Trevor A. Branch BSc, BSc(Hons), MSc, University of Cape Town (1994, 1995, 1998) PhD, University of Washington (2004)

Recent awards Fellow of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, 2014, for distinguished achievement in the fields of fishery sciences. Outstanding Researcher award for the College of the Environment, University of Washington, 2013. For “research or scholarship contributed within the past two years that has been or has the potential to be widely recognized by peers and whose achievements have had or may have a substantial impact of the profession, on research or the performance of others, or on society as a whole.” Leopold Leadership Fellow, 2013, training mid-career researchers in “translating their knowledge to action and for catalyzing change to address the world’s most pressing environmental and sustainability challenges.” Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award, 2012, American Fisheries Society, for the Alaska Salmon Program. I was a research scientist working in the Program for four years. Ecological Society of America 2011 Sustainability Science Award for the paper Worm et al. (2009) “Rebuilding Global Fisheries” published in Science. Awarded “for the peer reviewed paper published in the past five years that makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences.” Young Investigator Award, 2004. Best oral presentation at the Fifth William R. and Lenore Mote Symposium. Graduate Faculty Merit Award, PhD, 2004. For outstanding efforts by students who have achieved high scholastic standing, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington.

Peer-reviewed papers published (93 papers, 1375 pages, 29 first-authored) 2020 (5) 93. Trochta, J. T., T. A. Branch, A. O. Shelton, and D. E. Hay. 2020. The highs and lows of herring: A meta-analysis of patterns in herring collapse and recovery. Fish and Fisheries 21:639-662. 92. Chong, L., T. K. Mildenberger, M. B. Rudd, M. H. Taylor, J. M. Cope, T. A. Branch, M. Wolff, and M. Stäbler. 2020. Performance evaluation of data-limited, length-based stock assessment methods. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77:97-108. 91. Hilborn, R., R. O. Amoroso, C. M. Anderson, J. K. Baum, T. A. Branch, C. Costello, C. L. de Moor, A. Faraj, D. Hively, O. P. Jensen, H. Kurota, L. R. Little, P. Mace, T. McClanahan, M. C. Melnychuk, C. Minto, G. C. Osio, A. M. Parma, M. Pons, S. Segurado, C. S. Szuwalski, J. R. Wilson, and Y. Ye. 2020. Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 117:2218-2224. 90. Pastene, L. A., J. Acevedo, and T. A. Branch. 2020. Morphometric analysis of Chilean blue whales and implications for their taxonomy. Marine Mammal Science 36:116-135. 89. Atkinson, S., D. Gendron, T. A. Branch, K. L. Mashburn, V. Melica, L. E. Enriquez-Paredes, and R. L. Brownell Jr. 2020. Pregnancy rate and biomarker validations from the blubber of eastern North Pacific blue whales. Marine Mammal Science 36:6-28.

2019 (7) 88. Muradian, M. L., T. A. Branch, and A. E. Punt. 2019. A framework for assessing which sampling programs provide the best trade-off between accuracy and cost of data in stock assessments. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:2102-2113. 87. Monnahan, C. C., T. A. Branch, J. T. Thorson, I. J. Stewart, and C. S. Szuwalski. 2019. Overcoming long Bayesian run times in integrated fisheries stock assessments. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:1477-1488. 86. Kuriyama, P. T., D. S. Holland, L. A. K. Barnett, T. A. Branch, R. L. Hicks, and K. E. Schnier. 2019. Catch shares drive fleet consolidation and increased targeting but not spatial effort concentration nor changes in location choice in a multispecies trawl fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:2377-2389. 85. Gephart, J. A., H. E. Froehlich, and T. A. Branch. 2019. To create sustainable seafood industries, the United States needs a better accounting of imports and exports. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 116:9142-9146. 84. Francis, F. T., B. R. Howard, A. E. Berchtold, T. A. Branch, L. C. T. Chaves, J. C. Dunic, B. Favaro, K. M. Jeffrey, L. Malpica-Cruz, N. Maslowski, J. A. Schultz, N. S. Smith, and I. M. Côté. 2019. Shifting headlines? Size trends of newsworthy fishes. PeerJ 7:e6395. 83. Kuriyama, P. T., T. A. Branch, A. C. Hicks, J. H. Harms, and O. S. Hamel. 2019. Investigating three sources of bias in hook-and-line surveys: survey design, gear saturation, and multispecies interactions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:192-207. 82. Brown, C. J., A. Broadley, M. F. Adame, T. A. Branch, M. P. Turschwell, and R. M. Connolly. 2019. The assessment of fishery status depends on fish habitats. Fish and Fisheries 20:1-14.

2018 (2) 81. Cunningham, C. J., T. A. Branch, T. H. Dann, M. Smith, J. E. Seeb, L. W. Seeb, and R. Hilborn. 2018. A general model for salmon run reconstruction that accounts for interception and differences in availability to harvest. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75:439-451. 80. Bell, R. J., J. S. Collie, T. A. Branch, M. J. Fogarty, C. Minto, and D. Ricard. 2018. Changes in the size structure of marine fish communities. ICES Journal of Marine Science 75:102-112.

2017 (9) 79. Anderson, S. C., T. A. Branch, A. B. Cooper, and N. K. Dulvy. 2017. Reply to Youngflesh and Lynch: Migration and population growth rate in animal black-swan events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114:E8955-E8956. 78. Barnett, L. A. K., T. A. Branch, R. A. Ranasinghe, and T. E. Essington. 2017. Old-growth fishes become scarce under fishing. Current Biology 27:2843-2848. 77. Barnett, L. A. K., S. M. Hennessey, T. E. Essington, A. O. Shelton, B. E. Feist, T. A. Branch, and M. M. McClure. 2017. Getting to the bottom of fishery interactions with living habitats: spatiotemporal trends in disturbance of corals and sponges on the US west coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 574:29-47. 76. Anderson, S. C., T. A. Branch, A. B. Cooper, and N. K. Dulvy. 2017. Black-swan events in animal populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114:3252-3257. 75. Monnahan, C. C., J. T. Thorson, and T. A. Branch. 2017. Faster estimation of Bayesian models in ecology using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:339-348. 74. Rudd, M. B. and T. A. Branch. 2017. Does unreported catch lead to overfishing? Fish and Fisheries 18:313-323. 73. Muradian, M. L., T. A. Branch, S. D. Moffitt, and P.-J. F. Hulson. 2017. Bayesian stock assessment of Pacific herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska. PLoS One 12:e0172153. 72. Branch, T. A. and D. Kleiber. 2017. Should we call them fishers or fishermen? Fish and Fisheries 18:114-127. 71. Pons, M., T. A. Branch, M. C. Melnychuk, O. P. Jensen, J. Brodziak, J. M. Fromentin, S. J. Harley, A. C. Haynie, L. T. Kell, M. N. Maunder, A. M. Parma, V. R. Restrepo, R. Sharma, R. Ahrens, and R. Hilborn. 2017. Effects of biological, economic and management factors on tuna and billfish stock status. Fish and Fisheries 18:1-21.

