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Jan Geert Hiddink

@jangeerthiddink.bsky.social

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Prof in marine ecology @sosbangor.bsky.social Ecosystem effects of fishing. I like sea kayaking in my #Klepper, wild camping, cycle touring, hanging out in my woodland. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=XmYbaRYAAAAJ&hl=en&inst=20741569918851904

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · Oct 12

New 🧪paper: We show the importance of selecting several indicators, both diversity and trait-based, to capture the broader signals of change in benthic communities due to bottom trawling activities.

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 3d

Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.

20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 3d

It would be great if we could take a whole country and change the default speed limit to 20mph and then compare it to one left at 30mph. What if it reduced casualties by 25% and with lower risk reduced insurance premiums by £45 a year? Well it did! bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 4d

Started my travels to teach an @icesmarine.bsky.social training course on the bottom trawling risk assessment method that we have been applying in WGFBIT. Currently cruising through Belgium on the Eurostar, continuing tomorrow to Copenhagen after a night at my parents.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.

E-bikes support fewer car trips.

V @lloydalter.bsky.social

E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers

They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.

www.treehugger.com

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 6d

In @projectfishistory.bsky.social we're after any historical records of herring fishing and spawning, so hearing about these kind of traps is very useful.

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · 6d

Images of wood #fishweir wicker fence 2 meter tall on the shore #RhosonSea #ConwyCounty Borough, #Wales. Historical sources indicted used for seasonal fisheries for herring and mackerel late 19th century.
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#maritimeheritage #oceandecadeheritage
#coastalhistory

“Big Mackerel Catch at Rhos” Postcard https://www.rhosfynach.co.uk/history.htm

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Deep-Sea Biology Society @dsbsoc.bsky.social · 15d

Hey, members! Are you currently a #DeepSea student or ECR researcher without permanent employment?

We can help provide up to £750 for your participation in an in-person or remote conference. Deadline Oct. 4th, apply here: dsbsoc.org/conferences-....

Questions? Contact [email protected]. Good luck!

Image of a stuffed isopod facing a semi-frozen ocean. Text: Got places to be? We can help you get there. Application deadline for the 2025 DSBSoc Conference Support Awards is October 4th. Photograph credit: Johanna Weston, PhD.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli quadcopters shooting children.

And our government continues to materially supporting Israel every day.

Even as Israel rejects a two state solution, votes to fully annex the West Bank, and murders more doctors, nurses, journalists, children.

And our government continues to assist it.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 7d

Cool PhD on Arctic benthos with @nadescha.bsky.social

Nadescha Zwerschke @nadescha.bsky.social · 7d

Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...

Linking marine biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales in the Arctic

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 7d

Is it not just a smoothhound with a unusual skin pattern? www.sharktrust.org/faqs/common-... @alecbmmoore.bsky.social

Common Smoothhound ID Guide

► Common Smoothhound ID Guide (pdf)

www.sharktrust.org

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 13d

@icesmarine.bsky.social's journal, ICES Journal of Marine Science, is turning 100!

After an inspiring week at #ICESASC25, and to celebrate this milestone, submit your paper to an upcoming themed set highlighting the evolution and future of marine science.

academic.oup.com/icesjms/page...

100 Years of ICES Journal of Marine Science. OUP.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 16d

Another critique showing that the Sala et al. 2021 estimate of carbon release by bottom trawling is ridiculous.

It estimates an increase in NW European shelf OC mineralization of 0.27 Mt C yr−1, which is an order of magnitude smaller the previous estimates.

academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Reconciling the impact of mobile bottom-contact fishing on marine organic carbon sequestration

Abstract. Anthropogenic activities that disturb the seafloor inadvertently affect the organic carbon cycle. Mobile bottom-contacting fishing (MBCF) is a wi

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · Sep 8

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children”

alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...

152. "A War on Children": A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder) - Alastair Campbell

Why is the humanitarian situation in Gaza the worst that James Elder has ever seen? What does the process of rebuilding Gaza look like? How do the people working on the ground not lose hope? UNICEF s...

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 17d

Starting the last day of my travel back from the #ICESASC25 in Lithuania (train ferry combo). The travel was fairly cheap with interrail with the ferry was only £126 return. But it does take 3 days 🙂 @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social

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Paolo Salvador @paolosalva.bsky.social · 19d

#ICESASC25 was a game-changer! Stepping outside of my usual research into the world of #fisheries has been valuable. Understanding where #GreatCormorants fish is a priority to manage interactions with human activities. New connections and prospectives!
@icesmarine.bsky.social

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Georgina Hunt @georginahunt.bsky.social · 19d

It was great to present about our @projectfishistory.bsky.social research at #ICESASC25 and an honour to be on the shortlist for the best presentation! What a great week! @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 19d

And she was shorted-listed for the best presentation award! @sosbangor.bsky.social

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 20d

Great presentation by @lornamckellar.bsky.social from @sosbangor.bsky.social on how to distinguish between good and degraded state in marine ecosystems
#icesasc25

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 21d

Great to meet lots of collaborators again at #icesasc25. I'm looking forward to the excursion on the Curonian spit today, we'll almost get to Russia.

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Danielle Spring @daniellelspring.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper!

‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’

Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 22d

#ICESASC25 forgot the hashtag again

Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 22d

Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.

Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 22d

We're using a very wide range of sources to patch together maps of where and when herring used to spawn.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 22d

Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 23d

#ICESASC25

Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 23d

Great talk by Daniel van Denderen showing that fishing had resulted in an explosion of small pelagics #icesasc2025

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Nathalie Steins @nathaliesteins.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 23d

Great talk by Daniel van Denderen showing that fishing had resulted in an explosion of small pelagics #icesasc2025

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