Very exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social

It's nearly time for our Plast-Off! beach clean. Are you joining us this Saturday? Free refreshments will be available for beach cleaners - remember your reusable cup!💚 Find us at Porth Tyn Tywyn on Anglesey near Rhosneigr. Find out more ➡️ northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2026-01-10-plast-2026

It's telling, isn't it, that Protection Officers are still required for Hen Harriers in northern England. Good opportunity here for some important raptor conservation fieldwork. Closing date for applications: 30 Jan 2026. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/07/j...

New Paper 🚨 - Status Assessments for Two Endangered Populations of Vendace (Coregonus albula) and Evidence That Their Abundance Is Modulated by Percid Fishes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 36, no. 1: e70285. doi.org/10.1002/aqc.....

🌊 New research out now in ICES Journal of Marine Science! Using #OneBenthic, we reveal large-scale spatial patterns in marine epifaunal communities. One of four #Cefas papers under OWEC POSEIDON. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ices... 🔎 rconnect.cefas.co.uk/POSEIDON/ #BenthicEcology #POSEIDON #OWEC #ICESJMS

New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...

Alarming biological indicators and management implications for the Critically Endangered Taiwanese wedgefish (Rhynchobatus immaculatus) in the Taiwan Strait www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A line with no hook: longline-associated passive eDNA samplers for deep-sea fish monitoring www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Apply now for the Molly Spooner Studentship – a paid summer research opportunity for undergraduate students passionate about hands-on marine biology. Deadline to apply: Thursday 15 January 2026 👉 mymba.mba.ac.uk/member-homepage/discounts-and-bursaries/molly-spooner-studentship.html

NEW RESEARCH 🚨 Shore-based surveys reveal site in Goa, India as a potential nursery ground for widenose guitarfish, and provided the first population assessment of the species in the region. Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🦈🐟🦑🧪🌐🌏

We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...

A new year is here and there’s just 10 days to apply for the new #SEA4FUTURE #S4F #postdoc position to work with us on #eDNA and #Sustainability of #Mediterranean #Fisheries (link below!) 🐟 🧬 🦐 Don’t miss out on the opportunity! @thefsbi.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social

Some of the interesting array of species selected by Marine Top Predator students @sosbangor.bsky.social today for their mock research proposals on diet metrics 🦈🐬🦭🐳 Pic credit: fabio_olmos, SunnyMart, Kukil Gogoi

Critically endangered angel sharks have been waiting for 40 years for meaningful protection despite community and scientific efforts to prevent their extinction www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

⚠️ Just over two months before our Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowship #PITF deadline! 26/2/26. Details: -within 5 years of PhD completion -want to work with an oversea collaborator or -based overseas & want to work in the UK -up to £20K for travel/consumables fsbi.org.uk/pitf/

🚨New 🦈 paper🚨 Who would have thought that only 80 km of separation across the Straits of Florida would be enough to create significant differences in age and growth of Atlantic nurse sharks? Well… now us! Curious? Open access article linked below link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Great talk by @izzylangley.bsky.social of @seamammalresearch.bsky.social at #BES2025 on intraguild predation and UK seal population trends. Check the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Detecting whales from space: new results www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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!

New @jappliedecology.bsky.social paper: SMRU researchers @mattidcarter.bsky.social & @djfrussell.bsky.social led a large collaborative team to map the distribution of grey and harbour seals at sea across the Northwest European Shelf 🦭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

and a few more...   find out more and apply on our website 👉 www.mba.ac.uk/phd-opportunities/

PhDs You Should Definitely Apply for This Winter ❄️...

We are hiring! If you like the #sea and its #fish and are motivated to apply #eDNA methods to make #fisheries more sustainable, then this #postdoc position might be perfect for you: jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/post... @thefsbi.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

Does your town (or any you know of) have HERRING🐟 in their coat of arms/flag? Please reply tagging in @projectfishistory.bsky.social if so! @thefsbi.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social Ceredigion County (Wales) Great Yarmouth (England) Nefyn (Wales) Scheveningen (NL)

Our internship exploring maritime and coastal communities is live on Handshake now! If you're a Falmouth student interested in using archives in your creative practice, we'd love you to apply! Read the full brief and submit your application on Handshake - deadline is 5 January 2026.

