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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · 28d

I'll be speaking at the @icesmarine.bsky.social Annual Science Conference 2025 in Klaipėda next Monday afternoon in Theme Session R. Hope to see some familiar faces there! 🌊

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Aug 28

Amárach, ag an gComhdháil Idirnáisiúnta Liamhán Gréine in ATU, beidh mé ag tabhairt cainte faoi Limistéar faoi Chosaint Speisialta na Muirí a shainaithint le haghaidh Liamháin Gréine agus faoi thionscadal ISRA an IUCN! 🦈

Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tomorrow, as part of the International Conference on Basking Sharks hosted by @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social at ATU Galway, I'll be discussing the @iucnshark.bsky.social ISRA project & how it has been used to highlight important areas for Basking Sharks. 🦈

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Aug 28

Tomorrow, as part of the International Conference on Basking Sharks hosted by @irishbaskingshark.bsky.social at ATU Galway, I'll be discussing the @iucnshark.bsky.social ISRA project & how it has been used to highlight important areas for Basking Sharks. 🦈

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Jul 21

A couple of weeks ago I presented my work on a sensitivity analysis of fish spcies in the Northeast Atlantic at @embssymposium.bsky.social in Bodø Norway. Thanks for the opportunity! 🐟🌊

European Marine Biology Symposium @embssymposium.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you all for a great #EMBS58

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Jun 30

Check out the new Purse Search Ireland logo! I just love it!

Marine Dimensions & Purse Search Ireland @marinedimensions.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨 We're so excited to announce that our citizen science project, Purse Search Ireland, has a new logo! 🚨

We're going to miss our old ray friend, but we're very excited about the fresh new look! Thanks to our co-director @tdmedina.bsky.social for the new design!

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Jun 30

Check out the new Purse Search Ireland logo! I just love it!

Marine Dimensions & Purse Search Ireland @marinedimensions.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨 We're so excited to announce that our citizen science project, Purse Search Ireland, has a new logo! 🚨

We're going to miss our old ray friend, but we're very excited about the fresh new look! Thanks to our co-director @tdmedina.bsky.social for the new design!

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Jun 5

The Irish for the sunfish is "iasc gréine" 🌞 🐠

#OceanAsGaeilge🌊🇮🇪

Save Our Seas Foundation @saveourseas.bsky.social · Jun 4

The ocean sunfish will regularly bask on their sides near the ocean's surface. With no tail fin, this bony fish does appear as unusual, using its prominent dorsal and anal fins to swim and manoeuvre our oceans.

🎥: Byron Dilkes

#saveourseasfoundation #oceansunfish #molamola #southafrica #bonyfish

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Jun 3

Delighted to see the first chapter of my PhD published in the @icesmarine.bsky.social journal of marine science!

This paper discusses developing a holistic understanding of the sensitivity of fish species in our seas and offers practical recommendations for enchanced species mgmt & protection. 🦈🐟

Multiple sensitivity metrics are needed to adequately assess a species’ sensitivity for conservation and management

Abstract. Fish populations are declining globally due to increasing anthropogenic pressures. While research has been carried out to understand the impacts

academic.oup.com

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Save Our Seas Foundation @saveourseas.bsky.social · May 6

This silky shark is using its nictitating membrane, a protective inner eyelid, as it swims up close to the camera. Sharks usually expose this membrane just prior to feeding, or when they encounter another shark, as a way to protect their eyes from potential injury.

Filmed by Simon Hilbourne

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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Apr 11

Last call! Our next Important Shark and Ray Areas workshop will focus on the European Atlantic. Preliminary areas of interest must be submitted by April 18th.

Please spread the word to interested colleagues!

Learn more about us and the ISRA process: sharkrayareas.org/isra/faq

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Apr 9

Looking forward to presenting at this! 🌊

Marine Beacon @marinebeacon.bsky.social · Apr 9

This Friday, our researcher Bríd O’Connor (Marine Institute) presents a sensitivity analysis of fish species in the Northeast Atlantic—spotlighting which ones are most vulnerable and where protections may be missing.

With @cibbrina.bsky.social & ReduceProject 🦈
@horizoneu.bsky.social #Bycatch

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Apr 1

theonion.com/report-shark...

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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Mar 27

Get Involved: Interested in contributing to shark and ray conservation? Find out how to become a member of the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group.

Have additional questions? See more in our FAQs page (www.iucnssg.org/faq.html)

#shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #ocean #WeAreSSC

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 12

I'm honoured to be featured on @empowerus.bsky.social series #WomenMakingWaves alongside Máire Éinniú & the legend herself, Gráinne Ní Mháille!