2016 (5) 70. Branch, T. A. and A. E. Linnell. 2016. What makes some fisheries papers highly cited? Fish and Fisheries 17:1094-1133. 69. Kuriyama, P. T., T. A. Branch, M. A. Bellman, and K. Rutherford. 2016. Catch shares have not led to catch-quota balancing in two North American multispecies trawl fisheries. Marine Policy 71:60-70. 68. Costello, C., D. Ovando, T. Clavelle, C. K. Strauss, R. Hilborn, M. C. Melnychuk, T. A. Branch, S. D. Gaines, C. S. Szuwalski, R. B. Cabral, D. N. Rader, and A. Leland. 2016. Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 113:5125- 5129. 67. Hillary, R. M., A. L. Preece, C. R. Davies, H. Kurota, O. Sakai, T. Itoh, A. M. Parma, D. S. Butterworth, J. Ianelli, and T. A. Branch. 2016. A scientific alternative to moratoria for rebuilding depleted international tuna stocks. Fish and Fisheries 17:469-482. 66. Melnychuk, M. C., T. E. Essington, T. A. Branch, S. S. Heppell, O. P. Jensen, J. S. Link, S. J. D. Martell, A. M. Parma, J. G. Pope, and A. D. M. Smith. 2016. Which design elements of individual quota fisheries help to achieve management objectives? Fish and Fisheries 17:126-142.

2015 (7) 65. Houghton, J. H., M. M. Holt, D. A. Giles, M. B. Hanson, C. K. Emmons, J. T. Hogan, T. A. Branch, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2015. The relationship between vessel traffic and noise levels received by killer whales (Orcinus orca). PLoS ONE 10:e0140119. 64. Kamikawa, K. T., E. Cruz, T. E. Essington, J. Hospital, J. K. T. Brodziak, and T. A. Branch. 2015. Length-weight relationships for 85 fish species from Guam. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31:1171- 1174. 63. Szuwalski, C. S., K. A. Vert-pre, A. E. Punt, T. A. Branch, and R. Hilborn. 2015. Examining common assumptions about recruitment: a meta-analysis of recruitment dynamics for worldwide marine fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 16:633-648. 62. Stawitz, C. C., T. E. Essington, T. A. Branch, M. A. Haltuch, A. B. Hollowed, and P. D. Spencer. 2015. A state-space approach for detecting growth variation and application to North Pacific groundfish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72:1316-1328. 61. Branch, T. A. 2015. Fishing impacts on food webs: multiple working hypotheses. Fisheries 40:373-375. 60. McClain, C. R., M. A. Balk, M. C. Benfield, T. A. Branch, C. Chen, J. Cosgrove, A. D. M. Dove, R. R. Helm, F. G. Hochberg, L. C. Gaskins, F. B. Lee, A. Marshall, S. E. McMurray, C. Schanche, S. N. Stone, and A. D. Thaler. 2015. Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna. PeerJ 2:e715. 59. Monnahan, C. C., T. A. Branch, and A. E. Punt. 2015. Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales? Marine Mammal Science 31:279-297.

2014 (4) 58. Hilborn, R., D. J. Hively, O. P. Jensen, and T. A. Branch. 2014. The dynamics of fish populations at low abundance and prospects for rebuilding and recovery. ICES Journal of Marine Science 71:2141- 2151. 57. Stachura, M. M., T. E. Essington, N. J. Mantua, A. B. Hollowed, M. A. Haltuch, P. D. Spencer, T. A. Branch, and M. J. Doyle. 2014. Linking Northeast Pacific recruitment synchrony to environmental variability. Fisheries Oceanography 23:389-408. 56. Monnahan, C. C., T. A. Branch, K. M. Stafford, Y. V. Ivashchenko, and E. M. Oleson. 2014. Estimating historical eastern North Pacific blue whale catches using spatial calling patterns. PLoS One 9:e98974. 55. Double, M. C., V. Andrews-Goff, K. C. S. Jenner, M.-N. Jenner, S. M. Laverick, T. A. Branch, and N. J. Gales. 2014. Migratory movements of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) between Australia and Indonesia as revealed by satellite telemetry. PLoS One 9:e93578.

2013 (6) 54. Samaran, F., K. M. Stafford, T. A. Branch, J. Gedamke, J.-Y. Royer, R. P. Dziak, and C. Guinet. 2013. Seasonal and geographic variation of southern blue whale subspecies in the Indian Ocean. PLoS One 8(8): e71561. 53. Branch, T. A., A. S. Lobo, and S. W. Purcell. 2013. Opportunistic exploitation: an overlooked pathway to extinction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28:409-413. 52. Branch, T. A., D. J. Hively, and R. Hilborn. 2013. Is the ocean food provision index biased? Nature 495:E5-E6. 51. Branch, T. A., B. M. DeJoseph, L. J. Ray, and C. A. Wagner. 2013. Impacts of ocean acidification on marine seafood. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28:178-186. 50. Branch, T. A. 2013. Citation patterns of a controversial and high-impact paper: Worm et al. (2006) “Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services”. PLoS One 8(2): e56723. 49. Hilborn, R. and T. A. Branch. 2013. Does catch reflect abundance? No, it is misleading. Nature 494:303-306.

2012 (12) 48. Anderson, R. C., T. A. Branch, A. Alagiyawadu, R. Baldwin, and F. Marsac. 2012. Seasonal distribution, movements and taxonomic status of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in the northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12:203-218. 47. Worm, B. and T. A. Branch. 2012. The future of fish. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27:594-599. 46. Thorson, J. T., J. M. Cope, T. A. Branch, and O. P. Jensen. 2012. Spawning biomass reference points for exploited marine fishes, incorporating taxonomic and body size information. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:1556-1568. 45. Anderson, S. C., T. A. Branch, D. Ricard, and H. K. Lotze. 2012. Assessing global marine fishery status with a revised dynamic catch-based method and stock-assessment reference points. ICES Journal of Marine Science 69:1491-1500. 44. Gutiérrez, N. L., S. R. Valencia, T. A. Branch, D. J. Agnew, J. K. Baum, P. L. Bianchi, J. Cornejo- Donoso, C. Costello, O. Defeo, T. E. Essington, R. Hilborn, D. D. Hoggarth, A. E. Larsen, C. Ninnes, K. Sainsbury, R. L. Selden, S. Sistla, A. D. M. Smith, A. Stern-Pirlot, S. J. Teck, J. T. Thorson, and N. E. Williams. 2012. Eco-label conveys reliable information on fish stock health to seafood consumers. PLoS One 7(8):e43765. 43. Melnychuk, M. C., T. E. Essington, T. A. Branch, S. S. Heppell, O. P. Jensen, J. S. Link, S. J. D. Martell, A. M. Parma, J. G. Pope, and A. D. M. Smith. 2012. Can catch share fisheries better track management targets? Fish and Fisheries 13:267-290. 42. Essington, T. E., M. C. Melnychuk, T. A. Branch, S. S. Heppell, O. P. Jensen, J. S. Link, S. J. D. Martell, A. M. Parma, J. G. Pope, and A. D. M. Smith. 2012. Catch shares, fisheries, and ecological stewardship: a comparative analysis of resource responses to a rights-based policy instrument. Conservation Letters 5:186-195. 41. Branch, T. A. 2012. FAO’s State of Fisheries and Aquaculture: correcting some misrepresentations by Pauly and Froese. Marine Policy 36:1191-1192. 40. Thorson, J. T., T. A. Branch, and O. P. Jensen. 2012. Using model-based inference to evaluate global fisheries status from landings, location, and life history data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:645-655. 39. Hilborn, R., I. J. Stewart, T. A. Branch, and O. P. Jensen. 2012. Defining trade-offs among conservation, profitability, and food security in the California Current bottom-trawl fishery. Conservation Biology 26:257-266. 38. Sremba, A. L., B. Hancock-Hanser, T. A. Branch, R. L. LeDuc, and C. S. Baker. 2012. Circumpolar diversity and geographic differentiation of mtDNA in the critically endangered Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia). PLoS One 7(3):e32579. 36. Jensen, O. P., T. A. Branch, and R. Hilborn. 2012. Marine fisheries as ecological experiments. Theoretical Ecology 5:3-22.

