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Prof Martin Attrill

@martinattrill.bsky.social

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Prof Marine Ecology Plymouth Uni; Chief Scientific Advisor Ocean Conservation Trust; Trustee Manta Trust; Loves Seagrass; Originator National Marine Park concept; Founder MSc Marine Conservation @PlymUni. Green-tinged humanist. .. more

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 12d

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth)

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l...

#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity

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Falmouth Marine Conservation @fmconservation.bsky.social · 15d

Right now, the MMO is consulting on banning bottom trawling in offshore Marine Protected Areas.

If adopted, protection here could rise from just 3% to over 20% – a huge win for marine life!

🗓️ Have your say before 29 Sept 2025:

Take action now! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...

Ban Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas

Ban bottom trawling by emailing Minister Hardy with your thoughts.

action.wildlifetrusts.org

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 17d

🪸 Our seas have been scraped & scarred by bottom trawlers for centuries, making it difficult to establish a baseline of ocean health 🌊

There are, however, clues...🦪

Professors Emma Sheehan & Martin Attrill delve into this in Oceanographic Magazine 🔽
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/beh...

Behind the headlines: Does the UK need protecting from trawling?

Following a rejection from the UK government to implement a blanket ban on bottom-trawling across its MPAs, Oceana poses the question

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Aug 23

These are just incredible

Mr PP @mrpiddles.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wow. That's amazing 🤩!

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Mr PP @mrpiddles.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wow. That's amazing 🤩!

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Climate Desk @climatedesk.org · Aug 22

There is enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste, for example, to power 10 million electric vehicles. For manganese, it’s enough for 99 million. Those figures far surpass both U.S. import levels of those elements and current demand for them.

US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals

The U.S. discards vast quantities of critical minerals in mine waste each year - including enough lithium to power 10 million EVs.

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Aug 16

Also Spain - Costa Verde choice of Spanish while Brits and Germans frazzle on beaches in the south

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Romaric Jac @romaricjac.bsky.social · Aug 14

Curious about how to study forage fishes (in Canada)? 🐟
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tracking the schools: a review of approaches to address knowledge gaps in the migratory ecology and habitat use of Canadian forage fishes - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Forage fishes play a vital role to marine ecosystems by linking lower trophic levels to top predators and serving as key economic and food resources for commercial and subsistence fisheries. Despite t...

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Aug 7

On a tour of a place in Devon someone asked why did Christians plant yew trees in their churchyards. The guide said “the question should be why did Christians build churches next to yew trees” ☺️. Ancient wonders

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · Jul 29

When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Jul 28

Disgusted to see this beautiful landscape ruined by wind turbines.

The image shows the 17th century painting “Landscape with Windmills near Haarlem” by the Dutch painter Jacob van Ruisdael.

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the PRSD @theprsd.bsky.social · May 21

Wild camping on Dartmoor upheld by the Supreme Court. Here's the response from The Stars Are For Everyone

www.theprsd.co.uk/2025/05/21/a...

A relief and huge win | Legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor - the PRSD

The right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the supreme court. Here's The Stars are for Everyone's response

www.theprsd.co.uk

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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · May 22

Yet again we are seeing "unprecedented" marine heatwaves in 2025.

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What will we see in 2025 & beyond? @dansmale1.bsky.social comments, “If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event."

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Sheila Heymans @sheilaheymans.bsky.social · Jun 9

He mentions the moratorium on deep-sea mining and the need for 30x30 ! Me mentions a planned protection of the seabed based on habitat mapping - see the @emarineboard.bsky.social document on how to do that here www.marineboard.eu/publications...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Jun 18

Grok’s going to get one of Musk’s updates again. Can’t wait to see what conspiracy theory it just repeats nonstop this time.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jul 11

🦇 Our CEO @kitstoner.bsky.social is at a panel discussion today @bylinefestival.bsky.social to discuss 'Why is the UK so crap at looking after biodiversity'

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · Jul 22

Good news! 🥳

From Oct '26, trawling activity by fishing vessels over 18m will be banned within 6 miles of shore.

A huge win for conservation & small-scale fishers in Ireland. People power works - over 94% of submissions supported this outcome.

www.gov.ie/ga/an-roinn-...

Thank you to everyone who helped to get this ban on this destructive fishing in our inshore waters.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Jul 23

Britain has saddled itself - or more accurately, UK govt has saddled Britain's consumers - with paying for the most expensive nuclear plant ever

And I'm bored of saying it, but that means other more cost-effective & faster action on climate change will not happen

www.ft.com/content/e1e1...

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’m sure staff are delighted with the spend! And I thought our “…with Plymouth University brand from a while back was bad.

Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · Jul 22

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 22

Good grief Warwick. And I thought some of our past Uni “rebrands” were bad. Top colour too 👍🙄 warwick.ac.uk

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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · Jul 22

Minister O Sullivan has confirmed a phased ban on large trawlers within Irelands inshore, with a full ban coming into effect in September 2026. This is great news for our marine environment & fishing sector. A long road walked to get to this historic decision 🙌

the sun is setting over the ocean and waves are crashing on the beach

ALT: the sun is setting over the ocean and waves are crashing on the beach

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 21

I think you may find the red “eyes” are its butt?

Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · Jul 16

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just love the to the point title of this event 👍

Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jul 11

🦇 Our CEO @kitstoner.bsky.social is at a panel discussion today @bylinefestival.bsky.social to discuss 'Why is the UK so crap at looking after biodiversity'

Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 6

“Praying” i.e. doing fuck all

Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · Jul 6

Right wing regimes always hate, and try and prevent, an educated population…

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Jul 5

After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · Jul 5

Once again it’s amazing that the government intervenes about 1,300 jobs at risk at Lotus cars who sold a piffling 12k cars to rich people last year but is happy to let the Higher Education sector with 400,000 employees die on its arse. Labour intervene when MANLY jobs are at risk you see

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 2

NEW – Chart: UK misses tree-planting targets by forest the ‘size of Isle of Wight’ | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/ksxZIvW

UK-wide tree-planting compared to the combined annual goals set out by Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Source: Forest Research, targets set for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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