Guilty Planet
Seeking reason amidst the irrational madness of destroying one's only home.
The Guilty Planet Blog
Jennifer Jacquet is a postdoctoral research fellow working with Dr. Daniel Pauly and the Sea Around Us Project at the UBC Fisheries Centre. As a kid, she read 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth and would come to discover that while those 50 things were indeed simple, saving the Earth was not.
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March 12, 2010: Presenting at the World Affairs Conference of Northern California in San Francisco.
February 21, 2010: Co-organizing and presenting on the panel Preserving the Global Commons Through Conservation and Cooperation at the AAAS meeting in San Diego.
January-March 2010: Visiting lecturer at the Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, UCSD. Co-teaching Topics in Marine Conservation with Jeremy Jackson.
November 2009: Conserving Wild Fish in a Sea of Market-Based Efforts published online at Oryx
August 14, 2009: Dan Ax at Avukado Productions makes the following short video for Guilty Planet:
July 30, 2009: Successfully defended Ph.D. dissertation Fish as Food in an Age of Globalization at the University of British Columbia.
June 2009: Published at Conservation Biology: What Can Conservationists Learn from Investor Behavior?
May 27, 2009: Talk titled "Historical Renaming and Mislabeling of Fish" given the Oceans Past II conference in Vancouver, B.C.
May 24, 2009: Talk at the International Marine Conservation Congress in Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2009: Dave Beck and I showcase our jellyfish burger in Scientific American's photo gallery:
March 24, 2009: Talk at the Student Conference for Conservation Science at Cambridge University, UK.
March 14, 2009: Talk at the Kettle's Yard Problemathon for Cambridge's Science Festival.
March 3, 2009: Talk titled "Guilt v. Shame in Market Based Efforts to Save Our Fish" at the Max Planck Institute in Ploen, Germany.
February 27, 2009: Talk at Fauna & Flora International.
January-March 2009: Visiting researcher with Bill Sutherland's lab in the Conservation Science Group at the University of Cambridge.
November 2008: A new study In hot soup: sharks captured in Ecuador's waters published in Environmental Sciences.
November 2008:
About
I grew up in middle America reading MAD Magazine. Robert Boyd published an article in the L.A. Times on his impressions of MAD, which I gladly substitute as my own:
"The magazine instilled in me a habit of mind, a way of thinking about a world rife with false fronts, small print, deceptive ads, booby traps, treacherous language, double standards, half truths, subliminal pitches and product placements; it warned me that I was often merely the target of people who claimed to be my friend; it prompted me to mistrust authority, to read between the lines, to take nothing at face value, to see patterns in the often shoddy construction of movies and TV shows; and it got me to think critically in a way that few actual humans charged with my care ever bothered to."
This MAD-inspired critical thinking coupled with concern for our environment has led to my participation in ScienceBlogs, a colorful outcrop of science and culture. Unlike the gap-toothed Alfred E. Neuman, I am truly worried, especially for the future for the planet and its voiceless inhabitants. I hope to contribute to a discussion on how to conserve our global commons with a MAD spirit and with gracious contributions from science and supporters. So, welcome to guilty planet where we will seek reason amidst the irrational madness of destroying one's only home.
ABOUT MY WORK...
PUBLICATIONS:
Peer-reviewed publications:
Jacquet, J., J. Hocevar, S. Lai, P. Majluf, N. Pelletier, T. Pitcher, E. Sala, R. Sumaila & D. Pauly (2010). Conserving Wild Fish in a Sea of Market-Based Efforts Oryx 44(1):45-56.Jacquet, J. (2009). What Can Conservationists Learn from Investor Behavior? Conservation Biology 23(3): 518-519.
Jacquet, J. (2009). Silent Water: A Brief Examination of the Marine Fisheries Crisis. Environment, Development, and Sustainability 11: 255-263.
Jacquet, J., J.J. Alava, P. Ganapathiraju, S. Henderson, & D. Zeller. (2008). In Hot Soup: Sharks Captured in Ecuador’s Waters. Environmental Sciences5(4): 269-283
Jacquet, J. & D. Pauly. (2008). Funding Priorities: Big Barriers to Small-scale Fisheries. Conservation Biology 22(4): 832-835.
Jacquet, J.L. and D. Pauly. (2008). Trade Secrets: Renaming and Mislabeling of Seafood. Marine Policy 32: 309-318.
Jacquet, J. L. and D. Pauly. (2007). The rise of consumer awareness campaigns in an era of collapsing fisheries. Marine Policy 31: 308-313.
Pimentel, D., T. Petrova, M. Riley, J. Jacquet, V. Ng, J. Honnigman, and E. Valero. (2006). Conservation of Biological Diversity in Agricultural, Forestry, and Marine Systems. In Focus on Ecology Research. Burk, A. R. (Ed.), pp. 151-173.
