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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Aug 5

This is what you get in the Explorers Club Annual Dinner swag bag. Pretty nice and it comes in an awesome backpack :)

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Aug 4

Bumped into Sylvia Earle. She is always so down to earth. Everyone loved the shirt @cottoncrustacean !

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Aug 4

I was at the Explorers Club Headquarters in NYC and I bumped into one of my favorite underwater robots :) Plus this piece of the first lunar rover.

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Aug 3

I was at the Explorers Club a few months ago and what did I see in the Research Collections? Roy Chapman Andrews' whip! Roy Chapman Andrews was an explorer who carried a whip and was the real life Indiana Jones. Steven Spielberg visited the club twice which led to him developing Indiana Jones.

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Aug 3

I had a fantastic time at the Explorers Club annual dinner after my NGEN talk. I met so many wonderful, interesting, and kind people. I can't wait to go again next year.

(To everyone who asked about my pin, it's made by @circadiancrunuch and she has a bunch of awesome stuff)

An integrative taxonomy investigation unravels a cryptic species of Mobula Rafinesque, 1810 (Mobulidae, Myliobatiformes), from the Atlantic Ocean - Environmental Biology of Fishes

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 30

Excited to have been able to contribute to this publication on the discovery of a NEW SPECIES of manta ray! Officially named Mobula yarae. The specific epithet, yarae, is in reverence to “Yara”, mother of the waters, from ancient Tupi and Guaraní mythology."

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Manta and devil rays comprise a vulnerable animal group with a complex nomenclatural history and a somewhat unresolved taxonomy. The existence of a putative undescribed species of manta ray in the…

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 26

Just in case you wondered what it's like in FAO headquarters I snuck around and took some pictures just for you. Its a beautiful building.

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 26

I found this old picture from a Shark Week/Discovery pool party from back in the day. Look how youthful I was before the PhD!

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hanging out on the rooftops in Rome. Not a bad way to pass the time.

https://www.fao.org/in-action/commonoceans/newsroom/news-and-stories/news-detail/fishing-for-deep-sea-shark-data/en📍

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 24

So the FAO headquarters is pretty fancy 🤩

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hard to believe it has been over 10 years since I discovered this NEW SPECIES of ghost shark during #AlienShark on @SharkWeek. I named the species the SeaFarer’s Ghost Shark (Chimaera willwatchi) for my hard working friends onboard the fishing vessel Will Watch. 🤩🦈

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌊🦈 Big news! I am SO excited to be presenting at the UN/FAO event, “Fishing for deep sea shark data.” I will fly to FAO headquarters in Rome to join an international team of shark experts and the workshop will be streamed online: www.fao.org/in-action/co... Hosted by @fao @commonoceans

Finding, tagging, and helping to sustain shark populations

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am honored to be featured in this GEF (Global Environment Facility) article for my role in shark conservation. If you aren't tired of me talking about lesser known sharks, the deepsea, and conversation through cooperation check out there story www.thegef.org/newsroom/fea...

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jun 10

I was so excited to handle this amazing oarfish off the coast of Taiwan a few years ago. It had a freaky mouth which projected out and was so soft it was almost gelatinous. Who doesn't love an oarfish?!
(We did not experience any earthquakes in the area around that time)

Photo credit Zola Chen

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · May 21

I am so excited to have been part of this workshop on scientific observation in deep-sea fisheries as part of the FAO-led Common Oceans Deep-sea fisheries project.

Also, I will give you a shiny nickel of you can tell me what species I am holding on this article.

www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · May 21

I bought a CHEAP microscope camera about a year ago and I have been having an AWESOME time taking up close images like these birdbeak shark denticles. It is super cool and interesting to see stuff unclose this clear. What else should I take pictures of? Give me some ideas!

VIDEO: Rare species of shark is spotted for the first time in Canary Islands waters

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Apr 28

Look at this amazing encounter with a large Globin shark that was released alive! This happened off the Canary Islands and is a first sighting of the species in that area.

Who else is super fascinated by Goblin sharks?!?

Video in the linked story.

www.canarianweekly.com/posts/VIDEO-...

The Goblin Shark is a deep-sea species seldom seen by humans…

www.canarianweekly.com

NGEN Symposium | The Explorers Club

Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Apr 26

I am honored and excited to be one of six Next Generation Explorers selected by the Explorers club to present an NGEN talk at their annual dinner in NYC. If anyone happens to be around the HQ in Manhattan on Saturday come by and say hi!

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Apr 20

Viperfish might have weird faces, but they make up for with their sparkle sparkle bioluminescence

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Paul Clerkin @paulclerkin.bsky.social · Jan 20

It’s been 8 years since my travel series pilot aired. Time flies! I loved making this show with Shark Teeth Films. Each year, I reflect on how lucky I am to do this work and hope to share it in a series soon.

Deep Sea Mysteries is back! Tune into Travel Channel to catch Paul J Clerkin in action!...

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