What's in the box?

Sealions are pests royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Talking marlin research to anglers at Botany Bay Game Fishing Club.

Our PhD student Tristan Guillemin in his element! Tristan is doing a PhD looking at long term changes in the east coast marlin fishery, including potential dietary shifts. Here he is chopping open and sorting through marlin stomach content to better understand their diet. Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences

What is this fish? Blue marlin are known to mostly eat scombrids and squid, but every now and then, they throw you a curveball. This little guys shows there are always new things to learn about marlin ecology. #fishID Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences

New paper! - we assessed post-release survival of swordfish caught 'deep-drop' angling in the mesopelagic zone (>300 m deep). temporarily open access authors.elsevier.com/c/1h5sxbiU1zMK8 IMAS Sean Tracey

Have you heard of #ProjectKingfish? Over the past 18 months, SIMS researchers have launched a major project working with recreational anglers to understand the movements and spawning habitats of the invaluable yellowtail kingfish off eastern Australia. sims.org.au/research/flags…

This week it is @Patrick__Burke behind the scenes for the MEG lab. He is a PhD student in the lab who works on the ecology of two different species of sawsharks around Australia! This will be a shark themed week so strap in! 🦈

🚨🚨New paper out today in Journal of Animal Ecology! We used #biologging tags to look at the foraging behavior of #marlin and #sailfish above the world's largest #OxygenMinimumZone. Spoiler alert: they use the hypoxic boundary to their advantage while hunting. tinyurl.com/5n9b2n4e

A 175 lb Blue marlin that traveled over 6000 nm along the track from deployment off North America to south of São Paulo Brazil! Wow! Thanks Big Rock Blue marlin tournament and Scott Poole for sponsoring this tag for IGMR!

Presenting catch data results at the Macquarie HDR conference. Marine Ecology Group Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences

Now learnig about movement as a form of protection in humbug damsel fish from Dr. Louise Tosetto 🐠 🐟 #ASSAB2023

Scientific names are given based on how the organism looks, where they're from or after the folks who discovered them. Or sometimes, something more esoteric. The Lord Howe Moray (Gymnothorax annasona) is named after the Annasona, a ship that sank near Middleton reef in 1906 🚢

Tristan and I woke up bright and early this morning to do the behind the scenes auction floor tour at the Sydney Fish Market! Fantastic knowledge as always from Alex, and great to just nerd out with about fishes!!

Happy now that my talk is done 😮‍💨 come find me if you didn’t get to ask your question during the session. I still have cookies 🍪 to get rid of as well 😂 #ANSA2023

Was great to present with the Yirralka Rangers at #ESAus023 and be featured in the day one recap!!

There is always something exciting happening in the MEG Lab! Today Charlie and Tristan are identifying cephalopod beaks found in fish stomachs. Happy Friday!!

Stoked to be at my first IPFC! Bring on five days of fishy science 🐟🐟 IPFC2023 #IPFC2023

Already shared a pic of my presentation for IPFC2023 so posting one from the welcome reception! If you missed my talk about stable isotopes and how fish niche can be affected by warmed waters come find me! I always love talking isotopes and fish diet! First conf. preso done!

Kicking off the last day of #ipfc11 STRONG with a talk from Tristan Guillemin about some of the most gorgeous fishes in the ocean! ASFB Marine Ecology Group