Seminar by @oldenfish.bsky.social on Thursday 4pm PST (sorry no live streaming)

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah Endnote is a bit clunky sometimes but absolutely worth it. Especially when you need to submit to a different journal. One button and it's all updated and fixed.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe | New Scientist

Robotic underwater glider sets out to circumnavigate the globe

Redwing, a robotic submarine about the size of a surfboard, is embarking on a five-year journey that will follow the famed explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage around the world

www.newscientist.com

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 2d

#salmon
"These findings (and many others showing similar patterns) led Ruggerone to conclude that pink salmon can cause food web-scale effects, triggering what amounts to a “trophic cascade"

“The Pink Effect” share.google/YSIwwY4yrgf4...

“The Pink Effect”

Pink salmon populations are leaving visible fingerprints across ocean ecosystems.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

Wonderful infographic on my paper showing that "flight" species of baleen whales generally call too deeply and quietly to be heard by hunting killer whales, unlike the "fight" club.

By A Haddock & C.A. Gallagher, SMM Education Committee

Paper here: doi.org/10.1111/mms....

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 5d

Self-repairing DNA in naked mole rats holds the key to their extreme longevity
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.com

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

@oldenfish.bsky.social any interest or know someone in NC?

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 6d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

Look at this incredible whale museum that opens in 2027 in northern Norway (north of the Lofoten Islands)

dortemandrup.dk/work/whale

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

Why does it start with "Hello" instead of "Dear Dr McAnulty"?

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

MacOS *is* Unix though...

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

This is video footage, but at some point they would have collected specimens to describe the new species. There is no fishery on this species or other direct human impact, as far as I know.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 6d

Vultures as museum curators???

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Hoard of 600-year-old treasures uncovered in vulture nests

Archaeologists examining the nests of bearded vultures recovered an ‘extraordinary’ stash of medieval artefacts

www.independent.co.uk

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 6d

I approve of your auto-reply responding to this auto-reply. Yours also reminds me of the Inigo Montoya model for an effective and memorable introduction.

Still shot from the movie "The Princess Bride" of Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin), with him saying "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." At the bottom of the image is a list composed of the following: "Remember Inigo Montoya: 1. Polite greeting. 2. Name. 3. Relevant personal link. 4. Manage expectations."

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

Wexford Harbor was the site of a famous blue whale stranding 25 March 1891... the skeleton that now hangs in the cathedral of science: Natural History Museum, London.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

Google translate: "Always so forked"

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. Generally there is a slight bias for more male births overall (like in humans, around 51-52%), but on top of this is a tendency for longer females to have more female births and shorter females to have more male births.

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uofwa.bsky.social @uofwa.bsky.social · 8d

UW alum Mary Brunkow, ’83, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine this morning.
This photo was taken while she was on the phone with the Nobel Committee in Sweden. Mary said she initially missed the call because a strange number popped up on her phone — she thought it might be spam.
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