2011 (7) 35. Branch, T. A. 2011. Humpback abundance south of 60°S from three complete circumpolar sets of surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue) 3:53-69. 34. Williams, R., M. Krkošek, E. Ashe, T. A. Branch, S. Clark, P. S. Hammond, E. Hoyt, D. P. Noren, D. Rosen, and A. Winship. 2011. Competing conservation objectives for predators and prey: estimating killer whale prey requirements for Chinook salmon. PLoS One 6(11):e26738. 33. Froese, R., T. A. Branch, A. Proelβ, M. Quaas, K. Sainsbury, and C. Zimmermann. 2011. Generic harvest control rules for European fisheries. Fish and Fisheries 12:340-351. 32. Branch, T. A., O. P. Jensen, D. Ricard, Y. Ye, and R. Hilborn. 2011. Contrasting global trends in marine fishery status obtained from catches and from stock assessments. Conservation Biology 25:777- 786. 31. Williams, R., S. Hedley, T. A. Branch, M. Bravington, A. N. Zerbini, and K. Findlay. 2011. Chilean blue whales as a case study to illustrate methods to estimate abundance and evaluate conservation status of rare species. Conservation Biology 25:526-535. 30. Baker, M. R., N. W. Kendall, T. A. Branch, D. E. Schindler, and T. P. Quinn. 2011. Selection due to nonretention mortality in gillnet fisheries for salmon. Evolutionary Applications 4:429-443. 29. Banobi, J. A., T. A. Branch, and R. Hilborn. 2011. Do rebuttals affect future science? Ecosphere 2(3):art37.

2010 (5) 28. Branch, T. A., R. Watson, E. A. Fulton, S. Jennings, C. R. McGilliard, G. T. Pablico, D. Ricard, and S. R. Tracey. 2010. The trophic fingerprint of marine fisheries. Nature 468:431-435. 27. Sethi, S. A., T. A. Branch, and R. Watson. 2010. Fishery development patterns are driven by profit but not trophic level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 107:12163-12167. 26. Branch, T. A. and R. Hilborn. 2010. A general model for reconstructing salmon runs. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:886-904. 25. Branch, T. A. 2010. Reply to the comment by Francis on “Differences in predicted catch composition between two widely used catch equation formulations”. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:766-768. 24. Holtgrieve, G. W., D. E. Schindler, T. A. Branch, and Z. T. A’Mar. 2010. Simultaneous quantification of aquatic ecosystem metabolism and reaeration using a Bayesian statistical model of oxygen dynamics. Limnology and Oceanography 55:1047-1063.

2009 (4) 23. Branch, T. A., Y. A. Mikhalev, and H. Kato. 2009. Separating pygmy and Antarctic blue whales using long-forgotten ovarian data. Marine Mammal Science 25:833-854. 22. Worm, B., R. Hilborn, J. K. Baum, T. A. Branch, J. S. Collie, C. Costello, M. J. Fogarty, E. A. Fulton, J. A. Hutchings, S. Jennings, O. P. Jensen, H. K. Lotze, P. M. Mace, T. R. McClanahan, C. Minto, S. R. Palumbi, A. M. Parma, D. Ricard, A. A. Rosenberg, R. Watson, and D. Zeller. 2009. Rebuilding global fisheries. Science 325:578-585. 21. Branch, T. A. 2009. How do individual transferable quotas affect marine ecosystems? Fish and Fisheries 10:39-57. 20. Branch, T. A. 2009. Differences in predicted catch composition between two widely used catch equation formulations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66:126-132.

2008 (3) 19. Branch, T. A. 2008. Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048. Marine Policy 32:38-39. 18. Branch, T. A. and Y. A. Mikhalev. 2008. Regional differences in length at sexual maturity for female blue whales based on recovered Soviet whaling data. Marine Mammal Science 24:690-703. 17. Branch, T. A. and R. Hilborn. 2008. Matching catches to quotas in a multispecies trawl fishery: targeting and avoidance behavior under individual transferable quotas. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:1435-1446.

2007 (3) 16. Branch, T. A. 2007. Abundance of Antarctic blue whales south of 60°S from three complete circumpolar sets of surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9:253-262. 15. Branch, T. A., E. M. N. Abubaker, S. Mkango, and D. S. Butterworth. 2007. Separating southern blue whale subspecies based on length frequencies of sexually mature females. Marine Mammal Science 23:803-833. 14. Branch, T. A., K. M. Stafford, D. M. Palacios, C. Allison, J. L. Bannister, C. L. K. Burton, E. Cabrera, C. A. Carlson, B. Galletti Vernazzani, P. C. Gill, R. Hucke-Gaete, K. C. S. Jenner, M.-N. M. Jenner, K. Matsuoka, Y. A. Mikhalev, T. Miyashita, M. G. Morrice, S. Nishiwaki, V. J. Sturrock, D. Tormosov, R. C. Anderson, A. N. Baker, P. B. Best, P. Borsa, R. L. Brownell Jr, S. Childerhouse, K. P. Findlay, T. Gerrodette, A. D. Ilangakoon, M. Joergensen, B. Kahn, D. K. Ljungblad, B. Maughan, R. D. McCauley, S. McKay, T. F. Norris, Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group, S. Rankin, F. Samaran, D. Thiele, K. Van Waerebeek, and R. M. Warneke. 2007. Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. Mammal Review 37:116-175.

2006 (4) 13. Branch, T. A. 2006. Discards and revenues in multispecies groundfish trawl fisheries managed by trip limits on the U.S. west coast and by ITQs in British Columbia. Bulletin of Marine Science 78:669-690. 12. Branch, T. A., R. Hilborn, A. C. Haynie, G. Fay, L. Flynn, J. Griffiths, K. N. Marshall, J. K. Randall, J. M. Scheuerell, E. J. Ward, and M. Young. 2006. Fleet dynamics and fishermen behavior: lessons for fisheries managers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:1647-1668. 11. Branch, T. A., K. Rutherford, and R. Hilborn. 2006. Replacing trip limits with individual transferable quotas: implications for discarding. Marine Policy 30:281-292. 10. Branch, T.A. and T. M. Williams, T.M. 2006. Legacy of industrial whaling: could killer whales be responsible for declines in Southern Hemisphere sea lions, elephant seals and minke whales? Pages 262- 278 in: Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems, ed. J.A. Estes, D.P. DeMaster, R.L. Brownell Jr., D.F. Doak, and T.M. Williams. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

2005 (2) 9. Branch, T. A., R. Hilborn, and E. Bogazzi. 2005. Escaping the tyranny of the grid: a more realistic way of defining fishing opportunities. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:631-642. 8. Minte-Vera, C. V., T. A. Branch, I. J. Stewart, and M. W. Dorn. 2005. Practical application of meta- analysis results: avoiding the double use of data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:925-929.

2004 (1) 7. Branch, T. A., K. Matsuoka, and T. Miyashita. 2004. Evidence for increases in Antarctic blue whales based on Bayesian modelling. Marine Mammal Science 20:726-754.

2003 (1) 6. Hilborn, R., T. A. Branch, B. Ernst, A. Magnusson, C. V. Minte-Vera, M. D. Scheuerell, and J. L. Valero. 2003. State of the world’s fisheries. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 28:359-399.

2002 (1) 5. Pulfrich, A. and T. A. Branch. 2002. Population dynamics and potential yield of three species of giant winkles in the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science 24:161-183.