Huge thanks to @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social and the team at @cefasgovuk.bsky.social for helping @projectfishistory.bsky.social dig into archive data last week📜🐟

Fantastic visit to Cefas this week, chatting with herring experts and channeling our inner ‘Raiders of the Lost Archives’ 📖🐟 @cefasgovuk.bsky.social @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social

🐬 Wow! Scientists have captured rare footage of killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins hunting together near the coast of British Columbia, Canada. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

We're hiring! We are seeking two Postdoctoral Research Assistants/Scientists to join our new Microplastics and Marine Pollution Group. These roles are part of the UKRI-funded MICROMIX project, led by Dr Alice Horton, investigating how microplastics and other stressors impact marine ecosystems.

EcoMorphLab publications! A pair of dugong papers out of Qatar highlights the discovery of a new 21 million old sea cow and new data on large aggregations of modern dugongs in the area. Check out the Texas A&M Press release summarizing both!. stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/12...

See our latest @newcastleuni.bsky.social and Cefas paper by @georginahunt.bsky.social investigating long-term changes in the feeding of fish species in the North Sea. Plaice, dab and haddock exhibited marked dietary shifts throughout the early 20th century onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢New paper! 🐟📚Using fish stomach contents spanning over a century, we reveal long-term diet shifts (from larger bivalves to smaller opportunistic prey) in demersal fish species in the western North Sea. 🔗 Open access in Fish & Fisheries: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Seasonal field staff needed for @rspbscience.bsky.social projects in 2026 - advert live, closing date 11 Jan. Lots of #seabird (& non-seabird) opportunities! Get in touch if you’d like to know more about any of the #seabird roles 🌊🐦 app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #seabirds #ornithology

What do stingrays actually eat? New study reveals some only prefer a single type of prawn

Our final UK marine jobs round up of the year has arrived! 🎄🌟 Find the roles and links all here on our LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 🦑🐟🧪🌊🌐

In an era marked by rapid climate change and biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we continue to invest in the unique value of natural history collections data "Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections" 🧪

The family unit supported the #Newfoundland fishery with men at sea and women forming the critical shore crew responsible for curing fish and a multitude of other tasks - meal prep, bread making, gardening, livestock, knitting... - look at this rich social history @projectfishistory.bsky.social

Great guest lectures to @sosbangor.bsky.social Marine Top Predator MSc students today 🦈 BU alumnus @jdscuba.bsky.social on citizen science & local knowledge, inc. Project SIARC 🐬🐳🦭🐢 🦈 Dr Ewa Krzyszczyk on Photo-ID

Wobbegongs are sharks (=cartilaginous fish), but the photo is of an angler fish (bony fish). Drawing of wobbegong:

Endangered whale's 3,000-mile journey from Ireland to Boston shocks scientists - CBS Boston 🧪🌎🦑

Chaucer and Shakespeare lived through periods of weird weather not unlike what we are seeing today. So what can we learn from their writing?

New #OpenAccess in #BirdStudy When and how to automate image analysis for wildlife monitoring? Guidelines and lessons from a worked example of seabirds in a dynamic coastal environment (Carrington et al.): doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology

Enjoyed lecture to @sosbangor.bsky.social Marine Mammal Science students this morning on historical exploitation of MMs - & why this is relevant to today (perception of 'normal distribution & abundance) & the future (implications of recovery from past depletions, e.g. on food webs & biogeochemistry)

🚨Advice release - bycatch ICES advice to the European Commission on bycatch of endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) species of marine mammals, seabirds, marine turtles, and selected fish species of bycatch relevance is out doi.org/10.17895/ice... 📷Elliott Norse Marine Conservation Institute

PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...