Book reviews:
Jacquet, J. A Man on the Edge SEED Magazine, November 3, 2009.Jacquet, J. Finished with Your Fish? The Tyee May 15, 2008.
Jacquet, J. A Song for the Heartless. Science & Spirit Mar/April 2009 (print only).
Jacquet, J. Green Money. Science & Spirit March/Arpril 2009 (print only).
Jacquet, J. Your Inner Fish. Science & Spirit May/June 2008 (print only).
Popular articles:
Jacquet, J. Vertical Agitation The Tyee December 28, 2009.Pauly, D. & J. Jacquet.Something's Fishy about this Eco-stamp of Approval The Tyee September 14, 2009.
Jacquet, J. Tried the Slimehead? Delicious!> The Tyee October 20, 2008.
Jacquet, J. Holy Mackerel. Science & Spirit March/April 2008 (online and print).
Jacquet, J. The Toothfish that Bit Al Gore, The Tyee, July 20, 2007. Jacquet, J. Save Our Oceans, Eat Like a Pig, The Tyee, April 17, 2007.
Jacquet, J. Consumers Alone Can't Save Our Fish, The Tyee, February 16, 2007.
Jacquet, J. Freeman Dyson: the future and fisheries. FishBytes 12(6), 2006.
Jacquet, J. To Tanzanian government, the nightmare is the film, not the Nile perch. Sea Around Us Project Newsletter, Issue 36, July/August, 2006.
Jacquet, J. and J. Alder. Golden coast - tarnished sea. Sea Around Us Project Newsletter, Issue 34, March/April, 2006.
Jacquet, J. Galapagos: Beach Patrols Yield Treasure Trove of Turtles, AquaNews,September 2005.
Jacquet, J. Chile: Proposing a Haven for Blue Whales, AquaNews, June 2005. Pimentel, D. and J. Jacquet. Of Ants and Men: What Future for Farming? The Optimist, 2005.
Jacquet, J. See Food Differently: Fish as Wildlife, AquaNews, January 2005. Jacquet, J. Journey inside the Great White Shark, AquaNews, January 2005.
Jacquet, J. Trouble in Paradise, AquaNews, September 2004. Jacquet, J. L. 2004. Sonar Ban Sounded Good. The Skeptic 10(4): 14-15.
Jacquet, J. Whale Waters, Massachusetts Wildlife Magazine, July 2004.
Jacquet, J. Engineering Decisions and Revisions The Cornell Daily Sun, April 21, 2004.
Jacquet, J. Chris Soler, Planet Magazine, Winter 2001.
Jacquet, J. Orcas in Puget Sound. Planet Radio, Fall, 2001.
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Beware of 'bluewash': which fish should you buy? by Nic Fleming for NewScientist, January 6, 2010.Consumer campaigns don't save endangered fish: report by Deborah Jones (AFP), November 17, 2009.
Domestic farm animals are devouring the world's fish stocks: B.C. study by Larry Pynn for the Vancouver Sun, November 17, 2009.
Sustainable shopping won't save the oceans: study by Colleen Kimmett for the Tyee blog, November 17, 2009.
Finding Fish Catalyst on SEED Magazine, July 16, 2009.
Is vermin the meat of the future? on DISCOVER, July 2009.
Should we boycott seafood altogether? by Wendee Holtcamp for the Animal Planet blog June 15, 2009.
Marine scientist calls for abstaining from seafood to save oceans by Jeremy Hance for Mongabay.com, June 8, 2009. When Swordfish Conservation Biologists Eat Swordfish editorial by Giovanni Bearzi for Conservation Biology, in press.
Shifting Seas Part 5: The Challenge Facing Consumers by Larry Pynn for The Vancouver Sun, November 5, 2008.
A slimehead by any other name by Tara Kimura CBCNews.ca, October 29, 2008.
Renaming Fish Barbara Budd CBC's As It Happens October 28, 2008 (Part 3: 22:15 onward).
CBC's The Point October 23, 2008 (Part 2: 13:40 onward).
Imposter Fish by Douglas Fox for Conservation Magazine, October-December 2008.
An Interview with Jennifer Jacquet: Small-scale fisheries are "best hope" for sustainability in developing world by Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.com, September 8, 2008.
Scientists slam fuel subsidies for fishing fleet by Glen Korstrom for Business Vancouver, September 2008.
The global rich are eating the poor’s fish: new report shows tropical fish catch gravely under-estimated by Jeremy Hance for Mongabay.com, July 11, 2008.
Overfishing worse than thought by Mark Shrope for Nature News, July 9, 2008.
Massive under-reporting of fish catches leads to declining stocks by Steve Connor for The Independent, July 9, 2008.
Greenpeace Testimonial January 2008.
Good fish, bad fish by Isabelle Groc for Granville Magazine, September 1, 2007.