2001 (3) 4. Branch, T.A. 2001. A review of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) fisheries, estimation methods, biology and stock structure. South African Journal of Marine Science. 23:181-203. 3. Branch, T. A. and D. S. Butterworth. 2001a. Southern Hemisphere minke whales: standardised abundance estimates from the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IDCR/SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3:143-174. 2. Branch, T. A. and D. S. Butterworth. 2001b. Estimates of abundance south of 60°S for cetacean species sighted frequently on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3:251-270.

1999 (1) 1. Spinks, A. C., T. A. Branch, S. Croeser, N. C. Bennett, and J. U. M. Jarvis. 1999. Foraging in wild and captive colonies of the common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae). Journal of Zoology, London 249:143-152.

Supervised student and postdoc awards and publications Awards John Trochta: 2019 Best PhD Oral Presentation, graduate student symposium, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Zaya Delgerjargal: 2019 Best Oral Presentation, capstone project, Program on the Environment. John Trochta: 2017 Bonderman Travel Fellowship. Fosters individual transformation via wandering and wondering for eight months of solo travel. Merrill Rudd: 2017 PhD Faculty Merit Award, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. For the top 1-3 PhD students in the program. Sean Anderson: 2017 Early Career Award, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. For outstanding accomplishments and promising future research potential in ecology and evolution by scientists early in their careers.

Peer reviewed papers from lab Supervised undergraduates†, graduate* students, postdoctoral** scholars, visiting scientists§

