Come and see our new film trailer in Barcelona at the Ocean Decade Conference between 4-8pm for a drop-in networking reception and roof top bar at The Social Hub. Looking forward to seeing you there. #OceanDecade24
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Deep sea & sangria 🪸🍷 - what more could you want? See you there! 🇪🇸

The Challenger 150 African Network of Deep-water Researchers will be there! 🌍🌊🐙

#africandeepsea #OceanDecade #OceanDecade 24

We are excited to announce we have signed an MoU with Seabed 2030 to collaborate on ocean mapping. We map life in the deep sea, seabed2030 map seafloor terrain. We cannot do our job without them first doing theirs. It's a great match! #OceanDecade24

While I am a big fan of ⁦EU @EU #EU Tweeting for Charity!⁦EU @EU #EU Tweeting for Charity!_MARE⁩ ⁩ I was pleased to hear ⁦Dr Imogen Napper⁩ put keynote speaker Kestutis Sadauskas back on track ‘we cannot rely robots cleaning the ocean of plastic’ this kind of techno optimism is a distraction that brings false hope!

How can the UN Ocean Decade support BBNJ treaty implementation?

Christine Gaebel outlines how Challenger 150, a UN-endorsed programme, is critical in bringing together regional scientists & facilitating data collection efforts.

Check out more at challenger150.world 👇🏼💻

Zoom in & you’ll see that the deep sea is recognised as a critical knowledge gap 🔎! Fantastic to see this acknowledged at the global level & thus identified as a priority for the remainder of the UN Ocean Decade!

We will be at the DOSI booth during the UN Ocean Decade this week.
Join us at the booth on Thursday 11th April from 13:00-15:00 to meet our experts and chat all things #Challenger150 .
#DeepSea #DeepOcean

Delighted to have been a panellist at the deep-ocean-focused UN Ocean Decade satellite event ‘Gathering forces for science-policy nexus, innovation & funding’ yesterday 🌎. Looking forward to the coming days, catching up with friends, colleagues & making new connections! 🌊

📢🙌Our African Network of Deep-water Researchers (ANDR) has released a report on “Practical Actions to Strengthen Capacity for Deep-water Research in Africa”. pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1…
#OceanDecade 24 #OceanDecade #DeepSea #DeepOcean UN Ocean Decade DOSI

A busy day at the Vietnamese Research Institute of Marine Fisheries! We ran through how to make & use benthic habitat classifications to inform offshore survey design & spatial planning. Thankfully there’s a great online resource we developed with University of Plymouth/Challenger 150!

Interested in deep-sea ecology and anthropogenic disturbance? We are seeking a Postdoc with experience in seabed megafauna, image analysis, and strong publishing track record, at National Oceanography Centre. Apply here: careers.noc.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_po…

Great first day in Vietnam discussing current & future projects in the region alongside Cefas & UK in Viet Nam🇬🇧🇻🇳 🇻🇳. Now we’re headed to RIMF in Hải Phòng to talk all things deep-sea fisheries management!

Headed to Hai Phong to work (for the first time since 2019) with my Vietnamese opposite numbers bringing experience from the Atlantic to support their efforts to manage and protect their deep ocean

A great precedent!

A quarter-million fine for destroying #deepsea sponge reef 🪸🎣

Testimony provided by team at Fisheries and Oceans

Dr Amelia Bridges presenting University of Plymouth deep sea research at the #BlueBeltSymposium24

Poignant & strong start to the #BlueBeltSymposium24 from both Richard Benyon & Peter Thomson. “There is no healthy planet without a healthy ocean” - the UKOTs & Blue Belt Programme certainly make it healthier!

New rule, every party should have an ice sculpture of their new ship ❄️🇺🇸