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amandavincent.bsky.social
Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social
sscmarine.bsky.social
Happening at #IUCNCongress

🗓️ October 9, 2025
⏰ 5 PM - 9PM
📍 The Americas - Room 1 , Onsite
sscmarine.bsky.social
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.

Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
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sscmarine.bsky.social
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.

Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
sscmarine.bsky.social
Stunning!😍🐙
schmidtocean.bsky.social
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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montereybayaquarium.org
Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!

With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
A red-colored giant Pacific octopus with one eye poking out from its body while stretching out its arms, and showing off its white, round suckers
sscmarine.bsky.social
Rethinking illegal trade — beyond iconic species to fungi, plants, invertebrates & fish. Join us at an interactive World Café at the #IUCNCOngress uniting ecology, law & society for inclusive, actionable solutions.

Learn more here:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...
sscmarine.bsky.social
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.

Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
sscmarine.bsky.social
We join the world in mourning the passing of Jane Goodall — visionary ethologist, devoted IUCN member, and tireless advocate for nature. We honour and celebrate her extraordinary life and legacy.

#RememberingJane

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IUCN pays tribute to Jane Goodall
IUCN joins the global community in mourning the loss of Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and dedicated IUCN member, and celebrates her extraordinary life.
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sscmarine.bsky.social
Join us LIVE, Sep 24th at 9am (EST) with
@reversethered.bsky.social as we explore how non-selective fishing practices represent a critical threat to marine #biodiversity.

Register to attend.
sscmarine.bsky.social
JUST HOW MANY SPECIES DO NON-SELECTIVE FISHERIES HARM?
Join us LIVE 24 Sep 9am (EST) with @reversethered.bsky.social as we explore how non-selective fishing practices represent a critical threat to marine #biodiversity. Register www.reversethered.org/events/just-...

📸S. Foster / Project Seahorse
A yellow seahorse and other small fish and invertebrates on a pile of shrimp. Photo by Sarah Foster / Project Seahorse
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unep.org
UNEP regularly publishes the latest science and reports touching on different environmental matters to help decisionmakers advance solutions to the triple planetary crisis.

See: unep.org/publications...
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iucnshark.bsky.social
PRESS RELEASE |
124 Important Shark and Ray Areas Identified Across the European Atlantic

Available here: sharkrayareas.org/124-importan...

© Lars von Ritter Zahony | Ocean Image Bank

@SharkRayFund @_BMUKN @rewild @BonnConvention #shark #ray #chimaera #ISRA #conservation #marine
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ubcoceans.bsky.social
The Agreement on #Fisheries #Subsidies prohibits harmful subsidies relating to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) #fishing, the fishing of overfished stocks, and fishing on the unregulated high seas; a key priority for Pacific Island countries. www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/don...
www.trademinister.gov.au
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iucnshark.bsky.social
Happy World Manta Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group!

There are three species of mantas around the world! The largest one, the Oceanic Manta Ray, can reach a huge 700 cm disc width and it is known for its elegance and intelligence.

© IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group and Eloisa Pinheiro
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cms.int
Wednesday 17 September is #WorldMantaDay!

Two manta species are listed under CMS. 📜

Manta rays face multiple threats, with overfishing & trade among the major pressures. 🌊

Learn more in the CMS factsheet on Human Impacts on Sharks and Rays (available in EN, SP & FR): www.cms.int/en/publicati...
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society4conbio.bsky.social
The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026!
Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter!
#marinescience #conservation #conference
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ubcoceans.bsky.social
The world is your oyster! Though getting oyster seed from around the world may not be a good thing - due to a newly discovered virus, found in farmed #oysters in B.C., - though not in healthy wild populations. oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-eve... @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca #oceanidioms