49. Hicks, R. L., D. S. Holland, P. T. Kuriyama*, and K. E. Schnier. 2020. Choice sets for spatial discrete choice models in data richenvironments. Resource and Energy Economics 60:101148. 48. Trochta*, J. T., T. A. Branch, A. O. Shelton, and D. E. Hay. 2020. The highs and lows of herring: A meta-analysis of patterns in herring collapse and recovery. Fish and Fisheries 21:639-662. 47. Marshall, K. N., J. T. Duffy-Anderson, E. J. Ward, S. C. Anderson**, M. E. Hunsicker, and B. C. Williams. 2019. Long-term trends in ichthyoplankton assemblage structure, biodiversity, and synchrony in the Gulf of Alaska and their relationships to climate. Progress in Oceanography 170:134-145. 46. Anderson**, S. C. and E. J. Ward. 2019. Black swans in space: modeling spatiotemporal processes with extremes. Ecology 100:e02403. 45. Barnett**, L. A. K., N. S. Jacobsen, J. T. Thorson, and J. M. Cope. 2019. Realizing the potential of trait‐based approaches to advance fisheries science. Fish and Fisheries 20:1034-1050. 44. Karp, M. A., J. O. Peterson, P. D. Lynch, R. B. Griffis, C. F. Adams, W. S. Arnold, L. A. K. Barnett**, Y. deReynier, J. DiCosimo, K. H. Fenske, S. K. Gaichas, A. Hollowed, K. Holsman, M. Karnauskas, D. Kobayashi, A. Leising, J. P. Manderson, M. McClure, W. E. Morrison, E. Schnettler, A. Thompson, J. T. Thorson, J. F. Walter III, A. J. Yau, R. D. Methot, and J. S. Link. 2019. Accounting for shifting distributions and changing productivity in the development of scientific advice for fishery management. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:1305-1315. 43. Chong§, L., T. K. Mildenberger, M. B. Rudd**, M. H. Taylor, J. M. Cope, T. A. Branch, M. Wolff, and M. Stäbler. 2019. Performance evaluation of data-limited, length-based stock assessment methods. ICES Journal of Marine Science 77:97-108. 42. Kuriyama*, P. T., D. S. Holland, L. A. K. Barnett**, T. A. Branch, R. L. Hicks, and K. E. Schnier. 2019. Catch shares drive fleet consolidation and increased targeting but not spatial effort concentration nor changes in location choice in a multispecies trawl fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:2377-2389. 41. Muradian*, M. L., T. A. Branch, and A. E. Punt. 2019. A framework for assessing which sampling programs provide the best trade-off between accuracy and cost of data in stock assessments. ICES Journal of Marine Science 76:2102-2113. 40. Monnahan**, C. C., J. Acevedo, A. N. Hendrix, S. Gende, A. Aguayo-Lobo, and F. Martinez. 2019. Population trends for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) foraging in the Francisco Coloane Coastal-Marine Protected Area, Magellan Strait, Chile. Marine Mammal Science 35:1212-1231. 39. Anderson, C. M., M. J. Krigbaum, M. C. Arostegui, M. L. Feddern, J. Z. Koehn, P. T. Kuriyama*, C. Morrisett, C. I. Allen Akselrud*, M. J. Davis, C. Fiamengo, A. Fuller, Q. Lee, K. N. McElroy, M. Pons, and J. Sanders. 2019. How commercial fishing effort is managed. Fish and Fisheries 20:268-285. 38. Thorson, J. T., M. B. Rudd**, and H. Winker. 2019. The case for estimating recruitment variation in data-moderate and data poor age-structured models. Fisheries Research 217:87-97. 37. Kuriyama*, P. T., T. A. Branch, A. C. Hicks, J. H. Harms, and O. S. Hamel. 2019. Investigating three sources of bias in hook-and-line surveys: survey design, gear saturation, and multispecies interactions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76:192-207. 36. Ward, E. J., S. C. Anderson, A. O. Shelton, R. E. Brenner, M. D. Adkison, A. H. Beaudreau, J. T. Watson, J. C. Shriver, A. C. Haynie, and B. C. Williams. 2018. Effects of increased specialization on revenue of Alaskan salmon fishers over four decades. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:1082-1091. 35. Rosenberg, A. A., K. M. Kleisner, J. Afflerbach, S. C. Anderson, M. Dickey-Collas, A. B. Cooper, M. J. Fogarty, E. A. Fulton, N. L. Gutiérrez, K. J. W. Hyde, E. Jardim, O. P. Jensen, T. Kristiansen, C. Longo, C. V. Minte-Vera, C. Minto, I. Mosqueira, G. C. Osio, D. Ovando, E. R. Selig, J. T. Thorson, J. C. Walsh, and Y. Ye. 2018. Applying a new ensemble approach to estimating stock status of marine fisheries around the world. Conservation Letters 11:1-9. 34. Hughes, B. B., S. C. Lummis, S. C. Anderson**, and K. J. Kroeker. 2018. Unexpected resilience of a seagrass system exposed to global stressors. Global Change Biology 24:224-234. 33. Walsh, J. C., C. Minto, E. Jardim, S. C. Anderson**, O. P. Jensen, J. Afflerbach, M. Dickey-Collas, K. M. Kleisner, C. Longo, G. C. Osio, E. R. Selig, J. T. Thorson, M. B. Rudd**, K. J. Papacostas, J. N. Kittinger, A. A. Rosenberg, and A. B. Cooper. 2018. Trade-offs for data-limited fisheries when using harvest strategies based on catch-only models. Fish and Fisheries 19:1130-1146. 32. Rudd*, M. B. and J. T. Thorson. 2018. Accounting for variable recruitment and fishing mortality in length-based stock assessments for data-limited fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75:1019-1035. 31. Monnahan**, C. C. and K. Kristensen. 2018. No-U-turn sampling for fast Bayesian inference in ADMB and TMB: Introducing the adnuts and tmbstan R package. PLoS One 13:e0197954. 30. Trochta*, J. T., M. Pons, M. B. Rudd*, M. Krigbaum, A. Tanz, and R. Hilborn. 2018. Ecosystem-based fisheries management: Perception on definitions, implementations, and aspirations. PLoS One 13:e0190467. 29. Megias, D. A., S. C. Anderson**, R. J. Smith, and D. Veríssimo. 2017. Investigating the impact of media on demand for wildlife: A case study of Harry Potter and the UK trade in owls. PLoS One 12:e0182368. 28. Monnahan*, C. C. and I. J. Stewart. 2017. The effect of hook spacing on longline catch rates: Implications for catch rate standardization. Fisheries Research 198:150-158. 27. Anderson**, S. C., T. A. Branch, A. B. Cooper, and N. K. Dulvy. 2017. Reply to Youngflesh and Lynch: Migration and population growth rate in animal black-swan events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114 :E8955-8956. 26. Anderson**, S. C., E. J. Ward, A. O. Shelton, M. D. Adkison, A. H. Beaudreau, R. E. Brenner, A. C. Haynie, J. C. Shriver, J. T. Watson, and B. C. Williams. 2017. Benefits and risks of diversification for individual fishers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114:10797-10802. 25. Barnett**, L. A. K., T. A. Branch, R. A. Ranasinghe, and T. E. Essington. 2017. Old-growth fishes become scarce under fishing. Current Biology 27:2843-2848. 24. Chezik, K. A., S. C. Anderson**, and J. W. Moore. 2017. River networks dampen long-term hydrological signals of climate change. Geophysical Research Letters 44:7256-7264. 23. Barnett**, L. A. K., S. M. Hennessey†, T. E. Essington, A. O. Shelton, B. E. Feist, T. A. Branch, and M. M. McClure. 2017. Getting to the bottom of fishery interactions with living habitats: spatiotemporal trends in disturbance of corals and sponges on the US west coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 574:29-47. 22. Anderson**, S. C., A. B. Cooper, O. P. Jensen, C. Minto, J. T. Thorson, J. C. Walsh, J. Afflerbach, M. Dickey-Collas, K. M. Kleisner, C. Longo, G. C. Osio, D. Ovando, I. Mosqueira, A. A. Rosenberg, and E. R. Selig. 2017. Improving estimates of population status and trend with superensemble models. Fish and Fisheries 18:732-741. 21. Thorson, J. T. and L. A. K. Barnett**. 2017. Comparing estimates of abundance trends and distribution shifts using single- and multispecies models of fishes and biogenic habitat. ICES Journal of Marine Science 74:1311-1321. 20. Ward, E. J., M. Adkison, J. Couture, S. C. Dressel, M. A. Litzow, S. Moffitt, T. Hoem Neher, J. Trochta*, and R. Brenner. 2017. Evaluating signals of oil spill impacts, climate, and species interactions in Pacific herring and Pacific salmon populations in Prince William Sound and Copper River, Alaska. PLoS One 12:e0172898. 19. Stewart, I. J. and C. C. Monnahan*. 2017. Implications of process error in selectivity for approaches to weighting compositional data in fisheries stock assessments. Fisheries Research. 192:126-134. 18. Anderson**, S. C., T. A. Branch, A. B. Cooper, and N. K. Dulvy. 2017. Black-swan events in animal populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 114:3252-3257. 17. Monnahan*, C. C., J. T. Thorson, and T. A. Branch. 2017. Faster estimation of Bayesian models in ecology using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:339-348. 16. Rudd, M. B. and T. A. Branch. 2017. Does unreported catch lead to overfishing? Fish and Fisheries 18:313-323. 15. Muradian, M. L., T. A. Branch, S. D. Moffitt, and P.-J. F. Hulson. 2017. Bayesian stock assessment of Pacific herring in Prince William Sound, Alaska. PLoS One 12:e0172153. 14. Kuriyama*, P. T., T. A. Branch, M. A. Bellman, and K. Rutherford. 2016. Catch shares have not led to catch-quota balancing in two North American multispecies trawl fisheries. Marine Policy 71:60-70. 13. Monnahan*, C. C., K. Ono, S. C. Anderson**, M. B. Rudd*, A. C. Hicks, F. Hurtado-Ferro, K. F. Johnson, P. T. Kuriyama*, R. R. Licandeo, C. C. Stawitz, I. G. Taylor, and J. L. Valero. 2016. The effect of length bin width on growth estimation in integrated age-structured stock assessments. Fisheries Research 180:103-122. 12. Kuriyama*, P. T., K. Ono, F. Hurtado-Ferro, A. C. Hicks, I. G. Taylor, R. R. Licandeo, K. F. Johnson, S. C. Anderson, C. C. Monnahan*, M. B. Rudd*, C. C. Stawitz, and J. L. Valero. 2016. An empirical weight-at-age approach reduces estimation bias compared to modeling parametric growth in integrated, statistical stock assessment models when growth is time varying. Fisheries Research 180:119-127. 11. Kuriyama*, P. T., M. C. Siple, E. E. Hodgson, E. M. Phillips, M. Burden, D. Fluharty, A. E. Punt, T. E. Essington, J. Henderschedt, and D. A. Armstrong. 2015. Issues at the fore in the land of Magnuson and Stevens: a summary of the 14th Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries. Marine Policy 54:118-121. 10. Baskett**, M. L. and L. A. K. Barnett. 2015. The ecological and evolutionary consequences of marine reserves. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 46:49-73. 9. Kamikawa†, K. T., E. Cruz, T. E. Essington, J. Hospital, J. K. T. Brodziak, and T. A. Branch. 2015. Length-weight relationships for 85 fish species from Guam. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 31:1171- 1174. 8. Thorson, J. T., C. C. Monnahan*, and J. M. Cope. 2015. The potential impact of time-variation in vital rates on fisheries management targets for marine fishes. Fisheries Research 169:8-17. 7. Hurtado-Ferro, F., C. S. Szuwalski, J. L. Valero, S. C. Anderson, C. J. Cunningham, K. F. Johnson, R. Licandeo, C. R. McGilliard, C. C. Monnahan*, M. L. Muradian*, K. Ono, K. A. Vert-Pre, A. R. Whitten, and A. E. Punt. 2015. Looking in the rear-view mirror: bias and retrospective patterns in integrated, age- structured stock assessment models. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72:99-110. 6. Johnson, K. F., C. C. Monnahan*, C. R. McGilliard, K. A. Vert-pre, S. C. Anderson, C. J. Cunningham, F. Hurtado-Ferro, R. R. Licandeo, M. L. Muradian*, K. Ono, C. S. Szuwalski, J. L. Valero, A. R. Whitten, and A. E. Punt. 2015. Time-varying natural mortality in fisheries stock assessment models: identifying a default approach. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72:137-150. 5. Ono, K., R. Licandeo, M. L. Muradian*, C. J. Cunningham, S. C. Anderson, F. Hurtado-Ferro, K. F. Johnson, C. R. McGilliard, C. C. Monnahan*, C. S. Szuwalski, J. Valero, K. A. Vert-Pre, A. R. Whitten, and A. E. Punt. 2015. The importance of length and age composition data in statistical age-structured models for marine species. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72: 31-43. 4. Monnahan*, C. C., T. A. Branch, and A. E. Punt. 2015. Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales? Marine Mammal Science 31:279-297. 3. Monnahan*, C. C., T. A. Branch, K. M. Stafford, Y. V. Ivashchenko, and E. M. Oleson. 2014. Estimating historical eastern North Pacific blue whale catches using spatial calling patterns. PLoS ONE 9:e98974. 2. Baker**, M. R. and A. B. Hollowed. 2014. Delineating ecological regions in marine systems: Integrating physical structure and community composition to inform spatial management in the eastern Bering Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 109: 215-240. 1. Anderson, S. C., C. C. Monnahan*, K. F. Johnson, K. Ono, and J. Valero. 2014. ss3sim: an R package for fisheries stock assessment simulation with Stock Synthesis. PLoS ONE 9:e92725.

