Introducing a podcast series on gender and social inclusion in fisheries featuring Pacific voices! www.spc.int/digitallibra...

Turning classroom knowledge into action: A reflection on conducting community and ecological surveys of mangrove habitat, a way forward to blue carbon. www.spc.int/digitallibra...

Be inspired by Melody Vanukon from Vanuatu. "With a deep connection to the ocean shaped by island life, Melody brings both scientific expertise and practical experience to her work." www.spc.int/digitallibra...

Gender-based violence in fisheries in the Pacific Islands region: Priority areas for research. www.spc.int/digitallibra...

Call to action for policymakers and practitioners: Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries. www.spc.int/digitallibra...

Happy belated International Women's Day. Celebrate by diving into some stories from the Pacific on how researchers and practitioners are working towards gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture. Free to download. Free to find inspiration. fame.spc.int/publications...

Happy belated International Women's Day. Celebrate by diving into some stories from the Pacific on how researchers and practitioners are working towards gender equality in fisheries and aquaculture. Free to download. Free to find inspiration. fame.spc.int/publications...

Our perspective piece on "Rethinking the 30 by 30 target to ensure the well-being of small-scale fishing communities" We we argue that communities should not shoulder the burden of meeting global conservation commitments. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Important paper. Deep takeaway: SSF resilience isn’t “bounce back,” it’s redundancy—local buyers + cold storage/processing + digital access + social protection. W/out those buffers, shocks force harmful coping (debt, risky trade, overfishing) & widen inequity—especially for women & informal fishers.

Been contemplating our ability to learn vs. sweeping things under the carpet. Been a struggle to get people to reflect on the pandemic and learn. "COVID-19 highlights the need to improve resilience and equity in managing small-scale fisheries." www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New SPC publication on "Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific Islands region". A wonderful resource for the Pacific, and highlighting the importance of integrating climate change into the fisheries and aquaculture sector. www.spc.int/digitallibra...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving toward leasing 45.7 million hectares off Alaska for seabed mining. The plan has sparked cultural and environmental concerns, as deep-sea mining faces global scrutiny over weak regulations and ecological risks.

Near Mombasa, women in Jomvu Creek are transforming livelihoods through mud crab farming. A blue economy grant supports crab fattening, ecotourism and mangrove restoration — with nearly 1 million seedlings planted to protect the shoreline and sustain fish nurseries.

Our paper on Impacts of Diverse Stakeholder Participation on Fisheries Management highlight how elements of diversity (e.g. gender, Indigeneity) are being incorporated into fisheries management and are perceived to be leading to improved decision-making processes and management outcomes.

Axolotls are the new animal of fashion, up there in the pantheon with the unicorn, the llama, the narwhal and the capybara. But even as the Mexican salamander’s popularity means they are everywhere, the species is under increasing threat in its native habitat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Vote for the 2025 #Wildlife #Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award (last day to vote: March 18) Link for voting, more information and more #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/peop...

Congratulations to you and your authors Sangeeta. A thought provoking piece of work for the entire industry.

🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠 📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🥺As proud as we should be on sustainability and fisheries compliance efforts, improving the human and labour rights is long overdue. While we cannot force DWFN to change, we need to lead by example and create the standards for PICs fleets. Vanuatu is the pacific biggest fleet yet the less regulated.

✨ The SNAPP Advancing Ocean Equity Project is hiring! 🦈 Join David Gill & @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social to co-produce guidance for equitable ocean governance. 🔹 Deadline: 28 February 2026 🔹 Job link: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31550 🌊 Please apply or share widely!

More stories from the Pacific on violence towards Islanders working on vessels. @franciscoblaha.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2pb...

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

For all those that knew her, for all those that missed the chance to get to know this inspiring woman, we honour and farewell Elizabeth Erasito. Thank you @mongabay.com for sharing the legacy and inspiration Elizabeth leaves. www.butlernature.com/2025/12/27/e...

Scientists retrieved 13 ARMS units from deep reefs off Guam, collecting 2,000 specimens, including 100 species new to the region and 20+ new to science. Sensors show warming even in the twilight zone. It’s the start of a 76-ARMS effort to protect deep Pacific reefs.

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Our perspective piece in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social provides 8 strategies for "Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature". @romiteshkant.bsky.social @mereoni.bsky.social @rufinovarea.bsky.social Free to download: www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011

A new paper in Nature Communications describes #chemosynthetic ecosystem around #methane seep on the bottom of the #Arctic #Ocean Deep-sea gas hydrate mounds and chemosynthetic fauna discovered at 3640 m on the Molloy Ridge, Greenland Sea | Nature Communications share.google/5lEiX7XozSEC...

In this year’s #PlanetaryHealthCheck (www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...), the #OceanAcidification boundary has been assessed as breached for the first time. What does this mean? Nice explanatory piece in “Dialogue Earth”, with input from PIK researcher Levke Caesar. dialogue.earth/en/ocean/exp...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea creatures, new observations reveal

How did we get here? #Marine#Pollution #ForeverChemicals #MarineEcology #MarineMammals phys.org/news/2025-11...

Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed." via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

For all those that knew her, for all those that missed the chance to get to know this inspiring woman, we honour and farewell Elizabeth Erasito. Thank you @mongabay.com for sharing the legacy and inspiration Elizabeth leaves. www.butlernature.com/2025/12/27/e...

Loss of the Christmas Island shrew. The forest is quieter with its extinction. Always filled with immense sadness when another species slips away as a result of the way we treat nature and the wildlife we share this planet. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...

The Fight Against #Femicide: Victories and Setbacks in 2025

A killing with precedent. www.butlernature.com/2025/11/22/a...

Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees. www.butlernature.com/2025/11/15/s...

Sad loss for Indonesia and the world. She will be missed. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Loss of an ocean defender. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/kris...

Acidification occurring faster than expected ... news.mongabay.com/2025/12/cent...

70 environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025 Environmental progress often depends on endurance, sustained over years, by people whose work mattered long before their names did. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/envi...

The Global Cooling Watch 2025 shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat. More info: www.unep.org/news-and-sto... #YearInReview

Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions" authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX89C%7E...

Proud of my country and so grateful for my amazing colleagues for their work and perseverance to make this happen. Now time to roll up the sleaves and do some hard work. www.sprep.org/news/fiji-se...

A great collaboration with @emilysdarling.bsky.social, @stacyjupiter.bsky.social, @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social, Amelia Wenger, Marie-Josée Fortin, Martin Krkosek, Yashika Nand and Marco Andrello.

So excited that this work is finally out in the world! An example of working with practitioners to develop a mathematical model that can provide insight into the usefulness of management methods for coral reef health in the region.

Researchers map path forward for gender-inclusive fisheries data. Proud to be part of this work! jmc.msu.edu/news/2025/12...

How religious, cultural, and traditional practices influence access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Fiji eseaor.ippf.org/resource/res...

Researchers map path forward for gender-inclusive fisheries data. Proud to be part of this work! jmc.msu.edu/news/2025/12...

A new analysis finds that tropical forests in 68 countries sit atop fossil fuel deposits that, if extracted, would emit 317 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases — more than the remaining 1.5°C (2.7°F) carbon budget — revealing a major blind spot in global climate policy.