Congratulations to Norie España, PhD Candidate, on a wonderful poster presented today at @brocku.ca' Faculty of Social Sciences research colloquium! If you are interested in #equity, #MPAs & #LMMAs watch this space for Norie's work...coming soon!

🐟 My read for the day! 🦀 "Ensuring equitable access in the blue economy" by Laura Novienyo Abla Amoah & Felix Kwabena Donkor #BlueEconomy #Equity journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.3...

💡 Looking for a great paper to read today? This one finds that organisations working on #conservation projects have sometimes DAMAGED community #wellbeing! It concludes with ideas for more equitable relations. www.jstor.org/stable/27324... Thanks for recommending it @noellagray.bsky.social!

Women are often disproportionately impacted by biodiversity loss, but simultaneously sidelined when it comes to decision-making at various levels. 🌱 In episode 3 of the IPBES podcast, Brit Garner discusses this in more depth with Nadia Sitas and Nita Shashidharan. 🎧 natureinsight.podbean.com

PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

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...

“Facilitating a space wherein communities can shape policies & decisions about their land, ocean, values, practices, & livelihood should be the norm.” – Josheena Naggea Learn how a Stanford working group is centering cultural heritage in ocean governance ➡️ woods.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

Wonderful new paper for my morning read! To co-produce ocean plans, start by recognizing the distinct rights and knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities. doi.org/10.1038/s441...

New study in Coral Reefs by @wcs.org's Tim McClanahan and Jesse Kosgei explains how fishers in Kenya are staying in the fishery even though stocks are declining and they are not earning a living wage. newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Coral reefs are largely missing from country reporting to international biodiversity and climate agreements—a lost chance for targeted action to promote resilience. @wcs.org / @worldwildlife.org op-ed on why it matters and how collective action can protect them: for-the-ocean.org/now-or-never... 🌏

The 2023 marine heatwave was devastating for Caribbean reefs; in this study, we report full mortality of over 5,000 Acropora palmata colonies across a reef scale. What is worrisome is that nearly 70% of reef crests across the Caribbean faced equal or higher levels of stress doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

Less than 1% of global climate funding reaches Indigenous peoples and traditional groups, despite their leading roles in environmental conservation, particularly in the Amazon. Across Brazil, organizations are working to align financial procedures with the reality of local communities.

When do you give up on a paper? Never? After x years? If it's not a priority? I just seem to accumulate an ever growing list of papers that I feel guilty about...

Thanks @ymalhi.bsky.social for this reflection on hope! It's the read I needed today #OceanOptimism

DYK the Ocean Image Bank has thousands of free, gorgeous ocean photos? 🌊📸 www.theoceanagency.org/ocean-image-... Photo: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank

We’ve made fisheries research approachable, visual, and FREE. Get started today: bit.ly/catchrecon

🚨Paper Alert!🚨 🐟🫂🎣 Accounting for #human–nature linkages in area-based #conservation #monitoring through #social–ecological #indicator bundles. #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... @cnrs.fr @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social @ipbes.net

🚨 Paper Alert!🚨 From ocean 🌊 to markets 💰 : fish exports ✈️ threaten nutrition security 🥡 in coastal communities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 📰 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Ghana's new Marine Protected Area is an area that will protect habitats where depleted fish stocks can recover, support biodiversity, and create a “spillover effect” that benefits fisheries outside the MPA boundaries. citinewsroom.com/2025/10/esta...

A safe climate is a human right, and states have a legal obligation to respond through addressing climate change. This is a key message for #COP30. Read more in our new commentary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas. One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome. Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social

Ocean-based action is an essential part of the climate solution — but it's often overlooked. As #COP30 begins this week, leaders have a historic opportunity to include ocean-based solutions in global climate strategies. Will they? https://oceana.ly/4nCvzOc

Sharing our paper on Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries. Gaps are structural & sexist, hiding women’s contributions, impeding actions that would strengthen livelihoods, development, food security & environmental sustainability. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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 newly released Global Tipping Points report suggested that coral reefs have passed thresholds beyond which they can't bounce back. Our new study from Fiji shows just the opposite - astonishing, rapid recovery within 4 years of reefs pummeled by a category 5 cyclone. #ForCoral