Book chapters 1. Dowling, N. A., J. R. Wilson, M. B. Rudd*, E. A. Babcock, M. Caillaux, J. Cope, D. Dougherty, R. Fujita, J. Gedamke, M. Gleason, N. Gutierrez, A. Hordyk, G. W. Maina, P. J. Mous, D. Ovando, A. M. Parma, J. Prince, C. Revenga, J. Rude, C. Szuwalski, S. Valencia, and S. Victor. 2016. FishPath: a decision support system for assessing and managing data- and capacity-limited fisheries. Pages 59-96 in T. J. Quinn II, J. L. Armstrong, M. R. Baker, J. Heifetz, and D. Witherell, editors. Assessing and managing data-limited fish stocks. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage.

Thesis and dissertation Branch, T.A. 1998. Assessment and adaptive management of orange roughy off southern Africa. M.Sc. thesis, University of Cape Town. 204 pp. Branch, T.A. 2004. The influence of individual transferable quotas on discarding and fishing behaviour in multispecies fisheries. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington. 171pp.

Society membership Lifetime member, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (from 2017) Lifetime member, Society for Marine Mammalogy (from 2011)

Book chapters, editorials, and popular articles (7) 7. Hillary, R. M., A. L. Preece, C. R. Davies, H. Kurota, K. Sakai, T. Itoh, A. M. Parma, D. S. Butterworth, J. N. Ianelli, and T. A. Branch. 2016. Managing international tuna stocks via the management procedure approach. Pages 147-162 in C. T. T. Edwards and D. J. Dankel, editors. Management science in fisheries. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London. 6. Gordon, I. J., D. M. Evans, T. W. J. Garner, T. Katzner, M. E. Gompper, R. Altwegg, T. A. Branch, J. A. Johnson, and N. Pettorelli. 2014. Enhancing communication between conservation biologists and conservation practitioners: Letter from the Conservation Front Line. Animal Conservation 17:1-2. 5. Katzner, T., J. A. Johnson, D. M. Evans, T. W. J. Garner, M. E. Gompper, R. Altwegg, T. A. Branch, I. J. Gordon, and N. Pettorelli. 2013. Challenges and opportunities for animal conservation from renewable energy development. Animal Conservation 16:367-369. 4. Pettorelli, N., D. M. Evans, T. W. J. Garner, T. Katzner, M. E. Gompper, R. Altwegg, T. A. Branch, J. A. Johnson, K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, L. DaVolls, R. Rantanen, and I. J. Gordon. 2013. Addressing gender imbalances in Animal Conservation. Animal Conservation 16:131-133. 3. Purcell, S., T. A. Branch, A. S. Lobo. 2013. How to hunt a species to extinction. The Conversation. 30 May 2013. http://theconversation.com/how-to-hunt-a-species-to-extinction-13629 2. Branch, T.A., Austin, J.D., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., Gordon, I.J., Gompper, M.E., Katzner, T.E., and Pettorelli, N. 2012. Fisheries conservation and management: finding consensus in the midst of competing paradigms. Animal Conservation 15:1-3. 1. Branch, T.A. 2011. How should we measure fishing impacts on marine food webs? Cool Green Science, the conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy. 14 March 2011. http://blog.nature.org/2011/03/mean- trophic-level-trevor-branch-daniel-pauly-fish-catch-fisheries/

Minor papers (16) Branch, T.A., Y. Ivashchenko, K. Matsuoka. 2019. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 2: Further data on North Pacific blue whale distribution. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 20: 209-210. Branch, T.A. 2019. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 2: Minimum and maximum ranges of pygmy blue whale populations. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 20: 235-236. Branch, T.A. 2017. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 5: Blue whale catch distributions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 18: 262. Monnahan, C.C. & T.A. Branch. 2016. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 6: Further sensitivities for Eastern North Pacific blue whale assessment. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 17: 245-248. Worm, B., Fogarty, M.J., Baum, J.K., Branch, T.A., Collie, J.S., Costello, C., Fulton, E.A., Hilborn, R., Hutchings, J.A., Jennings, S., Jensen, O.P., Lotze, H.K., Mace, P.M., McClanahan, T.R., Minto, C., Palumbi, S.R., Parma, A.M., Ricard, D., Rosenberg, A.A., Watson, R. & Zeller, D. 2010. Response to E- letter from S. Zhou. Science. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/325/5940/578#13027 Branch, T.A. 2006. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 3: Comparison of SOWER CPIII abundance estimates for humpback whales in Area IV with JARPA abundance estimates. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 8: 166-167. Branch, T.A. 2005. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 4: Combining estimates from the third circumpolar set of surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 7: 231- 233. Branch, T.A. 2004a. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 4: Previous analyses estimating the impacts of factors in Appendix 2 on estimates of abundance and rates of increase (ROI) of Antarctic (true) blue whales from IDCR/SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 6: 255-256. Branch, T.A. 2004b. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 2: Plausible increase rates for Antarctic (true) blue whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 6: 254. Branch, T.A. 2004c. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex H. Appendix 5: Summary of evidence for increases in Antarctic (true) blue whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 6: 256-258. Branch, T.A. & Ensor, P. 2004. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 5. Combining estimates from the third circumpolar set of surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 6: 239-240. Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K., Burt, M.L. & Rademeyer, R.A. 2004. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 7. Regions for estimating additional variance from IDCR/SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 6: 241-242. Branch, T.A. 2003. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 3: Updated circumpolar abundance estimates for Southern Hemisphere minke whales including results from the 1998/99 to 2000/01 IDCR-SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 5: 271-275. Branch, T.A. & Rademeyer, R.A. 2003. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 11. Blue whale estimates from the IDCR-SOWER surveys: Updated comparisons including results from the 1998/99 to 2000/01 surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 5: 291-292. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2002. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annexe G, Appendix 14: Comparable estimates for six cetacean species based on IDCR/SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 4: 228–229. Branch, T.A. & Ensor, P. 2001. Report of the Scientific Committee, Annex G. Appendix 8: Recommended species code changes for minke and blue whale sightings for analysis of IDCR-SOWER surveys. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Suppl.), 3: 200–203.

