TrackdAT has been updated with all papers published up to 2023!! ✅ Lots of amazing new research available to explore on trackdAT.org, with data from >2600 papers across 651 species globally 🐟🦈

And we’ve got updates to 2024 coming very soon! 🎉

Final year PhD students

Cool new research from Charlie Huveneers led by TomClarke about effectiveness of personal shark deterrents (against the big 3). nature.com/articles/s4159…

🚨 New 🦈 Shark Study: A groundbreaking analysis, published in Science Magazine, reveals the outsized role sharks play in maintaining #biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more: bit.ly/4c8IZM3 FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou Simon Dedman

New paper out in Science Magazine We review the ecological role of sharks and how these have changed in the Anthropocene. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Support provided by Shark Conservation Fund

What we do/don’t know re: sharks ecological roles. Much predation/fear by big coastal sharks, by western unis, little else. Must protect big individuals & species’ outsized roles. MPAs crucial; engage communities to improve outcomes & shark perceptions tinyurl.com/52e295m3

Big sharks equal big impact, but there’s a big problem. FIU-led study reveals those most affected by fishing are most needed for healthy oceans. Shark Conservation Fund news.fiu.edu/2024/big-shark… FIUdc

Just off the press in Science Magazine tinyurl.com/52e295m3 Sharks play diverse roles in aquatic ecosystems. Management and conservation should go beyond abundance metrics and move towards rebuilding and sustaining shark function and role in these systems. 📷Laurent Ballesta

These papers can seem technical & academic. But they are about nothing less than how we plan, measure & implement ecological interventions for conservation, management, restoration, much more. Too much ecology mistakes forecasting methods for causal methods. We gotta do better

Sharks play an important role for healthy oceans | CTV News buff.ly/3LNcloq

Shark Explorers This research was led by Simon Dedman Jerry Moxley, Ph.D Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou & involved many others, including Nicholas Dulvy Colin Simpfendorfer Michelle Heupel Natalie Klinard Matias Braccini CSULB Shark Lab @Urbanedgesharks Megan Winton Charlie Huveneers Mario Espinoza Joshua Cinner (9/10)

Shark Explorers Simon Dedman Jerry Moxley, Ph.D Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou Nicholas Dulvy Colin Simpfendorfer Michelle Heupel Natalie Klinard Matias Braccini CSULB Shark Lab Megan Winton Charlie Huveneers Mario Espinoza Joshua Cinner This research, inspired by an enriching workshop, highlights the value of collaboration. It’s a privilege to work with such amazing scientists. A huge thank you to Shark Conservation Fund for bringing us together & funding this important work!#HealthyOceansNeedSharks (10/10)

Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy – new research buff.ly/4frcgVf

🚨Very proud to announce Belinda Goddard first PhD paper using half a century of tag-recapture data to reveal stock delineation & cross-jurisdictional connectivity of yellowtail kingfish in Australia & New Zealand. Important implications for management link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Cross-jurisdictional movement of yellowtail kingfish across south-eastern Australia showing the benefits of long-term tagging programs tinyurl.com/2b6eapbf led by Belinda Goddard

Two fully funded PhD positions 🇨🇦 Quantifying uncertainty in zooplankton-mediated biological carbon pump processes One based Dalhousie University and one UQAR in collaboration with Université Laval & Memorial University Apply by Sept. 1, details here: mimunl-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal…

New paper 🥳! In which we deconstruct the relationships between colonialism and fisheries research in Canada, and consider our own responsibility to address the status quo and advance Indigenous sovereignty cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

🚨New paper led by Jordan Matley & Natalie Klinard. We reviewed 149 acoustic, radio, satellite, and archival tagging studies + anecdotal accounts from 36 researchers to discuss the long-term effects of tagging aquatic animals with electronic transmitters. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fa…