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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · 1d

My poster is currently being printed, this is the joy I will endure in the coming days.

Kathleen @kathleencarson.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh, and the do I/don't I talk to the person looking at my poster? Are they genuinely interested to just being polite? Do they want a minute to read it over? Or should I jump in and give them a pitch?

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Sep 8

IT'S ADORABLE!
New fish species just dropped: the bumpy snailfish at 10,000 ft down in the ocean
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · 7d

With two above average year classes entering the fishery, ICES advice for Norwegian spring-spawning herring increases by 33 % to 533 914 tonnes. doi.org/10.17895/ice...

clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · 8d

After years of coastal states failing to agree to a shared TAC for Atlantic mackerel, leading to catches > advice, ICES advice for 2026 is 71 % lower than in 2025. doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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BioProtect Project @bioprotectproject.bsky.social · 13d

👩‍🔬BioProtect PhD student Marjolijn Rika Nijzingh collected 325 #eDNA samples at 37 sites (0–500m) around 🇮🇸 aboard RV Árni Friðriksson.

The data will reveal the presence of fish, mammals, corals & more, a big step for #30x30 goals!
Amazing job Marjolijn!👏

#MissionOcean #HorizonEU @mfri.bsky.social

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 27d

PhD opportunity @sosbangor.bsky.social on managing scallop fisheries to find the balance between conservation and fisheries yield. Get in touch if you're interested and I will email you the project description.

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Sep 2

PhD opportunity to investigate how the invasive pink salmon affects terrestrial communities & ecology.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD position in Carrion & Invasive Species Ecology (283012) | Nord University

Job title: PhD position in Carrion & Invasive Species Ecology (283012), Employer: Nord University, Deadline: Sunday, September 21, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 10

A whole podcast dedicated to lumpfish!!!

NH Sea Grant @nhseagrant.bsky.social · Jul 3

They’re round, suction-cupped, and as it turns out, full of secrets. #Lumpfish may not be glamorous, but these quirky creatures are doing serious work in the Gulf of Maine.
Tune-in to episode 2 of #TimeAndTide to learn about the secret lives of lumpfish: seagrant.unh.edu/blog/2025/06...

#MarineLife

clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 7

However, a new study shows that early estimates of age at maturity were too high due to biased sampling. Correcting for this results in no significant change in age at maturity over time. 2/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 7

Estimated age at which northeast Arctic and North Sea cod mature has decreased over time. This was considered to be a result of fisheries induced evolution whereby fisheries caught older fish, so fish which matured younger were more likely to spawn. 1/n

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 4

More interesting Greenland shark reproduction tidbits
- Male do not mature until they are at least ~2.6 m
- Females do not mature until they are at least ~3.9 m
- It is estimated that they produce 200–324 pups per pregnancy
- new born pups are 35-45 cm
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 3

2/n Absence of neonates in the evaluated data and the scientific literature in general suggests pupping occurs in bathypelagic or benthic habitats of mid-Atlantic Ridge and/or the Irminger Sea.

Picture of neonate Greenland sharks, with one showing the vitelline scar.

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 3

1/n Fascinating study collating records of Greenland shark across the Atlantic

– males and subadult females found in cold arctic water
– adult females reside in warmer Atlantic water
– large juveniles are common both in high-Arctic and temperate areas
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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HulloThere @jethroreading32.bsky.social · Jul 2

Every so often I come across a big weird fish I haven't heard of that is so odd and delightful it feels like a gift from the universe to me personally. Anyway I somehow went 25 years without hearing of Gasterochisma, this big bizarro primitive tuna beast. Lovely stuff.

A scientific compound figure showing an adult Gasterochisma specimen. The first image shows the whole animal - it is generally shaped like a tuna, but has a small eye and a big forehead, and has huge scales all over its body. The second and third images are close-ups of the head with anatomical features labelled. Credit: Santos & Nunan 2014

An angler posing with a recently caught Gasterochisma specimen aboard a small fishing vessel close to some rocks. The scales are so shiny you can see reflections in them. The fish is quite big, perhaps 150cm long, and apparently weighed 32kg. Credit: Wade Pelham, RedMap.

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jul 2

Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir @fishiceland.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎣 New paper! Combining dive surveys and beach seining reveals contrasting nursery use: 0-group saithe dominate shallow algal zones early in summer, while cod settle later and use broader depths.
📄 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Complementing Beach Seining With Dive Surveys Improves Fine‐Scale Resolution of 0‐Group Gadoid Distributions in Nearshore Habitats

Located within the Westfjords of Iceland, the fine-scale depth distribution of juvenile 0-group gadoids was surveyed in nearshore nursery habitats using beach seine and dive survey methods. The beach....

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · Jun 21

What a coincidence, we at @mfri.bsky.social are just coming to the end a three week seabed mapping cruise (blue lines). The data prepared so far is open access and can be downloaded at the MFRI website www.hafogvatn.is/en/research/....

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MFRI - Hafrannsóknastofnun @mfri.bsky.social · Jun 3

Lumpfish spawn around the coast of the Nordic countries, with the young migrating away from the coast as they grow. New research shows that temperature is the main driver of lumpfish distribution in the Nordic Seas.
More here: www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #lumpfishresearch #marinebiology

Temperature is the main driver of lumpfish distribution

Lumpfish spawn around the coast of the Nordic countries with the young migrating away from the coast as they grow, but where do they go? The new

www.hafogvatn.is

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Prof Grant Stentiford @cefaschiefsci.bsky.social · Jan 22

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Loving this paper on recent collaboration between Cefas and partners, including @universityofexeter.bsky.social

...in essence, tagging of a tuna that got eaten by a whale 🍣

High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca

www.nature.com

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BioProtect Project @bioprotectproject.bsky.social · May 15

🏊 Swimmer #RossEdgley is taking on 1,000 miles in 100 days - alongside killer whales 🐋 through 130ft waves 🇮🇸 🌊
🧑‍🔬 This epic #swimforscience is also an innovative #citizenscience mission‼️
🧬 Ross will collect #eDNA for 🧐 in #BioProtect in 🤝 with
@mfri.bsky.social & @matisiceland.bsky.social
🤗 Coming 🔜

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · May 16

Ross Edgley will attempt a historic first: 1,610 km swim around the entire coastline of Iceland. Along the way, his support vessel will collect eDNA samples, and conduct microplastic monitoring, and marine mammal identification.

Christophe Pampoulie @christophe-p71.bsky.social · May 16

If you want to know more about the opportunity that Ross Edgley gave us during his swim contest around Iceland, here is the post from the BioProtect EU mission project:
bioprotect-project.eu/the-great-sc...

The Great Scientific Swim around Iceland: 1,000 miles in 100 days! - BioProtect

bioprotect-project.eu

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Michelle Jewell @michellejewell.bsky.social · May 15

Friends, I am seeking a historian in either Irish or Scottish lore specialized in leviathans, basking sharks, or any other marine creatures.

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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · May 14

New from the Near Lab, led by @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social

"The many origins of extremophile fishes"

We explore the phylogenomics and evolutionary history of the lovely and bizarre eelpouts, ronquils, pricklebacks, and wolffishes (Zoarcoidea).

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · May 14

Interesting, could you send me a copy james.kennedy[at]hafogvatn.is

clumpusjim.bsky.social @clumpusjim.bsky.social · May 13

Productivity (primary or secondary) did not appear to influence the distribution of lumpfish.
The distribution of juveniles is likely driven by hatching location and ocean currents. (5/n)