Exploration uncovers unknown Caribbean deep-sea ecosystems vital for biodiversity—documented 290 marine species, ancient corals, underwater mountains, and a massive blue hole across 25,000 km² of seafloor near the Cayman Islands, Anguilla & Turks and Caicos.

5/5 Authors: Gabriel Reygondeau, Yulia Egorova, Kristina Boerder, Derek P. Tittensor, Kristin Kaschner, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Nicolas Bailly, William W. L. Cheung. 📖 Read the full paper 'AquaX: An enhanced and revised AquaMaps framework..' in #PLOSOne: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Exploration uncovers unknown Caribbean deep-sea ecosystems vital for biodiversity—documented 290 marine species, ancient corals, underwater mountains, and a massive blue hole across 25,000 km² of seafloor near the Cayman Islands, Anguilla & Turks and Caicos.

How has global fishing expanded since 1950? 🌊 A #MappedData tool 🗺️ from @seaaroundus.org visualizes fishing growth using FAO data + reconstructed unreported catches. Species distribution data from Q-quatics global knowledge systems FishBase & SeaLifeBase help allocate catches across ocean grids.

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By combining advanced modelling with transparent uncertainty assessments, #AquaX will bring #speciesmapping to the next level & will support #marinebiodiversity research, conservation planning, & climate-informed decision-making, helping to mitigate #biodiversityloss. #speciesdistribution #aquamaps

4/5 AquaX moves beyond static range maps → it transforms global species distributions into scenario-ready habitat dynamics, providing the scientific foundation for evidence-based decision-making and climate-adaptive conservation.

How has global fishing expanded since 1950? 🌊 A #MappedData tool 🗺️ from @seaaroundus.org visualizes fishing growth using FAO data + reconstructed unreported catches. Species distribution data from Q-quatics global knowledge systems FishBase & SeaLifeBase help allocate catches across ocean grids.

With #geneticdiversity data for >900 species integrated into #FishBase, users can now compare genetic, ecological, & fisheries data across 36K+ species —leading to smarter conservation & global collaboration. 🌊 Explore GDRI via Tools → Distribution → Genetic Diversity | bit.ly/GenDiversityTool. 🧬

🚨 #NEWPAPER presents #AquaX, a next-gen framework for global #marinebiodiversity mapping—ML ensembles, expert-validated data & climate projections. Led by Gabriel Reygondeau @univmiami.bsky.social & an int'l team incl. #Qquatics’ Kathleen Reyes & Nicolas Bailly. 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

🐋 On #WorldWildlifeDay 🐟, we're reminded that wildlife also thrives in our oceans, rivers & lakes. 🦀🌊 At Q-quatics, we advance & maintain global knowledge systems—FishBase & SeaLifeBase—so credible aquatic species data are accessible to scientists, policymakers, educators, & communities worldwide.

With #geneticdiversity data for >900 species integrated into #FishBase, users can now compare genetic, ecological, & fisheries data across 36K+ species —leading to smarter conservation & global collaboration. 🌊 Explore GDRI via Tools → Distribution → Genetic Diversity | bit.ly/GenDiversityTool. 🧬

1/5 #NewPaper: #AquaX, a next-generation platform for mapping global marine biodiversity! 🌊 Accurate species mapping is critical for conservation. AquaX builds on #Qquatics' #AquaMaps to provide cleaner, expert-validated data & improve predictions of present & future species distributions.

A recent investigation by @deutschewelle.dw.com shows financial institutions still back deep-sea mining—despite public pledges & overwhelming scientific uncertainty. ⚠️“The hidden money behind deep-sea mining… remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.”

🎓🌊 Graduate program for #sustainablefisheries! This transdisciplinary program at the UH Mānoa will prepare early career fisheries scientists & future marine resource managers to address complex challenges in Pacific fisheries. 📅 Application deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 manoa.hawaii.edu/fisheries/

A recent investigation by @deutschewelle.dw.com shows financial institutions still back deep-sea mining—despite public pledges & overwhelming scientific uncertainty. ⚠️“The hidden money behind deep-sea mining… remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.”

🎓🌊 Graduate program for #sustainablefisheries! This transdisciplinary program at the UH Mānoa will prepare early career fisheries scientists & future marine resource managers to address complex challenges in Pacific fisheries. 📅 Application deadline: March 1, 2026 🔗 manoa.hawaii.edu/fisheries/

🦈❄️ A #sleepershark filmed in #Antarctica waters is challenging long-held assumptions about shark distribution. “This is indeed unexpected,” says #RainerFroese (FishBase) Deep-sea ecosystems remain vast, hidden, & rarely observed—especially in the Southern Ocean. 🌊 www.cbsnews.com/news/shark-a...