Assessment documents (64 total, 49 first-authored) Branch, T. A. 2020. Assignment of South Georgia catches between Southeast Pacific blue whales and Antarctic blue whales. IWC paper SC/68B/SH/16. Branch, T. A. English translation of “Sazhinov, E. G. 1970. Sexual and physical maturity of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda). Pages 34-40, Whales of Southern Hemisphere (Biology and Morphology). AtlantNIRO, Kaliningrad.” IWC paper SC/68B/SH/12. Branch, T. A. English translation of “Sazhinov, E. G. 1970. Morphological distinctions and particularities of blue whale pygmy body proportions. Pages 163-169 Whales of Southern Hemisphere (Biology and Morphology). AtlantNIRO works, Kaliningrad.” IWC paper SC/68B/SH/10. Branch, T. A. and C. C. Monnahan. 2020. Sex ratios in blue whales from conception onward: a comparative analysis across space, time, and size. IWC paper SC/68B/SH/01. 24 pp. Lang, A. R., F. I. Archer, C. Attard, C. S. Baker, T. A. Branch, R. L. Brownell Jr, D. Buss, J. Jackson, N. Kelly, L. Moller, P. Olson, A. Sirovic, and A. Sremba. 2020. Evaluating the evidence for population structure within Antarctic blue whales. IWC paper SC/68B/SH/03. 23 pp. Branch, T. A. 2020. Progress report on pygmy blue whale assessments. IWC paper SC/68B/SH/09. 3 pp. Branch, T. A., C. C. Monnahan, A. Širović, N. Balcazar, D. Barlow, S. Cerchio, M. Double, A. Gavrilov, J. Gedamke, K. Hodge, C. Jenner, D. McCauley, J. Miksis-Olds, F. Samaran, F. Shabangu, K. Stafford, K. Thomisch, L. G. Torres, and J. Tripovich. 2019. Further analyses to separate pygmy blue whale catches by population. IWC paper SC/68A/SH/15. 28pp. Branch, T. A., R. L. Brownell Jr, P. J. Clapham, Y. V. Ivashchenko, K. Matsuoka, S. Mizroch, C. C. Monnahan, P. Olson, and A. Širović. 2019. Data available for an assessment of North Pacific blue whales. IWC paper SC/68A/NH/07. 27pp. Branch, T. A., C. C. Monnahan, and A. Širović. 2018. Separating pygmy blue whale catches by population. IWC paper SC/67B/SH23. 23pp. Branch, T. A., R. L. Brownell Jr, G. Donovan, Y. Ivashchenko, H. Kato, A. Lang, K. Matsuoka, S. Mizroch, H. Rosenbaum, A. Širović, and R. Suydam. 2018. Data available for an assessment of North Pacific blue whales. IWC paper SC/67B/NH03. 23pp. Širović, A., T. Branch, R. L. Brownell Jr, S. Buchan, S. Cerchio, K. Findlay, A. Lang, B. Miller, P. Olson, T. L. Rogers, F. Samaran, and R. Suydam. 2018. Blue whale song occurrence in the Southern Hemisphere. IWC Paper SC/67B/SH11. 12pp. Pastene, L. A., J. Acevedo, and T. A. Branch. 2018. Morphometric analysis of Chilean blue whales and implications for their taxonomy. IWC paper SC/67B/SH3. 16pp. Branch, T.A., Palacios, D.M., Monnahan, C.C., 2016. Overview of North Pacific blue whale distribution, and the need for an assessment of the western and central Pacific. IWC paper SC/66B/IA15. Monnahan, C.C. and Branch, T.A. 2015 Sensitivity analyses for the eastern North Pacific blue whale assessment. IWC paper SC/66A/IA15. 10pp. Cunningham, C.J., Hilborn, R., Seeb, J., Smith, M., & Branch, T.A. 2012. Reconstruction of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon returns using age and genetic composition of catch. December 2012. SAFS-UW-1202. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/20963 Jackson, J., Baker, C.S. & Branch, T.A. 2011. Usage of Nmin in population assessments: current status and future directions. IWC paper SC/63/SD1. 7pp. Williams, R., Branch, T.A., Zerbini, A.N. & Findlay, K. 2009. Model-based abundance estimates and an assessment of minimum population status of blue whales off Chile from the 1997/98 SOWER survey. IWC paper SC/61/SH32. 9pp. Branch, T.A. 2008. Biological parameters for pygmy blue whales. IWC paper SC/60/SH6. 13pp. Branch, T.A. 2008. Current status of Antarctic blue whales based on Bayesian modeling. IWC paper SC/60/SH7. 10pp. Branch, T.A. 2008. Biologically plausible rates of increase for Antarctic blue whales. IWC paper SC/60/SH8. 7pp. Branch, T.A., Allison, C., Mikhalev, Y.A., Tormosov, D. & Brownell Jr., R.L. 2008. Historical catch series for Antarctic and pygmy blue whales. IWC paper SC/60/SH9. 11pp. Branch, T.A. & Jackson, J.A. 2008. Minimum bottleneck abundance of Antarctic blue whales based on current mtDNA diversity. IWC paper SC/60/SH10. 7pp. Leaper, R., Best, P., Branch, T., Donovan, G., Murase, H. & Van Waerebeek, K. 2008. Report of review group of data sources on odontocetes in the Southern Ocean in preparation for IWC/CCAMLR workshop. IWC paper SC/60/EM2. 10pp. Zerbini, A.N., Bannister, J., Branch, T., Clapham, P.J., Donovan, G.P., Leaper, R. & Reilly, S. 2008. A review of abundance, trends and other population parameters of baleen whales in the Southern Hemisphere: preparing for the CCAMLR-IWC joint workshop on ecosystem models. IWC paper SC/60/EM3. 20pp. Branch, T.A. 2008. Analysis of simulated Antarctic minke surveys (“2008” scenarios) using the “standard” and the “direct duplicate” method. Workshop on minke whale abundance estimates using IWC/SOWER data, Seattle, 7–10 February 2008. IWC paper SC/F08/A4. 2 pp. Branch, T.A. 2007a. (compiler). Possible reasons for the appreciable decrease in abundance estimates for Antarctic minke whales from the IDCR/SOWER surveys between the second and third circumpolar sets of cruises. IWC paper SC/59/IA7. 9 pp. Branch, T.A. 2007b. Abundance of Antarctic blue whales south of 60°S from three complete circumpolar sets of surveys. IWC paper SC/59/SH9. 17 pp. Branch, T.A. & Mikhalev, Y.A. 2007. Female length at sexual maturity for pygmy and Antarctic blue whales based on Soviet ovarian corpora, 1961–72. IWC paper SC/59/SH7. 14 pp. Branch, T.A., Zerbini, A.N. & Findlay, K. 2007. Abundance of blue whales off Chile from the 1997/98 SOWER survey. IWC paper SC/59/SH8. 9 pp. Branch, T.A. 2006a. Humpback abundance south of 60°S from three completed sets of IDCR/SOWER circumpolar surveys. Workshop for the comprehensive assessment of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales, 4–7 April 2006, Hobart, Australia. IWC paper SC/AO6/HW6. 14 pp. Branch, T.A. (compiler) 2006b. Possible reasons for the appreciable decrease in abundance estimates for Antarctic minke whales from the IDCR/SOWER surveys between the second and third circumpolar sets of cruises. IWC paper SC/58/IA4. 8 pp. Branch, T.A. 2006c. Analysis of simulated Antarctic minke surveys using the “standard” method and the “direct duplicate” method. IWC paper SC/58/IA14. 5 pp. Branch, T. A. 2006d. Separating pygmy and Antarctic blue whales using ovarian corpora. IWC paper SC/58/SH8. 17pp. Branch, T. A. 2006e. Abundance estimates for Antarctic minke whales from three completed circumpolar sets of surveys, 1978/79 to 2003/04. IWC paper SC/58/IA18. 28pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2006a. Assessment of the East Greenland-Iceland fin whale population using a four-area model. Joint NAMMCO/IWC scientific workshop on the catch history, stock structure and abundance of North Atlantic fin whales, Reykjavik, Iceland, 23-26 March 2006. SC/14/FW/23 and SC/M06/FW23. 33 pp. Branch, T. A., & D. S. Butterworth. 2006b. Suggested options for the analysis of IDCR/SOWER minke whale data. IWC paper SC/58/IA19. 10pp. Branch, T. A., D. M. Palacios, K. M. Stafford, C. Allison, J. L. Bannister, C. L. K. Burton, P. C. Gill, K. C. S. Jenner, M.-N. M. Jenner, T. Miyashita, M. G. Morrice, V. J. Sturrock, R. C. Anderson, A. N. Baker, P. B. Best, P. Borsa, S. Childerhouse, K. P. Findlay, A. D. Ilangakoon, M. Joergensen, B. Kahn, B. Maughan, Y. A. Mikhalev, Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group, D. Thiele, D. Tormosov, K. Van Waerebeek, and R. M. Warneke. 2006. Past and present distribution of blue whales in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean. IWC paper SC/58/SH16. 27pp. Branch, T.A. 2005a. Estimated density of Antarctic minke whales obtained from simulated IDCR/SOWER survey data using the “standard” method. IWC paper SC/57/IA14. 16 pp. Branch, T.A. 2005b. Preliminary abundance estimates for Antarctic minke whales from three completed sets of IDCR/SOWER circumpolar surveys, 1978/79 to 2003/04. IWC paper SC/57/IA16. 26 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2005a. Applying the direct duplicate method to simulated IDCR/SOWER survey data. IWC paper SC/57/IA15. 9 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2005b. Revised assessment of the East Greenland-Iceland fin whale population using a four-area model. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) Scientific Committee working group on fin whales, Oslo, Norway 20-22 October 2005. SC/13/FW/5 revised. 35 pp. Branch, T.A. & Parma, A. 2005. Performance of the final candidate management procedures selected at the 4th Management Procedure Workshop. Sixth Meeting of the Stock Assessment Group, Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), 29 August-3 September 2005, Taipei, Taiwan. CCSBT-ESC/0509/14. 51 pp. Branch, T.A., Matsuoka, K., Miyashita, T. 2003. Antarctic blue whales are recovering. IWC paper SC/55/SH6. 21 pp. Branch, T.A. & Williams, T. 2003. Legacy of industrial whaling: could killer whales be responsible for declines in Southern Hemisphere sea lions, elephant seals and minke whales? IWC paper SC/55/IA4. 30 pp. Branch, T.A. 2002. Length frequencies for stock assessment of Mid-East Coast orange roughy. NIWA, New Zealand. DWWG/02/30. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2002. Comparison of AIC values for different pooling options for minke whales from the IDCR/SOWER Circumpolar surveys and suggested pooling rules. IWC paper SC/54/IA32. 9 pp. Branch, T.A., Hilborn, R., Magnusson, A., & Starr, P. 2002. Assessment of the New Zealand Mid-East Coast fishery of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) for 2000-01, 15 March 2002. [preliminary, results only]. NIWA, New Zealand. DWWG/02/33. 17 pp. Butterworth, D.S., Punt, A.E., Branch, T.A., Fujise, Y., Zenitani, R. & Kato, H. 2002. Updated ADAPT VPA recruitment and abundance trend estimates for Southern Hemisphere minke whales in Areas IV and V. IWC paper SC/54/IA25. 18 pp. Branch, T.A., Magnusson, A., Hilborn, R. & Starr, P. 2001. Stock assessment of the Campbell Island Rise population of southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) for the 2000-01 fishing season. School of Aquatic and Fishery Science Report, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. SAFS-UW-0107. 26 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2000a. Estimates of abundance for nine frequently sighted cetacean species based on the 1978/79 to 1997/98 IWC/IDCR-SOWER sighting surveys. IWC paper SC/52/O30. 7 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 2000b. Sensitivity of IWC/IDCR-SOWER abundance estimates to various options for analysis. IWC paper SC/52/O32. 27 pp. Branch, T.A. & Pulfrich, A. 2000. Potential yield for three species of giant periwinkles east of Hangklip, 24 pp. Addendum: Pulfrich, A. & Penney, A. 2000. Population dynamics and stock assessment of giant periwinkles, Turbo sarmaticus, Turbo cidaris and Oxystele sinensis in the south-western Cape, 66 pp. Pilling, G.M.; Mees, C.C.; Barry, C.J.; Kirkwood, G.P.; Nicholson, S., Branch, T. A. 1999. Growth parameter estimates and the effects of fishing on size-composition and growth of snappers and emperors: Implications for management. Final report to the Department for International Development. MRAG Ltd, 401 pp. Branch, T.A. & Roberts, R.D. 1998a. CPUE trends in orange roughy off Namibia. NatMIRC, Namibia. WG/01/98/DWFWG/ORH:6. 11 pp. Branch, T.A. & Roberts, R.D. 1998b. Swept-area estimates for Namibian orange roughy. NatMIRC, Namibia. WG/01/98/DWFWG/ORH:5. 21 pp. Roberts, R.D. & Branch, T.A. 1998. Swept-area results for alfonsino off Namibia. NatMIRC, Namibia. WG/01/98/DWFWG/BYX:4. 19 pp. Branch, T.A. 1997a. South African orange roughy: baseline biomass estimate using a swept-area technique. SFRI, South Africa. WG/06/97/D:DW:24. 12 pp. Branch, T.A. 1997b. South African oreo dories: baseline biomass estimate using a swept-area technique. SFRI, South Africa. WG/06/97/D:DW:26. 13 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 1997a. Sensitivity analyses on factors affecting a model predicting the future biomass of orange roughy off Namibia. 20 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 1997b. South African orange roughy: accounting for the influence of bias on baseline estimates. SFRI, South Africa. WG/06/97/D:DW:25. 11 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 1997c. South African oreos: accounting for the influence of bias on baseline estimates. SFRI, South Africa. WG/06/97/D:DW:27. 10 pp. Branch, T.A. 1996. Baseline biomass estimates for orange roughy off Namibia, using a swept-area technique. NatMIRC, Namibia. 13 pp. Branch, T.A. & Butterworth, D.S. 1996. Accounting for the influence of bias on baseline estimates of orange roughy off Namibia. NatMIRC, Namibia. 24 pp. Butterworth, D.S. & Branch, T.A. 1996. The likely effect of alternative fixed future catch levels on the stock of orange roughy off Namibia. NatMIRC, Namibia. 16 pp.

