"Overfishing the largest species in nearshore and pelagic habitats risks loss of ecomorphotypes and a 5 to 22% erosion of functional diversity." Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social et al 2024

New paper led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social in @currentbiology.bsky.social looking at the threats deep sea mining poses for sharks, rays, and chimaeras. We found 30 species are threatened via various pathways including collector impact and plumes at depth and pelagic discharge plumes.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 Today in @currentbiology.bsky.social, we found that 30 species of #sharks, #rays, and #chimaeras overlap with proposed #deepseamining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction #ABNJ - over 60% are already #threatened with #extinction 🦈 📸 Blue Planet Archive / Masa Ushioda

🧪🌏🦑🌊🦈 New paper alert #deepseamining #sharks

And for more on #shark #conservation, check out this well-aged review from @sharkcolin.bsky.social and colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

New #sharkscience out in @currentbiology.bsky.social by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social and colleagues. Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras. A must read for this looming threat to many already threatened species. www.cell.com/current-biol... @iucnshark.bsky.social

Fantastic biography from Dr. Bruce Robison, a midwater researcher and one of the founding scientists of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Today is “drag and tag,” tagging sharks with drag queens while raising money for LGBQT+ youth organizations in Florida! www.scientificamerican.com/article/drag...

First first-author paper just got accepted!!!! New deep-sea shark, ray, and chimaera science inbound 👻🦈

Outlasting the Heat: Collapse of Herbivorous Fish Control of Invasive Algae During Marine Heatwaves 🔗 buff.ly/YrXrJfn @jeroenbrijs.bsky.social

🚨New PhD paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com with @renatoamorais.bsky.social and Dave Bellwood! 🚨 Marine fishes exhibit extraordinary patterns of diversity, but how does this diversity relate to their productivity? 🐟🐠🐡 🌐 🦑🧪 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41...

The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social

🌊 This week, DOSI is in Kingston, Jamaica for Part II of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) #ISA30 The focus? Continuing negotiations on #DeepSeaMining regulations—a pivotal moment for the future of the #DeepOcean.

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈

Evolution of endothermy in marine fishes is related to competition with cetaceans. This incredible paper is a masterpiece of phylogenetic comparative methods and a future classic for marine biologists www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

First revisions submitted back to the journal for my first first-author paper. Relief. Coffee.

Because every #bluesky timeline needs a yawning otter... 😅 Sound on... 😊

Counting fish isn't hard in temperate ecosystems...right?

TT Assistant prof in biological sciences -- elasmobranch biology 🦈 🧪 @calstate.bsky.social #academicjobs csucareers.calstate.edu/en-us/job/54...

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗 fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...

HEY! My name is Aaron and I’m a PhD student at UH Mānoa studying #deepseafish #functionalecology, #biodiversity, and #ecosystemprovisions in the #Pacific. From scavengers to mesopelagics🐟 - and dabbling in reef fishes🐠. Interested in #oceanexploration #conservation #inclusiveoutreach #bluejustice

Tropical eulimid snail/brittle star association! these are parasitic snails that attach themselves to the host and suck out the juices! This one on a tropical Pacific Macrophiothrix brittle star #echinoday

@fao.org released their 2025 report on the status of marine fisheries resources (openknowledge.fao.org/items/ac6d51...). In talking to the media about the report at #UNOC FAO stated that ~57% of sharks stocks are sustainably fished (t.co/fVFnZkY4vQ). This fact is WRONG 1/

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

🚨NEW IN @pnas.org🚨 We evaluated the distribution and drivers of aesthetic value in reef fish assemblages worldwide! MPAs enhance aesthetic value and tropical developing countries have the greatest potential conservation benefits! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @reeflifesurvey.bsky.social

🐠NEW PUBLICATION🐠 EXCITED to share our new paper in @pnas.org, led by a team of scientists around the world! 🌈Aesthetic value is driven by temperature, productivity, human impacts, and boosted in MPAs 🏝️Tropical countries have the greatest potential benefits See below for link + information💙