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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · May 5

KM-GBF My presentation today to European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ee... www.eesc.europa.eu/en @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/shaping... ebcd.org

EESC UNOC3 KM Global Biodiversity Framework – A footprint for EU Ocean Pact

EESC UNOC3 KM Global Biodiversity Framework – A footprint for EU Ocean Pact - Download as a PDF or view online for free

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · May 2

GOOD NEWS - Indicator of blue shark abundance in SW UK show consistent rise

Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · May 2

Further fascinating insights from Simon Thomas & Doug Herdson on fish populations, particularly around the recent rise of apex predators such as #sharks & bluefin #tuna 🦈 🐟

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · May 2

Such a tragedy - Eel "management plans". @icesmarine.bsky.social again highlight that member states plans are failing to make a substantive difference & reporting data are also missing. Mortality, usually non-fishing, is far too high doi.org/10.17895/ice...

Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 30

North Sea herring, my forever favourite fish stock: Recruitment looking SHAKY, with consequences for the fishery. New advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 26

A great short video explaing multiple sclerosis m.youtube.com/watch?v=nw2K...

What is MS? | MS Society UK

YouTube video by MS Society UK

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 25

My week at #BBNJ highlighted to me that the voice of fisheries is still largely absent & needs to be heard at prep com 2 in August. Watch this space @fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · Apr 22

They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science

When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 20

New York bound - heading to BBNJ prep com as part of IUCN delegation- looking forward to observing & contributing…

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 18

Sharks and rays... Useful insights from value chain analysis for sustainable management of fisheries doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 17

“Conservation is inherently social process…. there is a need for leaders to prioritize social sciences in conservation,”. Great gap analysis of social science for conservation - a good read and resource doi.org/10.1111/cobi... @icesmarine.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ospar.bsky.social

Gap analysis of social science resources for conservation practice

Conservation is an inherently social process—people collectively endeavor to enact conservation. Yet, in conservation social science, research methodologies, training, and competency are less common ...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 15

RESTORATION of marine habitats & species: just out @icesmarine.bsky.social workshop report on enhancing understanding of restoration processes, success criteria, & factors affecting recovery rates. Pleased to have contributed to this useful new resource doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 15

great review of recent trends in UK fishing fleet doi.org/10.1111/faf....

Recognising and Protecting the National Benefit of Sustainable Fisheries in the UK

Sustainable commercial fishing makes valuable contributions to coastal regions and broader national benefits. This paper offers three arguments in relation to what is required for the societal benefi...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 11

Science for social & economic impacts marine windfarms from @icesmarine.bsky.social today "collection & collation of data is not coordinated internationally. They are inaccessible for scientific purposes & not collated on scale for fishery or ecoregion assessments of impacts" doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 10

The highlight of being a Trustee to @thembauk.bsky.social is the annual 2 day Council meeting. Intense & stimulating discussions on many scales of marine biology www.mba.ac.uk

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great day in Brussels meeting Commissioner Kadis and his cabinet to talk about ecosystem-based fisheries management

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Apr 2

Congratulations to NEAFC #OECM www.neafc.org/oecm @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

NEAFC-OECM | North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Mar 25

It was a privilege to give a keynote presentation on ecosystem approach to fisheries management @fao.org @icesmarine.bsky.social symposium. View it here eafm-symposium.nafo.int/Portals/3/Do...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Mar 25

It was great to see this timeline of @icesmarine.bsky.social moving on ecosystem approach. I’m pleased that it made such progress during the last 6 years. I enjoyed the journey 😉

Colm Lordan @colmlordan.bsky.social · Mar 24

I was honored to give a key note at the recent Symposium on Applying the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the ABNJ at the FAO in Rome.
You can access all the presentations here: eafm-symposium.nafo.int/Information/...
And the webcast recordings here: www.fao.org/webcast/home...

Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Mar 18

The European seas don’t recognise our human borders. I learnt a lot about current pressures on EU fisheries policies in Brussels yesterday.

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Mar 13

It was great to present a keynote on ecosystem approach at @fao.org www.fao.org/webcast/home...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Mar 8

I am so proud to have worked for an organisation like @icesmarine.bsky.social that knows that it was lacking, & now is taking affirmative steps to strengthen women, thus making itself more resilient & innovative. Huge thanks to @ellenjohannesen.bsky.social for being a champion.

ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · Mar 8

🌍 Today, we are celebrating #InternationalWomensDay!

With the Advisory Committee meeting this week, we asked our newest ACOM Vice-Chair, Marie-Julie Roux and ACOM Chair, Colm Lordan how the marine science community and ICES can #AccelerateAction for gender equality 🌊

Learn more💡🔗 bit.ly/3XtS7Gv

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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you @lenfestocean for 20 years ! @blueconvergence will follow the lessons learned and continue supporting useful & useable transdisciplinary #science. I'm so excited to see this! Learn more and sign up for their newsletter here: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s... #oceanscience #codesign

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Feb 23

In solidarity with my friends & colleagues in the USA Federal system, this is what I accomplished last week.
Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Feb 22

This session looks great…

ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · Feb 20

Managing species distribution shifts at #ICESASC25
Distribution shifts create many challenges.
Simply documenting the changes is not enough, we must explore effective strategies for adapting to them.
💡 Submit your abstract by 17 March
✍https://www.ices.dk/events/asc/2025/Pages/Theme-session-H.aspx

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · Feb 22

Great news indeed and so long overdue- it has always been a struggle. Is it really truly open and available?