A landmark scientific workshop has identified 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) across the European Atlantic, providing the first comprehensive map of critical habitats for threatened species such as Basking Shark, Tope, Spiny Dogfish, Sicklefin Devil Ray, and Angelshark.

Abstract submissions are now open for Sharks International 2026, taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4-8 May 2026. 📣 Help spread the word! Share this opportunity with colleagues who may be interested. 🔗 Submit your abstract by visiting our website: si2026.org

‘Fish tagging - the good the bad and the unknown’…well from what I saw 👀 it was all good 👍! Thanks to all 13 speakers, and 7 poster presenters who brought this theme session @ices.marine.bsky.social #ICESASC2025 to life, with standing room only your research reached far and wide!

For anyone online or who missed the @icesmarine.bsky.social Expert Group poster session, feel free to come find me at #ICESASC2025 or message me with any questions 🙋‍♀️. I’m biased of course but after 16-years I can say the ICES Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes is really a fantastic group 😉!

Theme session D 🐟🏷️ ‘Fish Tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ #ICESASC2025 @icesmarine.bsky.social off to a flying start this morning with methods and collaboration covered but join us NOW for behaviour and migration, assessments, management and conservation sub-themes!

1 day until Theme session D at #ICESASC25 @icesmarine.bsky.social exploring ‘Fish tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ but if you can’t wait until then join us in person for the ‘WKTAG - where now?’ meet up @3:30pm (back of the marquee) with @piasch.bsky.social and Hans Jakob Olesen

Congratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25

Good morning from Klaipėda and welcome to the first day of #ICESASC25! 🌊 4 days of science, collaboration, and innovation, including: 🔹18 theme sessions 🔹5 network sessions 🔹5 events dedicated to early-career scientists 🔹3 keynote speeches by world renowned experts in the field Welcome!

The FSBI Medal Winners session starts with a talk from Colin Adams. Colin, previous President of the FSBI, has been awarded this year's Beverton Medal. Given the FSBI's focus on supporting ECRs, Colin draws on his wealth of experience, with a talk titled "Surviving a career in research" #FSBI2025

This year's FSBI medal is awarded to @mjjuanjorda.bsky.social. Maria talks to us today about what tuna have taught her throughout her career. Some very useful lessons learned and advice for the ECRs in the audience! #FSBI2025

Our final medal award winner is Oliver Crimmen, of the Nautral History Museum (London), who was awarded this year's Le Cren Medal. With over 50 years of experience, some species are now present in the collection but extinct in the wild, which gives much pause for thought #FSBI2025

Check out the editorial for the Special Issue: "Advances in telemetry approaches and technologies applied to fish ecology and management", which sets the scene and rational for this exciting collection of papers. doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Authors: J. Mourier, T. Murray, R. Lennox, K. Birnie-Gauvin

Great to be here for a week of fish-fuelled symposium fun 🐟🦈

Wow 🤩 what a line up of workshops and sessions - this is going to be epic 👏🦈 (but hard to choose)!

12 stocks of #sharks 🦈 and rays assessed and advice on catch limits drafted 👍 by @icesmarine.bsky.social Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes last week in the beautiful country of Iceland 🇮🇸 Always a pleasure to lead this awesome group💪 and thanks to @mfri.bsky.social for their Viking hospitality!

We have a #PhD opening on #DNA- based exploration of #shark and #ray #biodiversity in #indonesian fisheries! @sharkscience.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @dhikafishery.bsky.social @joanna-m-murray.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

“A rare look" – scientists put a camera inside a shark egg and were spellbound by what they saw | Discover Wildlife

If you’re working in fish tagging then it’s your final chance to come and share your science at #ICESASC25 this September. 🚨 Deadline today ‼️

ONE MONTH ALERT Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in the European Atlantic for the next month, the final deadline is on April 18th. For more updates on the ISRA project follow along! #shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation

Apply now for this jointly-funded Cefas and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social lecturer post. Working at the interface between marine science and policy. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/va...

New stingray just dropped 🧪🌎🦑🐠🦈 bioone.org/journals/ich...

⏰ 5-days and counting until abstract deadline ⏰ Don’t miss out…get yours in by Monday 17th March 9:59pm GMT!

⏰ A reminder to get your submissions in soon! 📅 Deadline is 2-weeks today 17th March…

Today marks World Wildlife Day, a vital reminder of the importance of protecting our planet’s wildlife. 🌏 For over 60 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has helped us see our natural world through a different lens, showcasing its beauty and the necessity to preserve it.

