New paper from my PhD:
Reef and pelagic #fisheries are an important source of food and nutrients for societies in French Polynesia, particularly in a food environment where high-calorie imported foods are widely available🍗
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🪸🎣 LEC Reefs criobe_pf

Anglers catch the largest fish up in the food chain, fortunately many are released. Cool new study by Petter Tibblin and colleagues in FishandFisheries onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Learn why the protection of saltmarshes is so vital for climate change mitigation. New and timely collaborative research from St Andrews Geography & SD and Department of Environment and Geography 👇🌍

york.ac.uk/news-and-event…

#YorkResearch #climatechange

Happy #BiodiversityDay everyone! One of the best parts of my job is seeing the incredible recovery power of the marine #biodiversity when it is properly protected & human use is well managed. We are making progress, but there is so much more that needs to be done

🌍International Day for Biodiversity🌏
To celebrate, let's shout about Maerl and the crucial role of public engagement in conserving this biodiversity harbouring habitat. Read more: bit.ly/maerlpaperJH
#BiodiversityDay #PartOfThePlan #ForNature
Jason Hall-Spencer

Did you know? From 1901 - 1915, the MBA embarked in 3 Antarctic expeditions!

❄️ Discovery
🌊 Terra Nova
🔍 Endurance

These expeditions provided vital information on deep-sea floor communities, tidal observations & changes in plankton levels in the Antarctic.

#MBA140

Our LATEST shark conservation paper published in NatureEcoEvo has found conservation benefits for reef sharks DOUBLE when #MPAs are combined with fisheries management. This #mixedmanagement boosts conservation of sharks globally. nature.com/articles/s4155…

#Sharks & #scallops ! Underwater heaven! 🤩

Fisherman 'sold down the river' by #Brexit : I must have heard that phrase over 100 times in the last few years. It's not hard to see why
bbc.com/news/articles/… #Fishing #Fisheries #Brexit Reality 🐟

#EndangeredSpeciesDay emphasises the importance of monitoring populations like the pink sea fan, classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to damage from trawling and scallop dredging. #Conservation efforts rely heavily on collecting accurate #Data ! #MarineBiodiversity

10 wks after mass coral bleaching began in February, more than 80% of this species of Isopora has been killed by record heat exposure on the reef flat at Heron Island.

The dead skeletons have already been colonized by cyanobacteria and algae, fertilized by rotting coral tissues

Great job by our very own James Rimmer at #SMMRConf24 presenting the value of multi-species #modelling for better informing #fisheries management decisions 🐟

Many thanks to Sarah Coulthard from NCL Marine for presenting at #SMMR24 the work she is leading with myself & many others on the importance of small scale #fisheries & what we stand to lose if they continue to decline 🐟

we need a major perception shift in the value (prestige) of applied research if we are to increase collaboration between academics and end-users of research sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Hugh Possingham Dr Emma McKinley Virgilio Hermoso Phil Bouchet Martin Attrill 🦀 Bryce Stewart Bethan O'Leary

I wrote a piece in The Conversation to discuss some of the results from our recent paper!

Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives – here’s why theconversation.com/seagrass-meado… via The Conversation

National Trust, RSPB and WWF urge employees to speak up for nature at work

The ⁦National Trust⁩, ⁦RSPB⁩ and ⁦WWF UK⁩ unveils guidance to help workers put the climate and nature crisis at the heart of business decision-making. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Two new films commissioned by the Company tell the story and demonstrate the capabilities of the UK's first all electric fishing vessel, an essential first step as the industry strives towards net-zero.
fishmongers.org.uk/the-uks-first-…