A very successful first juvenile bass survey using a Fyke net with ~ 600 '0' group bass netted. Thanks to Institute of Fisheries Management FinVision University of Plymouth for training, workshop and advice in juvenile fish sampling techniques

Fun day promoting new paper - Dr Thomas Stamp using historical ecology - 1871 French fishing map and acoustic telemetry to show regenerative effects of farm and value to commercially valuable lobsters 🦞 and crabs 🦀 interview on bbc Spotlight tonight 🦀 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Habitat associations of juvenile European sea bass, 🐟🐟🐟Dicentrarchus labrax, in estuarine nurseries - Now available in journal format and Open Access #ecology #fish #coast Dr Howard Freeman Prof Leanne Hepburn Ewan Hunter doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15…

Our Offshore Shellfish research was on BBC Breakfast this morning - lead author Dr Thomas Stamp sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S00489… tracks crustaceans in offshore mussel farm to show fisheries and conservation benefits - watch from 6:24 am bbc.co.uk/.../epi.../m00… University of Plymouth Biological and Marine Sciences

Just finished entering data for 2024... this small net has now been towed for 🏆>100km 🏆by Biological and Marine Sciences staff + Marine Biology UPSU students University of Plymouth @ beaches in SW England. Bravo net & all for 7yr effort: LT data on fish habitat use, & how / why fish populations vary is valuable.

Wow! Data on 15,000 pollack has now been collected by a consortium of 14 charter skippers in the southwest working in partnership with scientists on #PollackFISP Thank you to all the anglers, skippers and crew contributing to this work. Without you, it wouldn't be possible 🎣

Thank you so much to all the charter skippers and anglers providing data to the #PollackFISP project! 👏 Bryce Stewart Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth Emma Sheehan Dr Thomas Stamp Rebecca Nesbit

Regenerative aquaculture and acoustic telemetry make a great pairing in this new study led by @Thomasstamp feat Dr Adam Rees. They used V9 transmitter tags on crustaceans to capture ecological benefits of offshore mussel farms. Bravo to the researchers! 🦞 #acoustictelemetry

Another thornback ray tagged and we are up to 19 tagged over the last two weeks. Lots of rain these past days but soon back again fishing for more!

Pollack is a recreationally important species, yet little is known about this fish. Recreational anglers & charter skippers have been working with researchers to learn more through #PollackFISP. Find more about the project in our new video youtube.com/watch?v=Tp0K5a…

Great turn out Royal William Yard for the FUTURES event where we got to talk to 100s of people about Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth Lyme Bay MPA longterm monitoring work. So many people loving our marine videos! Thank you Chloe Renn 🍉 and our University of Plymouth student ambassadors! @Dr_Emma_Sheehan

On behalf of our team I presented the #AnglingforSustainability Defra UK #FISP project at the #EEA2024 conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷🦈 Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth University of Plymouth Angling Trust Natural England Southern IFCA FISH INTEL Emma Sheehan Pete Davies Dr Thomas Stamp Rebecca

New research on #AcousticTelemetry, sharks & windfarms 🦈🌬️ Lesser spotted dogfish showed high site fidelity, returning after a few weeks of absence, suggesting that the habitat at this site is suitable for the species 🌊 🔗tinyurl.com/5n8jny5h 📸: David Villegas

#FinVision Clip Of The Day! Huge Conger Eel spotted on the cameras in the kelp forests! The JHaM-Cam’s can spot the big stuff too! Check out our Zooniverse page to find more cool vids! (Link in bio)

What a busy year we have had! #AnglingforSustainability 🎉🐟🦈

Excellent day in Parliament #EvidenceWeek! We’ve been presenting our offshore aquaculture, fish tracking and #MPA research funded by Defra UK and Natural England to MPs including our very own Luke Pollard MP Offshore Shellfish Sense about Science Amy Cartwright Llucia_MascordaCabre University of Plymouth

Hopefully this information will be of interest to anglers, policymakers and scientists (and others).