1/5 #NewPaper: #AquaX, a next-generation platform for mapping global marine biodiversity! 🌊 Accurate species mapping is critical for conservation. AquaX builds on #Qquatics' #AquaMaps to provide cleaner, expert-validated data & improve predictions of present & future species distributions.

RESEARCH: AquaX: An enhanced and revised AquaMaps framework to model marine species distributions and biodiversity. Co-authored by #GabrielReygondeau, #WilliamCheung, #NicolasBailly @aquamaps.bsky.social @ubccoru.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... via @plosone.org

🚨 #NEWPAPER presents #AquaX, a next-gen framework for global #marinebiodiversity mapping—ML ensembles, expert-validated data & climate projections. Led by Gabriel Reygondeau @univmiami.bsky.social & an int'l team incl. #Qquatics’ Kathleen Reyes & Nicolas Bailly. 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Few days left ⏳ to catch us at #Boot2026 🇩🇪 (17–25 Jan) ! 📍 Hall 11, Booth E04 — #LoveYourOcean 💙 + interactive ocean science: #FishBaseGuide app, DIY #MarineFooWeb activity, Fish Sound Quiz & Ocean Game. 🎙️ Water Pixel Stage Talks: 22 Jan 13:15 | 25 Jan 13:45 #FishBase #SeaLifeBase #bootdusseldorf

New projections show climate change reshaping Canada’s #blueeconomy. Some regions could see significant declines, with serious impacts on indigenous coastal communities. #scienceased, inclusive & #climateresponsive #oceanpolicies needed. 🌊 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248552600068X

🦈❄️ A #sleepershark filmed in #Antarctica waters is challenging long-held assumptions about shark distribution. “This is indeed unexpected,” says #RainerFroese (FishBase) Deep-sea ecosystems remain vast, hidden, & rarely observed—especially in the Southern Ocean. 🌊 www.cbsnews.com/news/shark-a...

Sinaya Seafood team, partners & volunteers recently engaged with the Q-quatics Team, exploring our work firsthand. With shared advocacy & complementary strengths, this opens a promising path for collaboration toward healthier people & oceans. 🌊 #sustainableseafood #fishnutrients

New projections show climate change reshaping Canada’s #blueeconomy. Some regions could've significant declines, with serious impacts on indigenous coastal communities. #sciencebased, inclusive & #climateresponsive #oceanpolicies needed. 🌊 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248552600068X

New projections show climate change reshaping Canada’s #blueeconomy. Some regions could've significant declines, with serious impacts on indigenous coastal communities. #sciencebased, inclusive & #climateresponsive #oceanpolicies needed. 🌊 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248552600068X

New projections show climate change reshaping Canada’s #blueeconomy. Some regions could see significant declines, with serious impacts on indigenous coastal communities. #scienceased, inclusive & #climateresponsive #oceanpolicies needed. 🌊 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248552600068X

Sinaya Seafood team, partners & volunteers recently engaged with the Q-quatics Team, exploring our work firsthand. With shared advocacy & complementary strengths, this opens a promising path for collaboration toward healthier people & oceans. 🌊 #sustainableseafood #fishnutrients

Few days left ⏳ to catch us at #Boot2026 🇩🇪 (17–25 Jan) ! 📍 Hall 11, Booth E04 — #LoveYourOcean 💙 + interactive ocean science: #FishBaseGuide app, DIY #MarineFooWeb activity, Fish Sound Quiz & Ocean Game. 🎙️ Water Pixel Stage Talks: 22 Jan 13:15 | 25 Jan 13:45 #FishBase #SeaLifeBase #bootdusseldorf

The problem isn’t just ecological loss—it’s forgetting. In 1995, Daniel Pauly introduced shifting baselines to describe how expectations. From fisheries to coral reefs, we keep resetting “normal” to what’s already degraded. Naming the problem helps us see it. www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/s...

Philippines holds extraordinary biodiversity—but illegal wildlife trade is accelerating losses, including marine species. Many sharks & rays remain poorly protected & hard to enforce. 🦈 As Dr. AA Yaptinchay notes, the challenge lies in implementation—not the lack of laws. mb.com.ph/2026/01/16/u...

Q-quatics + Mundus maris are @ #BootDusseldorf2026 with hands-on ocean science: 🎮 Ocean Game | 📱 #FishBase Guide App | 🧩 DIY marine food web | 🎧 Fish Sound Quiz Mundus maris represents #FishBase35 —36K+ fish species, bringing open data, science, & public engagement together for a healthier ocean.

Q-quatics + Mundus maris are @ #BootDusseldorf2026 with hands-on ocean science: 🎮 Ocean Game | 📱 #FishBase Guide App | 🧩 DIY marine food web | 🎧 Fish Sound Quiz Mundus maris represents #FishBase35 —36K+ fish species, bringing open data, science, & public engagement together for a healthier ocean.

At boot Düsseldorf 2026 (17–25 Jan), world’s largest water sports fair 🌊 Q-quatics joins Mundus maris @ Hall 11 E04, sharing interactive tools— #FishBase Guide App, Fish Sound Quiz 🎧🐟 & DIY marine food web activity! 🎤 Water Pixel Stage talks: 18, 22 & 25 Jan. #OceanLiteracy #LoveYourOcean #Boot2026

USD 3.2 million for one #Bluefintuna at Tokyo’s New Year auction. #FishBase pioneer Dr #RainerFroese (GEOMAR, Kiel) reminds us: the stock is recovering—but extreme prices intensify fishing pressure, legal and illegal. Conservation gains remain fragile. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/05/t...

The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) has 91 billion DNA bases, 30× the human genome! 🧬 💠 ~20,000 genes 💠 ~90% transposable elements (“jumping DNA”) 💠 19 chromosomes (all but one ≈ human genome) Axel Meyer calls them “fish that evolution forgot.” www.science.org/content/arti...

Philippines holds extraordinary biodiversity—but illegal wildlife trade is accelerating losses, including marine species. Many sharks & rays remain poorly protected & hard to enforce. 🦈 As Dr. AA Yaptinchay notes, the challenge lies in implementation—not the lack of laws. mb.com.ph/2026/01/16/u...

At boot Düsseldorf 2026 (17–25 Jan), world’s largest water sports fair 🌊 Q-quatics joins Mundus maris @ Hall 11 E04, sharing interactive tools— #FishBase Guide App, Fish Sound Quiz 🎧🐟 & DIY marine food web activity! 🎤 Water Pixel Stage talks: 18, 22 & 25 Jan. #OceanLiteracy #LoveYourOcean #Boot2026

The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa) has 91 billion DNA bases, 30× the human genome! 🧬 💠 ~20,000 genes 💠 ~90% transposable elements (“jumping DNA”) 💠 19 chromosomes (all but one ≈ human genome) Axel Meyer calls them “fish that evolution forgot.” www.science.org/content/arti...

A sponge that hunts. A baby colossal squid. Volcanic coral gardens. 🪸🦑 Southern Ocean expeditions have revealed 30 new deep-sea species so far, from iridescent worms to unfamiliar sea stars—out of 2,000 specimens collected and thousands of images still being studied. gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

USD 3.2 million for one #Bluefintuna at Tokyo’s New Year auction. #FishBase pioneer Dr #RainerFroese (GEOMAR, Kiel) reminds us: the stock is recovering—but extreme prices intensify fishing pressure, legal and illegal. Conservation gains remain fragile. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/05/t...

The problem isn’t just ecological loss—it’s forgetting. In 1995, Daniel Pauly introduced shifting baselines to describe how expectations. From fisheries to coral reefs, we keep resetting “normal” to what’s already degraded. Naming the problem helps us see it. www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/s...

A sponge that hunts. A baby colossal squid. Volcanic coral gardens. 🪸🦑 Southern Ocean expeditions have revealed 30 new deep-sea species so far, from iridescent worms to unfamiliar sea stars—out of 2,000 specimens collected and thousands of images still being studied. gizmodo.com/scientists-j...

At 4,100 m, scientists recorded a deep-sea #squid showing a never-documented behavior—upside down, buried, and blending into the seafloor. New discoveries continue, even as pressures grow in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. #notodeepseamining #abyssalsquid #cephalopods #CCZ #abyssalecosystems

At 4,100 m, scientists recorded a deep-sea #squid showing a never-documented behavior—upside down, buried, and blending into the seafloor. New discoveries continue, even as pressures grow in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. #notodeepseamining #abyssalsquid #cephalopods #CCZ #abyssalecosystems

🌊🧬 Genetic diversity is vital—but often invisible. #FishBase launches the Genetic Diversity Risk Indicator (GDRI), #genetictool transforming complex genetic data into practical conservation signals (High risk | 🟡 Medium | 🟢 Low) for fish populations worldwide. Learn more: bit.ly/GDRIinFishBase. 🌊🧬

Unusual observations offer valuable scientific context. sfist.com/2026/01/04/j...

📰🌊 SemantyFish is featured in Eurofish Magazine? The article (Issue 6, 2025 📖 pp. 48–49) highlights how the project is turning #FishBase35 into an interoperable knowledge graph, strengthening open science and sustainable fisheries. eurofish.dk/magazine-iss...

📰🌊 SemantyFish is featured in Eurofish Magazine? The article (Issue 6, 2025 📖 pp. 48–49) highlights how the project is turning #FishBase35 into an interoperable knowledge graph, strengthening open science and sustainable fisheries. eurofish.dk/magazine-iss...