New PhD opportunity - which I'm delighted to be co-supervising! 'From Catch to Kitchen: Learning from Recreational Anglers to Diversify UK Seafood Choices' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #phd #seafood #angling #fisheries #recreationalfishing #sustainability @thembauk.bsky.social Please share!

This is a significant step forward—I'm looking forward to seeing what this can do with our inshore UK fleet.

NEW in @science.org Global tracking #MarineMegafauna shows <8% of areas used overlap w/ existing MPAs, while >75% of important areas overlapped by threats like #fishing #shipping & ocean warming - 30x30 goal will be insufficient for their conservation www.megamove.org @thembauk.bsky.social

New thoughtful paper on UK sustainable fisheries from @thembauk.bsky.social and others onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Oceans are on the frontline of an array of risky initiatives that are poorly understood and under-regulated. Development of these interventions is outpacing governance readiness. Read our recommendations here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New study highlights the lack of appropriate governance for emerging (and potentially dangerous) interventions in the ocean. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

Whenever & wherever small state zealots get into power, environmental & humanitarian functions are usually first in line to be axed. Trump is running this playbook which—in the long view—will be a disaster for human wellbeing and flourishing www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

If you're voting against a UN resolution, along with the very fine leaders of Belarus, Russia, and North Korea it's time to consider the deep wisdom of this meme. Yeah, you are the baddies.

I increasingly believe that widespread use and misuse of social media led us down a dark path, all the way to our current moment with Ukraine, Russia, Trump, and the rise of authoritarian extremism. This is the nettle that needs to be grasped by liberal democracies worldwide.

Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend. This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.

Thames Water is a mess. But I don't believe nationalisation per se is the answer to our water infrastructure and sewage problems. Some parts of the UK already have nationalised water (Northern Ireland) and the pollution is just as bad, if not worse.

If ever there was an event to fill you with much-needed #oceanoptimism it would be the brilliant Your Shore conference! Hearing the stories of some of the most dedicated, passionate, and knowledgeable volunteers anywhere can't help but inspire 💙

In dramatically short order, Bluesky has become the place to be for science online. Excellent news. The less X the better. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How courageous. If she ends up getting deported, there's a certain church over in England that would benefit from leadership with even 1% of the spine that's on display here.

Tracking biodiversity progress is key to holding nations accountable for their 30x30 commitments. This article highlights tools aligned with the mission of the #OurOceanConference. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/platfor...

There's quite a few Wildlife Trusts and staff on Bluesky now, so I made a list! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Elon Musk is starting to risk getting Jess Phillips killed. She's been safeguarding minister for six months. She oversaw nothing relating to the rape gangs. As an opposition MP she was one of the most prominent campaigners for the victims. What he's doing is a travesty.

Our recent work to uncover the former extent of Europe's forgotten oyster reefs is covered in @uk.theconversation.com today! theconversation.com/oysters-once... Gathering historical evidence is key to raising ambitions to restore our seas and recover vital habitats @exetermarine.bsky.social

A truly grim read. New #openaccess paper by KaitlinEFraser of @scrippsocean.bsky.social and team on what seems like impact of Deepwater Horizon. 🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🌊 Link below! #cetacean #marinemammal #oilpollution #whale #dolphin www.nature.com/articles/s43...

How to translate the most common 30 words used in scientific names for fish (expanded, corrected) (Data: rfishbase)

What could go wrong? This can be added to the list of reasons I'm using social media less and less these days. WhatsApp and related messaging platforms are where I get my human connections.

A starter pack to introduce the research at the CEC 🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 #ecology #conservation #evolution #animalbehaviour #microbes go.bsky.app/Kt1hTqg

This. Having been through this with a conservation assessment for dingoes in Victoria, this year—which I found highly unsatisfying—this rings absolutely true for me. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great to see the Journal of the Marine Biological Association here on #Bluesky! Please check them out www.cambridge.org/core/journal... follow them here for their latest highlights & consider publishing your new #marinebiology research with them #marinejournals🪸

New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20

20 years ago these people would say things like "renewables will never be a significant part of our energy mix". Now the issue is that we've got too much energy at times. Clearly the grid has a lot of catching up to do, but this is not the great point GB News seems to think it is.

📢 Exciting #PhD alert! Study Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA while working with #anglers🐟 www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear... Supervised by @lilianlieber.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social & me!

Today is #GivingTuesday, a chance to support the causes that matter the most to you! We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism? www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...

Are you interested in the #restoration of marine ecosystems? I'm co-chairing a @icesmarine.bsky.social Workshop on Nature Restoration (WKREST) in March, join if you're interested! www.ices.dk/community/gr...

A productive few days at the Wildlife Trusts' Living Seas Conference. Collectively, we have more marine conservation employees than any other eNGO in the UK, and we are doing a *lot* of work across the 4 nations. Great lecture from Steve Simpson on marine soundscapes too.

New pre-print on heterogeneity- stability relationship led by @jsola.bsky.social: Using a long-term #RockyShore experiment we show substrate heterogeneity promotes stability via biodiversity and asynchrony, but simultaneously inhibits stabilising dominants. www.authorea.com/users/795647...

Are you interested in #SeaweedFarming or #RegenerativeOceanFarming? We have a short term (5 month) postdoctoral research position available at Trinity College Dublin supporting the award winning C-FAARER project. Please get in touch for details.

We are looking forward to sharing seabird conservation news here and at www.seabirdtracking.org Welcome!

Migratory fish species are in drastic decline, a UN report details. 🧪🌎🐟🌿🦑 www.sciencenews.org/article/migr...

Making starter packs seems to be the hot thing and I noticed that we don't have one for conservation scientists (🧪), so here we go go.bsky.app/3CZDnb2 So if you are an active researcher and would like to be added, reply here. Please no journalists or NGOs, there are other starting lists for that ;)

Ian Hislop for PM.....

Filed under "Is not a sitting MP". Wes Streeting's interventions, on the other hand, have been fairly terrible.

Is the price of runaway climate change too high? (Solar and agriculture are not mutually exclusive BTW.)

All I've done on here so far is set up a politics list. Instantly better than Threads. I think I'll stay, and wallow in beautiful obscurity while I build some conservation and ecology lists.

I left the hellsite that is X in the wake of this summer's UK riots, and started a Threads account. Here I am again! I am interested in, and will follow or post about: Ecology Conservation Marine Biology Social Psychology Politics Science in general Would be great to connect 🙏💚