Happy World Wildlife Day! Over the years, ETN members have tracked an astounding 147 species, with our current top 20 showcased here. Doing so has taught us so much about the wildlife that surrounds us. Let's take a look at some of the things we've learned about aquatic wildlife using telemetry...

In 200 days, #ICESASC25 kicks off in Klaipeda, Lithuania! Are you joining us? The Call for abstracts is open. Submit your abstract by 17 March to take part in the marine science event of the year! Check out the 18 theme sessions on offer this year - www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...

Abstract submission is now open for #FSBI2025! Deadline: 𝟭𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Excitingly, it will be our first joint symposium with @ifmfish.bsky.social, "Turning Science into Strategy: Advancing Fish Conservation and Management". 7 - 11 July 2025, Belfast. More info, here: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2025/

Illegal marine wildlife trade is complex, cross-border and undermines attempts at protecting biodiversity in our ocean. Only deep cross-organisational collaboration will allow it to be tackled. An excellent start this week with colleagues from UK and across ASEAN #maritimeIWT25 #CefasScience

🦈 Open Call for Proposals! 📅 Submission deadline: March 15, 2025 📩 Reviewed by our scientific panel—responses by April 2025 🔗 Click this link to access the submission form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📸 (2-4) Daniel Fernando #SI2026

A fantastic couple of days ahead in Singapore talking with regional experts about illegal trading in marine species #CefasScience #maritimeIWT25

Training day 3…complete! Full carcass and dried product ID guides by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Debra Abercrombie distributed to those involved in stopping 🇱🇰 #CITES listed #shark and ray trade. Interested? Get your copy here 👇 @wcs.org citessharks.org/resources #sharkconservation #Cefas

Opportunities to enhance conservation success for sharks | Research Square Preprint

The Marine Conservation Photographer category in the Underwater Photography of the Year competition is proudly sponsored by the Save Our Seas Foundation. Here are the top photographs in this category: saveourseas.com/marine-conse...

Ending the week with a little motivation from our office mural. 💙 We hope you all have a great weekend. 🦈

Underwater photographer of the year 2025. Alvaro Herrero underwaterphotographeroftheyear.com/winners/2025...

Training day 3 afternoon: fins, skins and gill plates! Dried product ID theory & practice by @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust in action here in 🇱🇰. 30 attendees trained in ID of #CITES listed #sharks🦈 and rays ✔️ 👏 #sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas

Training day 3 morning: theory into practice with @elasmoproject.bsky.social and Blue Resources Trust at 4:30am in Negombo 🇱🇰- lots of mobulids and some #sharks 🦈 being ID’d by trainees #sharkconservation #illegalwildlifetrade #OCPP #Cefas

Prevalence of endangered shark trophies in automated detection of the online wildlife trade

Training day 2 and it’s off to customs HQ here in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 with @elasmoproject.bsky.social leading ID training in #CITES listed #sharks and rays. 30 attendees from customs, coastguard & govt. agencies all put through their paces with the theory before the practical tomorrow.. #sharkconservation

The 1st day of training in 🇱🇰 saw 20 attendees from 5 universities, govt. agencies & Blue Resources Trust learn about Productivity Susceptibility Analysis (PSA) as a data-limited assessment tool. I look forward to supervising and seeing this put into action in Neranjan’s MPhil 🦈under the #OCPP fund

Did you know? Sharks have some of the most diverse life histories. Even within shark species, life history traits vary dramatically! Some, like the Spiny Dogfish, can take up to 36 years to mature, while fast-growing species like the Australian Sharpnose Shark only take a year.

Wonderful news congratulations Olly 👏 your welcoming of scientists ‘behind the scenes’ and dedication to this awesome collection is so deserving of this recognition 🏅

The latest Cefas newsletter 👇features a blog of a visit to 🇬🇧 by our Sri Lankan partners working together to conserve #sharks 🦈 and rays through the #OCPP I’ve just arrived in 🇱🇰 to continue this collaboration…stay tuned to hear more about this week’s training content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKC...

Fantastic opportunity 👇 As part of the project Steering Group I can’t wait to see where this project goes…but also a bit jealous I don’t get to apply for it myself 🤣!

Remember: just because you pelican does not mean you peli-should. Photo by Mark Smith

Congratulations Colin 👏 richly deserved!

⏰ Abstract deadline 17th March! Looking forward to seeing the submissions then 🐟🏷️

This is great news and I look forward to @icesmarine.bsky.social and #ICCAT working closely on #shark 🦈 assessments soon!

On the migration of the scientific community to Bluesky: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