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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

#Angelsharks may be more vulnerable to #ClimateChange than we thought!

Out today in @globalchangebio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

@lancasteruni.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @ulpgc.es @qmul.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @lec-reefs.bsky.social

📸 @nuno_vasco_rodrigues

@sharkconservationfund @canbiocanarias @saveourseasfoundation @oceantrackingnetwork @wwfnederland @nercscience @deutsche_elasmobrancier_ges

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Mara Fischer @marafischer.bsky.social · Jul 9

Great way to start day 3 of #FSBI2025! 🏃‍♀️🐠

Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · Jul 9

#FSBI2025 Spawning Run Selfies!

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · Jul 8

A lil tribute to the kelp forests along the California coast 🌊✨

An illustration featuring a leopard shark, bat ray, and the California state marine fish: the garibaldi. They are swimming next to giant kelp and illustrated on a vibrant blue background.

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Great talk by @mjw-marine.bsky.social on the predictability of European eel aggregations for improved #trap&transport management. @thefsbi.bsky.social

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Yannis Papastamatiou @dr-yannis.bsky.social · Jun 27

New paper lead by @etspencer.bsky.social We use biologging to understand why great hammerheads may specialize on large prey like other sharks. If they hunt blacktips off south Florida then they probably only have to catch a shark once per month link.springer.com/journal/442

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy International Angel Shark Day, especially to all my wonderful colleagues @angelsharkproject.bsky.social

These are a special, and heavily threatened set of species.

IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social · Jun 26

Happy International Angel Shark Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group!

There are at least 24 species of angel sharks (Order Squatiniformes) and they occur across the world, from temperate to tropical waters, and from depths of <1m to 1,300m.

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · Jun 10

🎉 MAJOR OCEAN WIN! 📢 UK Government commits to ratifying the High Seas Treaty (aka the BBNJ) by the end of the year, as confirmed by Ocean Minister @emmahardymp.bsky.social at the UN Ocean Conference just now 🎉

#OceanProtection #UNOC3 #UNOC2025 #OceanWin

@oceana.bsky.social @hugotagholm.bsky.social

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Jun 10

Breaking news: it appears Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica are declining faster than predicted.

Latest satellite data shows a massive 22% drop in penguin numbers over the last 15 years in key regions.

This is more than double the rate of loss that experts had expected...

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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · Jun 11

BIG new paper on the MegaMove project with @netlab.bsky.social - portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... Top areas to reach 30 x 30 for marine megafauna are highlighted

News | Portal

The Portal is the home of news, events, timetables and study information for all students at Lancaster University. It also features useful services and tools.

portal.lancaster.ac.uk

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...

www.science.org

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna.

New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇

📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov

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Prof David Sims @thesimslab.bsky.social · Jun 5

NEW in @science.org Global tracking #MarineMegafauna shows <8% of areas used overlap w/ existing MPAs, while >75% of important areas overlapped by threats like #fishing #shipping & ocean warming - 30x30 goal will be insufficient for their conservation www.megamove.org @thembauk.bsky.social

Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...

science.org

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Andrew King @shoalgroup.bsky.social · Jun 3

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www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

PhD studentship! Comparative Analysis and Modelling of Collective Behaviour in Natural and Artificial Systems.

**this scholarship for UK residents only, as defined by UKCISA regulations**

Details below! Please RT

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AI generated image showing flock of sheep, shoal of fish, flock of birds and swarm robots

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Theresa Rueger @theresarueger.bsky.social · May 22

New study in @science.org Science Advances: Clownfish can shrink to survive heatwaves and social conflict!
Led by Melissa Versteeg, with Chancey MacDonald, Morgan Bennett-Smith, Pete Buston
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@sciencesncl.bsky.social
@bostonu.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Individual clown anemonefish shrink to survive heat stress and social conflict

Clown anemonefish survive heatwaves by shrinking together with their breeding partner.

www.science.org

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Professor Jodie Rummer @physiologyfish.bsky.social · Mar 31

🦈 New paper in Ecology & Evolution 📑 via our Physioshark research (ongoing since 2013 in French Polynesia🌺)!

Fisheries catch data can be used to unravel elasmobranch aggregation dynamics, social structures, & group behaviours. Case study: newborn blacktip reef sharks.

🔗 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Andrew Chin @spinnershark7.bsky.social · Jan 15

OPEN CALL for Sharks International 2026 proposals for keynote speakers, themed sessions and panels, workshops, and side events 📢 🦈

Please submit proposals via: forms.gle/9EiKJVncMoa7...

Deadline for proposals: 15th March 2025

Poster advertising the Sharks International conference to be held in Sri Lanka in 2026

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · Jan 15

Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...

Two birds of different species looking at each other from different sides of a river

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jan 7

Meet the cookiecutter shark: 20 inches long, with the audacity to take perfect circles out of whales and submarines.
Evolution didn’t give it size, so it gave it chaos. #marinelife

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jan 2

Tragic news. Very sorry to hear this. Only ever interacted with Jeff over email but he always came across as a thoroughly nice guy. A real loss to the community.

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Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · Jan 2

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching

Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · Dec 7

Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays 🦑🌎🐟🧪🦈 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays

The true state of ocean biodiversity is difficult to assess, and there are few global indicators to track the primary threat of overfishing. We calculated a 50-year Red List Index of extinction risk a...

www.science.org

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Johann Mourier @sharkmourier.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hey #FishTrackers!
This is the account of the 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry that will be hosted by the @glatos-fish.bsky.social in Traverse City, Michigan in USA in June 8-13, 2025.
Follow for updates!

7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry @icft2025.bsky.social · Dec 5

Abstract submission is now live for the 7th International Conference on Fish Telemetry. For all details regarding the conference, please check out the website at event.fourwaves.com/7thicft/pages

International Conference on Fish Telemetry (7th ICFT)

Fourwaves - International Conference on Fish Telemetry (7th ICFT)

event.fourwaves.com

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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · Dec 4

New #sharkscience
Great to see new information about smalltooth sawfish in Cuba out today. Evidence that a local population may still exist, but numbers are likely low and action is required (and suggested in the paper).
www.int-res.com/abstracts/es...

Presence of the smalltooth sawfish in the Cuban Archipelago

www.int-res.com

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Mike Williamson @mjw-marine.bsky.social · Dec 2

First post on #Bluesky, thought I'd highlight some of our research this year with @netlab.bsky.social. Acoustic telemetry can be used to answer a whole variety of questions including;

Residency in reef #sharks - doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Environmental stress reduces shark residency to coral reefs - Communications Biology

Environmental stress on coral reefs is increasing. Authors show a stress-related reduction in residency of grey reef sharks on the remote reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, promoting more diffuse space ...

doi.org

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David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Nov 30

Beautifully described and illustrated research journey by the fantastic @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social discovering the square tailed grouper aggregation in the Lakshadweep. Let’s not overlook the powerful link of these natural occurrences with human communities. #RCUK2024

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