Snappers (Family: Lutjanidae) in markets are not always snappers - revealed by DNA barcoding. Generic names and mislabeling conceal high species diversity in global fisheries markets - Conservation Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

beautiful reminder of how global we are. similar to the human migration data viz! x.com/bluecology/sta…

New report shows global hot spots of transshipping at sea. Mixing the catch of several fishing vessels can hide seafood fraud and illegal fishing. We need full boat-to-plate traceability to #StopSeafoodFraud. phys.org/news/2018-07-h… Global Fishing Watch SkyTruth Dalhousie Science

I've been sitting on this academic job search story for a long time. Publishing it makes me nervous, but here it is! Reviewer A: “I have no information regarding environment, but Dr Pennings hardly needs more stimulation. She needs restraint” abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2018/07/27/my-…

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago per kilometre travelled bit.ly/expandsau youtube.com/watch?v=aQWHo8… | Rare

NEW PAPER: Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish bit.ly/expandsau

Malaysia: Customs seize 50 #rhino horns at Kuala Lumpur airport en route to Vietnam, the largest haul of such contraband in the country goo.gl/CFqzY7 via Mail Online #wildlifecrime #wildlifetrafficking

Trevor Branch (moved to Bluesky) Bill gates walks into a bar and on average everyone is a millionaire. Government import use of harmonized codes is supposed to make trade easier and faster but is a huge reason seafood is in its current predicament. See great work on this by Donna Cawthorn onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

A new CIFOR/CBD book on wild meat use, governance and best-practice will be available on 3 Dec. 2018. It provides recommendations to CBD Parties and other stakeholders on achieving a sustainable, participatory and inclusive sector. Full version cifor.org/pid/7046

Hugely important ocean conservation news. For decades, Japan has worked within the auspices of the IWC. A resumption of commercial whaling could involve whaling on protected species, and large increases in whale catches.

Retraction of paper saying 10-20% of crab, pollock, and salmon caught in Alaska and exported to Japan are illegal, unregulated or unreported. Revised number e.g. 2% of pollock. Result of huge debate between Tony J Pitcher vs Ray Hilborn & NOAA Fisheries intrafish.com/fisheries/1670…

Our new technical report guiding actions towards #sustainable wild meat trade #bushmeat #hunting #livelihoods #Conservation

Mandy Daniel Kachelriess Amanda Vincent Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 CITES Edward van Asch Tim OCONNELL @BlahaFrancisco UN Office on Drugs & Crime I worry that “mislabeling” is a cute term intended not to disrup the business as usual scenario. If a wild animal is taken illegally and sold that that is wildlife crime. Are fisheries not subject to the same scrutiny? Adding in Donna Cawthorn and Tim Fitzgerald

It’s on boats, in warehouses and in your home: Study says seafood fraud is everywhere oceana.ca/en/blog/its-bo…

Our new project Bushmeat and livelihoods with Oak Foundation University of Mpumalanga Kruger National Park aims to enhance #bushmeat governance in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) for the benefit of #wildlife and #communities #livelihoods #sustainability

Really proud of our new study (Marta Calosso John Claydon @stefanako71 Donna Cawthorn) showing widespread use of imported #seafood species as substitutes for #grouper in #TurksandCaicos doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc… #SSF #smallscalefisheries #seafoodmislabelling #bluejustice

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale theguardian.com/environment/20…

New word for me: "agnotogenesis" the creating and spreading of doubt. pnas.org/content/118/15…

Our grouper mislabelling talk (me, Marta Calosso , @stefanako71 & Donna Cawthorn) is coming up soon at #GCFI75 IMBeR Ocean Frontier Institute