Irish women have always played an important role in marine communities and sciences & I'm so grateful for my little part in that 💙

#InternationalWomensDay

EmpowerUs EU Project @empowerus.bsky.social · Mar 12

🌊Women Making Waves - Ireland🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean or have empowered it in return. This week we’re sharing stories of women in Ireland whose lives are shaped by the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 12

Go raibh maith agat ☺️

Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 12

I'm honoured to be featured on @empowerus.bsky.social series #WomenMakingWaves alongside Máire Éinniú & the legend herself, Gráinne Ní Mháille!

Irish women have always played an important role in marine communities and sciences & I'm so grateful for my little part in that 💙

#InternationalWomensDay

EmpowerUs EU Project @empowerus.bsky.social · Mar 12

🌊Women Making Waves - Ireland🌊

The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean or have empowered it in return. This week we’re sharing stories of women in Ireland whose lives are shaped by the ocean.

Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 11

A model I've been running since Dec. 17th crashed last night 🙃

a man in a leather jacket and tie is saying cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

ALT: a man in a leather jacket and tie is saying cool cool cool cool cool cool cool

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Jenny Bortoluzzi @drsharkyjenny.bsky.social · Mar 11

** One month left to tender **

Please share with your networks!

@scotlink.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @fairseas.ie @swanireland.ie @natcapirl.bsky.social @antaisce.bsky.social @feasta1998.bsky.social @streamscapes.bsky.social @coastwatch.bsky.social @coastalfutures.bsky.social

Irish Environmental Network @irishenvnet.bsky.social · Feb 24

The IEN’s MARÉIRE (MArine Renewable Energy and the IRish Environment) project is reopening applications to tender on: Review of the legislation underpinning environmental safeguards in the development of ORE in Ireland. Deadline: noon on Friday, April 11. More info: ien.ie/learn-about-...

Marine Biodiversity & ORE: Our Work - IEN

The IEN’s Offshore Renewable Energy and Marine Biodiversity capacity-building project is calling for applications to tender on the following topic: ORE Legislative review - Call for tender. The main p...

ien.ie

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 7

The Irish for the goblin shark (the obvious winner here!) is "siorc bocánach". 👹🦈 #OceanAsGaeilge

If you don't already, check out @misselasmo.bsky.social Shark Madness! Every day in March they share info about sharks that face off in daily head to heads to find the best shark! 🦈

Minorities in Shark Sciences @misselasmo.bsky.social · Mar 6

Blacktip reef shark and the goblin shark....stop making this so tough to choose. 😢 Both these sharks have their own special traits, but only one can move on. Vote via our IG/FB Story, X or Threads! #sharkscience 🦈

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 6

It's Ireland's Women in Sport Week! 💚

Growing up I thought I was "unsporty", but I finally realised that isn't a thing. Sports are for everyone, you just need to find the right people to play with. Happy #WIS week to my fellow tag rugby-playing women from work. Can't wait to start this season! 🏉

Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 6

It's so frustrating to sit back and watch conservation effort after conservartion effort thwarted by the hands of people who refuse to accept the reality of what's happening to this planet

spencer roberts 🦈 @unpopularscience.bsky.social · Mar 5

The Florida Keys are dying. NOAA spent 13 years developing a new recovery plan for the sanctuary.

It wasn’t even some big radical proposal. It was watered down, keeping 95% of the park open to fishing, yet still a big step forward.

DeSantis vetoed it anyway.

www.wusf.org/environment/...

DeSantis rejects long-planned management proposal for a Florida Keys marine sanctuary

Gov. Ron DeSantis said the plan, which took more than a decade to hammer out, failed to pave the way for artificial reefs in state waters and stripped Florida of managing its own wildlife.

www.wusf.org

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Mar 4

Really cool footage in this article! The Irish for "cuttlefish" is "cudal" & the Irish for "crab" is "portán" 🐙🦀 #OceanAsGaeilge

Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · Mar 4

This is so good. The videos are mesmeric. Great research from @matteosanton.bsky.social.
🦑🌎🧪🦀

What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article)

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 Looking for marine science and research accounts to follow on BlueSky? 🌊

Check out this list of marine starter packs below ⬇️

Feel free to suggest any I might have missed out!

Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · Nov 25

A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊

go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II
go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science
go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads
go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women
go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II

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Bríd Ní Chonchúir 🦈 @b-r-i-fada-d.bsky.social · Feb 28

That's a wrap on this leg of the Irish Anglerfish & Megrim survey! 🎣 The ocean wasn't particularly kind to us, but it's always great to step away from the laptop and get back to the ocean for a bit 🌊

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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · Feb 20

#BREAKING: We’re taking the Trump administration to court!

Oceana, alongside other environmental groups, is challenging President Trump's attempts to revoke ocean protections & open up millions of acres to offshore drilling. More 👉 oceana.ly/3EMOhSt

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