Grey seal populations have been experiencing exponential growth across the North Atlantic. 🦭 These predators are known to feed extensively on cod. "This predation could be contributing to the cod species' failure to recover," says Izzy Langley @izzylangley.bsky.social. ofi.ca/news/scientist…

it's really important to report dead seals to help us understand what's going on with their populations. In England and Wales report to CSIP by calling 0800 652 0333. In Scotland report to SMASS by calling 07979 245893 or emailing [email protected]

Are you an undergraduate looking for paid research experience this summer??😎 @denrisch and I have an opportunity for you to gain experience helping us to continue to develop a deep learning detector for minke whale vocalisations 🐳🔊 ➡️Find out more tinyurl.com/3vxmsn89

👀👀👀We're hiring! 👀👀👀 SMRU Consulting is expanding our offshore wind team - seeking marine professionals with experience in pre- and post-consent services supporting our UK, Ireland (and potentially further afield) marine mammal consulting work. lnkd.in/ej2vGNBz

Channel 4 News This is appalling. To make sure you can vote, you can register for a free voter ID by 5pm Wednesday 26th June. See link here: electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

SMRU Instrumentation are recruiting for two exciting new roles. Experienced tech manager with a track record of leading a group? Researcher who has used animal-borne tags? For details see static1.squarespace.com/static/6232250… SMRU (now posting at Bluesky) SMRU Consulting #nowhiring #jobsearch #marinecareers

🐳CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!🐋 Really excited to be hosting a special session at the MASTS Annual Science Meeting (5-7 Nov) on 'Marine mammals in an ocean of change' 🐳🚢🔊🎣☢ We are seeking abstracts for 12 or 5 min talks 🗣 All career stages welcome🐋 🔗 masts.ac.uk/annual-science…

Experienced tech manager? Led a team? Researched using bio-logging tags? Interested in joining us as our new Group Lead or Telemetry Research Support Lead? If so, you still have until this Friday, 12th July, to apply. See: static1.squarespace.com/static/6232250… #engineeringjobs #marinecareers

Congratulations Hannah!!! 👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾🦭🦭🦭

🚨 2 days till the deadline to submit an abstract!! 🐳🌊 Want to go to MASTS? Want to present your work on marine mammals? It doesn't matter whether you're an early stage researcher, student, Prof.. we are welcoming all stages to submit and get together to chat about whales! 🫶🏽

Interesting report from our colleagues at MWDW- grey seal seen feeding on a harbour porpoise off Isle of Man coast in July. Help us and our friends at SMRU (now posting at Bluesky) and please do report any similar cases, as we're keen to learn more about this issue! mwdw.net/grey-seal-pred…

📰NEW PUBLICATION!🐋 In our new paper in Journal of Applied Ecology, we show how 'not all maps are equal' when it comes to mapping risk..We apply the same data (bowhead whale and Arctic vessel traffic) to 8 different models, and find nuances in where is predicted as 'high risk' 🗺

Funded PhD opportunity in our lab OPEL | Ocean Predator Ecology Lab OceanEarthUniSoton University of Southampton "Biogeography of the southern Indian Ocean higher predator community" bit.ly/48msLP8 Closes 8 January 2025

‼️📢 REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION #UKIRSC25. 🐋🐬🦭Calling ALL students researching marine mammals in the UK and Ireland to present their work. ⚠️Deadline 15/11/2024. ℹ️ Conference registration and information: ukrsc.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conference-202…

Massive piece of work by J. Chris McKnight SMRU Instrumentation and colleagues successfully reducing the impact of seal tagging with a new tag design that is commercially available 👏

If you are at the #SMM2024 conference in Perth, pop along and see us at the joint SMRU (now posting at Bluesky) and SMRU Instrumentation stall (#018).

New publication! We developed an automated approach using deep learning to identify pairs of photographs from the same individual - an important development in the photo ID of wild animal populations. Congrats Emmanuel Kabuga 👏 Ecosphere esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Looking for a PhD on seal ecology? Join us at Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC UCC Ireland MaREI on a fully funded 4 year PhD. Details 👇ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…

I had a great experience speaking on the careers panel at #UKIRSC25 - was wonderful to meet so many amazing early career researchers and future leaders in marine mammal science 🤘

SMRU researchers are appealing for the public to help us understand why UK Harbour seals are in steep decline news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-and…