Software packages Branch, T.A., Kirkwood, G., Nicholson, S. & B. Lawlor. (1998-2000) Yield Software. MRAG Ltd, London. Approximately 700 pages of Visual Basic code. Branch, T.A. and N.J. Sands. 2001. Risk Assessment And Viability Analysis Procedure 2.0.0 (RAVAP). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, USA. Approximately 60 pages Visual Basic code, converted from RAVAP 1.0 written in BASIC. Branch, T.A. 2002. GetLikelihood 2.1.1. Program that works with Coleraine (all versions) to produce likelihood profiles for one, two or three estimated parameters in the model. Approximately 33 pages of Visual Basic code. Branch, T.A. 2003. NiceADM 3.0. Program to run AD Model Builder™ executables from Windows, especially Markov Chain Monte Carlo runs. Approximately 30 pages of Visual Basic code. Branch, T.A. & R. Hilborn. 2008. SYRAH 1.0.8: Salmon Yield Reconstruction Apportioning Harvest. ADMB code.

User manuals Branch, T.A. 2001. To insanity and beyond: a simpler guide to DESS 3.0. Prepared for the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, London, UK, July 2001. 28 pp.

Editorial positions Associate editor for Animal Conservation (2010-2012). Editor for Animal Conservation (2012-2014)

Committee membership Consultant, Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, 2004-06, 2008-11, 2013-2014. Invited participant, Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, 2000-08, 2015-16, 2018, 2020. Ad hoc groundfish trawl individual quota analytical team, Pacific Fishery Management Council, 2004. Middle depths working group, New Zealand, 2003. Deep water working group, New Zealand, 2002. Deep water working group, Namibia, 1996-98. Deep water working group, South Africa, 1996-7.

National and international service (selected) Testified before US Senate subcommittee, January 2014. Independent member of the Scientific Review Group on Pacific Hake/Whiting 2014-present. Consultant, Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, 2004-06, 2008-11, 2013-present. Invited participant, Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, 2000-08, 2015-16, 2018, 2019-20. Invited participant in four NCEAS groups. Invited participant to French Center for Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity group.