Without fuel subsidies UK fishing fleet is basically unprofitable?!? "The UK fleet generated approximately £1020 million in income in 2022, therefore without [Fuel Tax Concessions],the fleets’ collective profits would have been around £ 1 million, effectively breaking even,all else remaining equal."

What a great job title. Does anyone on Bluesky know of another Lecturer/Professor/etc of Scientific Diving position anywhere? A quick search isn't showing any for me.

When you are able to publish bullshit in a #predatory journal: look at the title, author and affiliation, which the editor was unable (?) to identify.... The test was done by Thomas Schlacher #Research #Integrity

A little bit of coverage of our paper in @nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really interesting piece on a water sharing dispute in Goa, and the ethics of who bears the burden when the ‘common good’ is invoked. A lovely excerpt below on how our approach to funding this research made a critical approach possible theprint.in/opinion/shou...

What's going on with the high seas treaty, you say? We've updated this explainer to answer all your questions (hopefully). dialogue.earth/en/ocean/wha...

"possible serious failures to comply with environmental law" 👀

Experimental climate interventions in the world’s oceans are moving ahead in a regulatory vacuum, raising concerns among scientists about potential risks, Mongabay staff writer Edward Carver reported.

More than 80% of people support the 30x30 target to protect 30% of sea & land by 2030, new research shows But progress has stalled. The UK Govt needs to ramp up its protection of our seas, starting with ensuring marine protected areas are TRULY safe from bottom trawling. https://bit.ly/4gkfydH

By 2050 human-induced pressures on 🌊 ecosystems are likely to more than double. I have feel we know what we need to do about it, but evidently easier said than done. Thanks @tomolamola.bsky.social for pointing to this study. #EndOverfishing #30by30 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New on @dialogueearth.bsky.social: “We must speak of the ocean, without forgetting the coasts, and the communities that live there.” dialogue.earth/en/ocean/com... Also in Spanish: “Debemos hablar del océano, sin olvidar las costas y las comunidades que viven allí”. dialogue.earth/es/oceanos/c...

Important step for the high seas treaty today. The UK government has introduced a bill to parliament that it hopes will be passed early next year. Lays the legal framework so the UK can ratify the treaty, which needs 60 countries to come into force. 56 have ratified so far.

This applies too often for editors in journalism and freelancer pitches in journalism too. [Not any of the freelancers I know on Bluesky of course. This is not a subtweet.]

"[I]f America’s response to Sputnik reflected a nation united in its commitment to science and determined to invest in the country’s intellectual potential, we see in our response to China today a bitterly divided, disoriented America." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Well that's not great. "Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DYK? Ship passages through shallow coastal waters can trigger methane emissions from the seabed, adding significantly to greenhouse gas #GHG output? These overlooked emissions could rival fuel combustion impacts. Hence, they need to be included in climate and pollution assessments.

The U.K.'s trade deal with Donald Trump was touted as a post-Brexit win. The reality is the U.K. is facing higher tariffs than the EU on a number of products, including cheese. I spoke to cheddar and stilton makers about the challenges they're facing. www.politico.eu/article/what...

Always nice to learn a new ocean word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...

Crazy statistics about Ireland's ability to enforce law in its waters in this BBC drug trafficking story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*NEW* Revolution Wind is taking Trump to court over the controversial stop-work order. Watch this space for more.

This research needs to be combined with the recent 'avian vomitomics' paper for a holistic, nose to tail, overview of seabird-to-ocean inputs

Only 28% of UK households have access to a "substantial" area of water. ("Substantial blue space" that "can be accessed on foot which are at least 0.5 ha in area and for which the length of walkable route alongside the waterbody is 250 m or longer".) www.gov.uk/government/s...

If you weren't outraged by attempts to rip up the sea floor in America Samoa yet -- you should be after reading the disdain Impossible Metals holds towards the local people. This is pretty shocking and explains why the oppositionis growing -- total lack of respect. grist.org/indigenous/a...

Great story. For all the talk of benefits to non-US institutions from the current US situation ("we can poach their top researchers!") the damage to research as a whole is surely greater.

Looking forward to this @cghe.bsky.social‬ webinar in an hour, but the way the email reminder appears in my inbox makes it sound rather ominous...

Important new analysis of bycatch patterns in UK fisheries by @fayehelenmoyes.bsky.social continuing the legacy of the late Professor Simon Northridge. An unexpected result: 'pinger' use, although decreasing cetacean bycatch, may actually increase seal bycatch academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Brazil and Argentina very positive about 30x30. US and Sweden less so (but still positive). "[A]s judged by the general public shortly before the final stretch to 2030, this would suggest that promotion of protected area expansion is a politically feasible pursuit". www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

This sea anemone rolling across the sea floor has the pace of life I aspire to right now. Video: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Paper: Rolling in the deep: peculiar rolling behaviour observed in deep-sea anemones link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The best new 'omics' of 2025 (so far) Avian vomitomics: "the systematic analysis of seabird regurgitations". From ‪@icesmarine.bsky.social‬ academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Shrinking of REF research culture metric ‘reflects political climate’. Reported moves to change Research Excellence Framework measures prompt warnings about impact on academics’ careers. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

4-star plus rating for future REFs? Has there been REF grade inflation?

Thailand’s pursuit of liquefied natural gas has come at big environmental costs for coastal communities: oil spills, air and water pollution, and waste. Rather than investing further in fossil fuels, campaigners are calling for the government to focus on renewables. 🔗: https://loom.ly/dy_oUE4

"More than half of the papers they accepted were later retracted". Genuinely appalling statistic.

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175 📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

Congratulations to Luxembourg🇱🇺 for officially ratifying the #BBNJ Treaty, taking us closer to the goal of 60 ratifications needed for the Treaty to enter into force. Follow progress and urge more nations to join the #RaceForRatification. highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

Important story from Matt Sandy and Juliana Horta for @dialogueearth.bsky.social on the impact of a huge dam on local people in Brazil, and how involving those same people in monitoring can produce better science. dialogue.earth/en/energy/th...

My favourite research paper of the year so far. "we subjected the plain-body octopus Callistoctopus aspilosomatis to a version of the rubber hand illusion" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sobering reading in latest annual report from UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Deaths on fishing vessels a real reminder of how dangerous it can be to work supplying the world with food. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687903...

👀 Navigator - a global database of verified marine protected and managed area regulations and boundaries www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“My children haven’t been to school for a month and we live on loans now.” How the Israel-Iran conflict devastated fishers in Balochistan. By Shabina Faraz and Abdul Rahim for @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/pak...

Worldwide consumption of plastics is ballooning go.nature.com/4lmr2iJ

Today's depressing read: Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Scuba divers who struggle with buoyancy control take heart - lots of fish don't find hovering easy either.

Significant increase in MPA coverage from 8.36 to 9.61%. In particular thanks to massive new MPA in 🇵🇫 🎉 #OceanOptimism @protectedplanet.bsky.social

Stark stats from survey of UK research institutions: - 48% choosing not to bid for some funding/join collaborations - 44% reducing internal funding schemes - 41% restricting applications for certain funders/grants And these numbers have gone up quickly 1/4

‘Shocking’ Turing directive creates ‘new world’ in research policy. Experts raise alarm after science secretary instructs Alan Turing Institute to focus on defence. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Things I didn't know existed this morning that I now want: "Gigantic Macroraptorial Sperm Whale Tooth" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....