Science in action #PlyMBIOFaro 💙

Beautiful day for sea swimming 😍🥶 @mcollins_2

Amazing day with the #marinebiology University of Plymouth students. They did an absolutely fantastic job! Such a rewarding experience thanks to Miriam Reverter Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS @mcollins_2 Ben Ciotti @realdocspicer Reuben Shipway Charlotte Crowther Mark Briffa

#marinescience #phdlife #mantas #marineconservation #indianocean

It’s #worldmantaday! Been lucky to spend underwater time with these incredible animals recently and they blow my mind! Also a day to celebrate #manta scientists and conservationists working to understand and save them, especially the inspirational Joanna L. Harris ⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟

NEW PAPER… We investigated the foraging ecology of reef manta rays using stable isotope analysis, which helped to identify where the sampled individuals are most likely foraging. Read the full article here doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc… #worldmantaday #marineconservation

‼️ Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) The ISRAs initiative addresses the global extinction crisis faced by sharks and rays. The Manta Trust have worked with the Shark Specialist Group to develop regional ISRAs. The eAtlas is now available online: bit.ly/48PLu4Y

🏝️ Chagos Manta Ray Project Chagos News 👉 bit.ly/49q2i2v Chagos Manta Ray Project - The Manta Trust 👉 bit.ly/42DmJXB Chagos Conservation Trust Bertarelli Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation ⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟 @Plymuni

Understanding the amazing biodiversity in LSMPAs is key...especially when threatened by illegal fisheries. New paper by Joanna L. Harris out today documents sicklefin (Mobula tarapacana) and bentfin (Mobula thurstoni) devil rays in the Chagos Archipelago Manta Trust ZSLMarine

📢 NEW SCIENCE ALERT! Egmont Atoll is a unique and essential habitat for reef manta rays in the Chagos Archipelago, which is now designated as an IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Important Shark and Ray Area (ISRA) thanks to this research 👉 bit.ly/3SwNM2d

📢 NEW SCIENCE ALERT! First records of the sicklefin, bentfin, and spinetail devil rays in the Chagos Archipelago @Manta_Joanna supported by @iomarinescience @bertarellifoundation @westonfdn @plymuni 👉 bit.ly/3wgs373 📸 Ana Filipa Sobral

It’s an absolute honour to share the progress I have made in #mobulid conservation with the Chagos Manta Ray Project over the last four years Manta Trust 💙

Amazing week at the Indian Ocean Marine Science Symposium in the Maldives. Sharing our research on mesophotic coral ecosystems and learning about all the other amazing research being done. Lots of time for discussions and planning new collaborations in the region 🪸🐠🐦🐢

Why is it so hard for you to make your films accessible to deaf people Cineworld Vue? Are subtitled screenings really that inconvenient? #deafpersonproblems #deaf #deafawarness #closedcaptions #plymouth

Marine Scientist Joanna L. Harris (University of Plymouth & Manta Trust) studies the Manta Rays of the Chagos Archipelago. She recently published a paper confirming the presence of three different endangered devil rays (sicklefin, bentfin & spinetail) in the Chagos Archipelago.

What a journey it has been so far and we have a long way to go yet 💙