How can historical sources help in #conservation? We examined 275-year old handwritten naturalist's notes to provide further evidence that a few specific reefs on the Welsh coast are vitally important to critically endangered angel sharks, which have become extinct elsewhere

I found a nice Candy striped flatworm (Prostheceraeus vittatus) while out on the low tide this morning at #MenaiBridge. I don't think I have ever seen this species before.

Fisher in N Wales? Heritage crafter? Or just want to learn more about traditional willow lobster🦞 pots? Drop-in events tomorrow (Plas Heli Pwllheli) & Thursday (@_GALERI_) with Sarah Ready - Withy Pot Maker #girlyfisherman and David French

Some great discussions w fishers, seafood marketing experts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Seafood Cluster-Clwstwr Bwyd Mor, Welsh Government Fisheries 🐟, and willow/wildlife/land use trust GWCT Cymru | Wales last night. Come & join us in @_GALERI_ this evening from 5pm! Sarah Ready - Withy Pot Maker #girlyfisherman David French wfa-cpc

Ocean Exploration Vessel in scale 1/125 built by Timothy Whitton. Send us your pictures to [email protected] (include your name, name of the revell modell & scale). #revellgermany #scalemodel #discoverrevell #modellbau

New paper from @sos_bangor_uni scientists working with Isle of Man fisheries on getting better spatial effort data from small potting / creel vessels. academic.oup.com/icesjms/advanc…

Great work by Mike Roberts and @Innes_McCartney of @sos_bangor_uni . 'The...SS Mesaba was crossing the Atlantic in April 1912 and sent a wireless message to the Titanic but its warning never reached the bridge.' The likely wreck has been identified. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

Really enjoyed the Electroacoustic Wales last night. With composition by Andrew Lewis with @sos_bangor_uni data, pieces by Annie Mahtani, and compositions by Ben Powell of @sos_bangor_uni. Showed me what surround sound can really sound like with 32 speakers around and above me

For months this mains leak on Tyddyn To #menaibridge has been reported by many, nothing done about it after a failed repair. Ice has now resulted across the steep road. Someone will have a preventable accident on a motorbike/bicycle. Rhun ap Iorwerth Welsh Water Isle of Anglesey County Council

Can anyone ID the #shark at the bottom of this #drone clip? Taken in Dec at Hamelin Bay, WA

New PhD opportunity at @BangorUniversity investigating the relationship between bottom-trawl #fishing and #BlueCarbon stored in seabed sediments! This project consists of ecosystem modelling, lab analyses of organic carbon, and offshore sampling. Details👉buff.ly/3SL5mPB

Interesting report. Clear about uncertainty, knowledge gaps, inconsistency in models, observations, remotely sensed data 'Observed trends in storms and waves cannot be directly attributed to climate change because of the high variability and limited understanding of mechanisms.'

Beautiful morning on the #menaistrait as the #RVPrinceMadog set sail on another research cruise @sos_bangor_uni

The work of Cardiff Curator in marine taxonomy is important. I have especially benefitted from the expertise of their bivalve expert/curator Anna Holmes during my research. I hope their work will be well supported by Welsh Government into the future #TaxonomistAppreciationDay

I see people often quote that seagrass captures more carbon than rainforests when promoting seagrass restoration in Wales, UK. The relevant comparison is between Welsh seagrass habs vs. adjacent sediment that lacks seagrass, not land ecosystems which don't exist here. #bluecarbon

Went to see the piece myself and Tim Jackson-Bué (D'Urban Jackson) put together for the School of CompSci & Engineering, Bangor Uni data-art exhibition. It shows the track of the @sos_bangor_uni #RVPrinceMadog over 20 years. Lots of interesting data-art to look at for free in PontioTweets, but only for a few more days.

Another good trip on the #RVPrinceMadog of @sos_bangor_uni with @Macomabalthica and his PhD student. Some highlights were these tiny sea cucumbers (Ocnus planci) and seeing the Trinity House Galatea at night.

Researchers @sos_bangor_uni believe they’ve found HMS Stephen Furness, a WWI ship lost in 1917 with over 100 crew. Located via sonar & digital archives through the #UnpathdWaters project, this find reveals history hidden beneath the Irish Sea. More: bit.ly/4elQocf

Today's #Museum30 theme is NAME. So here's just a few of the new species that have been discovered, described & named by Amgueddfa Cymru | Museum Wales scientists & their colleagues. This work is the vital foundation stone in understanding & conserving species in a changing world

This seems likes a very broad policy suggestion. MPAs exist for many reasons. Around Wales there are large MPAs for harbour porpoise, they are not designed based on seabed habitats. Banning bottom fishing from vast MPAs like this may have complex unintended outcomes.