#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social

💡 Alfonso shares his research on the understanding shark movements in coastal waters is needed as we continue to alter the marine environment. We need to ensure that our knowledge base is well developed to create good mitigation and protection policy #EEA2025

✨ Hettie works at #sharktrust on various projects covering angel sharks and guitarfishes in the Mediterranean. She works to restore flatshark species to robust populations: addressing fundamental knowledge gaps to maximise the potential of existing management #EEA2025

🌊 Charlie is a philosopher who got wet and switched to elasmobranch science. My work generally concerns Bull rays around Malta, their ecology and their threats, but I enjoy delving deeper into data poor species in data poor areas #EEA2025

💡Edward presented some great research about developments in statistical tools for tracking elasmobranchs and advancing conservation

🦈🌊✨ Interesting discussion during our fifth panel session led by Simon Dedmen and Guuske Tiktak on “New frontiers in elasmobranch data analysis” 🔬 involving a a group of researchers and experts emphasising the new technologies and opportunities for analysing elasmobranch data #sharks #rays #EEA2025

🦈🌊💡Diving deeper into management and policy during our sixth keynote panel where Irene Kingma led the discussion on ”Unintended Consequences” Experts highlighted the need for clear conservation goals while avoiding pitfalls in miscommunication and mis-steps in policy/management development #EEA2025

🌊 Paolo’s research focuses on analysing and modelling shark catches using SMART drumlines in Australia with the aim of responding to management needs and fostering coexistence between humans and wildlife, while promoting shark conservation through scientifically based strategies #EEA2025 #sharksmart

danielchik_glc🦈 Daniel’s research focuses on the field of Conservation Genetics/Genomics of Sharks and Rays. He detects cases of misidentifcation or illegal trade through DNA barcoding (COI sequencing) identifying species from fish market which aims to bridge science and conservation policy #EEA2055

Successfully wrapped up our third and final week measuring rays in Europe at the Natural History Museum in London 🇬🇧 huge thank you to @nhm-london.bsky.social for hosting, and thank you @amandasodysseys.bsky.social and @nickdulvy.bsky.social for helping me measure 309 rays representing 123 species!

🦈 Sharks, rays & chimaeras reveal a fairer, data-driven view of global fisheries. Using IUCN Red List data on 1,199 species, we expose inequities in fisheries data, weak bycatch management & trade-driven unsustainability #Sharks #Rays #Fisheries #Conservation #IUCN #EEA2025 @nickdulvy.bsky.social

@nickdulvy.bsky.social at #EEA2025 Many of the places where the most destructive fishing happens are places where we have the least biodiversity data. US/European fisheries are sustainable, but import a lot. “Outsourcing and offshoring unsustainability”

Two great days this week tagging skate in the Bristol Channel - we managed to catch + tag individuals across four species of skate 🥳 These skate will be tracked for the next few years across our channel-wide array so we can learn about their movement patterns and spatial usage #trackingnotslacking

New paper! We estimated the reproductive timing of the critically endangered #flapperskate by making use of a pre-existing #citizenscience photo ID database 📸 with @davemarinebio.glasgow.ac.uk @jathorburn.bsky.social Paper ⏩ doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... & summary below ⏬

Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25 www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...

👋 Hey there! While field season has kept us busy, happy, and (probably) wet… here are some upcoming conferences to keep you indoors, networking, and dry: (🧵, 1/3)

#BELAS News❗❗ A new species joins the crew. Yesterday we tagged our first blue shark in the wild! 🦈 That makes it species number 8 in the “blue” waters of Galicia! 🌊🟢 Still chasing one more elusive species… but we’re out there, ready! 🦈🔍🤿 Tagging season never stops!! 💪 youtu.be/jmmILoVI9_c

So excited to see some cownose rays (alive) after 3 weeks of museum work. Nice welcome to European Elasmobranch Association meeting #Elasmo25 here with @rachhson.bsky.social @amandasodysseys.bsky.social

European Elasmobranch Association friends, use #Elasmo25 for posts about the conference!

A bit late, but we’ve (@rachhson.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social) wrapped up our second week measuring rays across Europe. Goodbye Paris and thank you to the teams at @mnhn.fr who made it possible! 🇫🇷✨on to London 🇬🇧! @earth2ocean.bsky.social #labwork #mobulamonday #scienceinaction #womeninstem

New co-author paper led by Dr. Jonathan Moore. #fishsci #conservaton #bcpoli #salmon We identify four syndromes of the combined local impacts of watershed pressures and climate change. And identified several key management actions and policies that would help safeguard salmon watersheds.