With our partners, we are working around the clock to find and map all of these special reefs—what we’re calling high integrity climate-resilient coral reefs (HICOR). The science is clear: Climate resilience is measurable. Hope is actionable, says @stacyjupiter.bsky.social. #HopeForCoral

New Perspective paper in #npjOceanSustainability highlights that marine spatial planning (#MSP) and marine protected area (#MPA) planning are not the same, but both are key for ocean sustainability in a changing ocean!🌊 doi.org/10.1038/s441... @erc.europa.eu @plantprojecterc.bsky.social

I miss the community we built on #AcademicTwitter! After cancelling my account post-Musk, I rejoined Twitter today… and the first person they suggested I follow was Andrew Tate 😬. Has our community found a new home? BlueSky feels very formal. Maybe we can rebuild some of that here?

The IUCN Guidebook for Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation launched this week. Available to download now: portals.iucn.org/library/node... You can also join us for a webinar on October 28th to learn more! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #consocsci #marsocsci #marineequity

Please join us October 16 at 3pm Paris time for a webinar on some of the Blue Justice working group's research on ocean equity!

BREAKING: The @wto.org's Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force today—a long-awaited step towards curbing the billions in public funds that fuel overfishing. This marks a milestone, but more action is needed to safeguard fish & communities that depend on them. https://oceana.ly/46qQ0qZ

We are proud to announce the launching of our new free Just Restoration online course. To register visit: bit.ly/4fHIXy1

💡 DYK that in Kalimantan’s tropical peatlands, fish often hold more value to Indigenous and local communities than timber or other forest resources? 🌿🐟 Our new #OpenAccess review explores the rich, underrepresented world of peatland fisheries. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2025.2543806

Interesting stuff from @nathanjbennett.bsky.social on monitoring approaches to measure progress towards "ocean equity" 👇. @oceanpia.bsky.social www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

⚠️Attention all ocean scientists! 🌊 A group of us just wrote a piece in Nature explaining why the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference declaration (#UNOC3) needs a “Supporting thriving ocean societies” section: rdcu.be/eakuB

⚠️🌊 💡 📢 Opportunity to make #wave in the #UN #Ocean Conference process! #UNOC 📢 💬 Please, add your voice here: 👉 📑 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @cnrs.fr @ocean-climate.bsky.social

🌊📃 Don't miss the opportunity to add your voice to support the suggestion of adding a "Supporting thriving ocean societies" section to #UNOC3 Declaration! 🐟 The questionnaire will close on January 30 🚨 👉 Add your voice here: tinyurl.com/3wtkvfr3

The responses of freshwater fish to global warming. Our analyses in @pnas.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Made possible by #RivFishTIME

New Year - new job? We’re looking for a Science Professional Officer📢 🌍Are you passionate about advancing science, driving innovation, and making an impact? Advance the scope and impact of ICES science & advice - Join our team in Copenhagen 📅Deadline to apply 12 January ℹ🔗https://shorturl.at/iaXKZ

Advance your career in environmental sustainability & join a global network of sustainability professionals @brocku.ca 🎓🍃 Apply today brocku.ca/esrc/graduat... #career #gradschool #PhD #masters #climatechange #biodiversity

Hey academic BlueSky! Can you recommend a book for a graduate class on sustainability? I use Andrea Nightingale’s Environment & Sustainability in a Globalizing World, but I’m sure there are other great ones! www.routledge.com/Environment-...

Calling all those working in #MarSocSci to this starter pack with some folks from the community. Great initaitive, thanks @asterinidae.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D

Please follow my list of Indigenous scientists! I accidentally deleted my first starter park -- but recreated it with even more names. Who else needs to be added? go.bsky.app/9LhnuCY

A thread of #ConservationJobs (and career resources) in conservation-related science, policy, practice, communication, etc. I'll add to it over time. Focus will be mostly in Canada, with occasional posts for other parts of the world. Share job ads with me and I'll link here. 🌎🧪

📣 Blue Food Futures Program is excited to announce its inaugural Research Grant Program! This 12 month research grant is designed for early career scholars dedicated to advancing the role of blue foods in food systems transformation. Learn more: bit.ly/BFFPFellow Read about BFFP: lnkd.in/ehD65iir

For new people, this is a great way to find environmental social scientists: go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo