NEW RESEARCH 🎣🐟🦑🧪🌍🌐🌊 In a study lead by researchers from @exeter.ac.uk and Fishtek Marine, research shows that fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish. 💡 👉 Press release - news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... 👉 Full paper - doi.org/10.1016/j.oc... #AcademicSky

New research from ENSURE – a research partnership between the University of Exeter and The Chinese University of Hong Kong offers practical guidance for achieving balance between economic growth and long-term protection of marine biodiversity. Links to full paper in original post ⬇️ 🦑🌍🧪🌐🌊

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New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20

Covering the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives, the report offers country-specific solutions to conversation action. We're proud that Exeter Marine researchers are contributors, including @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and @phildoherty.bsky.social for the Congo chapter. 🦤🧪🌍🦑

BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives. portals.iucn.org/library/node...

Our #BRUVS study in #SãoTomé and #Príncipe has just been published! This study is the first #BRUVS survey in this data-poor archipelago, with 400+ deployments in two years! Led by @gporrinos.bsky.social: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @exetercec.bsky.social @blueactionfund.org

Nice article in @mongabay.bsky.social covering our research on sharks and rays in the Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬 🌎 🦈🦑 @exetermarine.bsky.social @phildoherty.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2023/11/cong...

✨ New Article!✨ in Mongabay covering @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social @phildoherty.bsky.social @exetercec.bsky.social work with WCS Congo and fisheries department on #sharks and rays in the Republic of the Congo 🌎 🦈 news.mongabay.com/2023/11/cong... #ExeterMarine #ExeterCEC 🧪 🦑

1. Long-term landing site surveys in the Republic of the Congo partnering with artisanal fishers and fisheries department reveals waters host important populations of #sharks and #rays. 📰 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @phildoherty.bsky.social @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social

This #WorldFisheriesDay we are celebrating recent research from our network which has focused on fisheries around the world. Much of our research depends upon the highly valuable relationships and collaborations with #fishers 🧵 ⬇️ #ExeterMarine #ExeterCEC 🌏 🧪 🦑