The E2O team making waves (and measuring fins) in Hamburg! Great to see @sfubiosciences.bsky.social in action! @sfuscience.bsky.social

Laboratory and field studies are often presented as “either-or approaches” with distinct advantages and challenges. Binning et al. argue for “working across the lab-field continuum” to conduct research that can “better inform #policy and practice” @conphysjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth review — Attenborough peps up a very slow fish 🧪🌎🦑🐠

Guitarfish Tuesday in Paris #MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

This finding is no coincidence. Scientific guided fisheries in the developed world with financial support for funding and overexploitation in the developing world and the Global South, where financial support for shark science is scarce and many coastal communities depend on artisanal fisheries 🦈🌊

1. This specimen is very cool 2 Nick's hashtag game is VERY strong

Read my review of John Long’s book The Secret History of Sharks in @currentbiology.bsky.social A fascinating read about the deep history of sharks, the scientists who study them, and the adventures they have in the quest to learn more. authors.elsevier.com/a/1luVG3QW8S...

Conservationists are calling for urgent global funding to save Samoa's Tooth-billed Pigeon, a Critically Endangered species often referred to as 'little dodo':

If you are curious about flightless birds and the threats they face, here's a primer from our bird special issue: www.cell.com/current-biol... 🦤

"Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimaeras" www.cell.com/current-biol... @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social

Just wrapped up a great week measuring rays at the Museum der Natur Zoologie @leibnizlib.bsky.social in Hamburg 🇩🇪 for @rachhson.bsky.social’s PhD, over 135 specimens measured! 🦈✨ Next stop: Paris 🇫🇷, as our whirlwind tour through Europe’s ray collections continues @nickdulvy.bsky.social

Day 1 in Museum du Naturalle Histoire du Paris #MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

#Sawfish #MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

#Sawfish #MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

#MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

#MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

We developed a national RLI and found ecology is important. Countries with healthier Shark & Ray populations (larger RLI), have: 👉 greater shelf area (more habitat) 👉 cooler sea surface temperature 👉 greater primary production This is consistent with greater extinction risk in the tropics 🧵16/20

Bright spots with some science-based fisheries management measure benefiting sharks & rays: 1. USA & Canada 2. NE Atlantic 3. S. Africa 4. Australia & New Zealand #OceanOptimism @nancyknowlton.bsky.social @joshuacinner.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... 🧵15/20

Researchers highlight troubling dark spots where shark & ray biodiversity is plummeting. 1. Japan–Taiwan 2. Indonesia to New Guinea 3. India & Bay of Bengal 4. Western Indian Ocean 5. SW Atlantic 6. Galapagos & SE Pacific 7. Gulf of California 🧵14/20

"Overfishing the largest species in nearshore and pelagic habitats risks loss of ecomorphotypes and a 5 to 22% erosion of functional diversity." Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social et al 2024

🚨New PhD paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com with @renatoamorais.bsky.social and Dave Bellwood! 🚨 Marine fishes exhibit extraordinary patterns of diversity, but how does this diversity relate to their productivity? 🐟🐠🐡 🌐 🦑🧪 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...

First first-author paper just got accepted!!!! New deep-sea shark, ray, and chimaera science inbound 👻🦈

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species. www.cell.com/current-biol... @iucnshark.bsky.social

And for more on #shark #conservation, check out this well-aged review from @sharkcolin.bsky.social and colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

🧪🌏🦑🌊🦈 New paper alert #deepseamining #sharks

#deepseamining #polymetallicnodules #conservation #marineconservation #marinebiodiversity #mantaray #whaleshark #ghostshark #whiteshark #cookiecuttershark #chocolateskate #baskingshark #megamouthshark #sharkconservation #marinebiology #mining #ocean #deepsea #chimaera #marinelife #sharkscience

Great to team up with @cgmull.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social @britfinucci.bsky.social, Victoria and Jeff, to bring sharks, rays, and chimaeras to the larger discourse on deep-sea mining. This paper is also my first first-author publication and I am excited it could be this one!

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈 📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda