5+ years, 11 chapters and 345p. and it is here! Will be defending my PhD thesis on the 4th of June after a symposium on ‘intertidal sharks and rays’ with Colin Simpfendorfer, dr. Anieke van Leeuwen, dr. Erwin Winter and myself. Events will be streamed, more info: shorturl.at/eptLY

Really good to read about these new findings on coastal fisheries in Republic of Congo!

Postdoc opportunity 3y: Come and study the movements of shorebirds in the intertidal Dutch Wadden Sea using the novel Wadden Sea #ATLAS tracking system. For more info see workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-move… #postdocjobs #movementecology #ornithology #WATLAS #biologging

🦈We encourage governments and managers to choose non-lethal options for shark control! It's time to prioritize coexistence and explore alternatives for a balanced ecosystem.
💙Read our position statement: ow.ly/lJhV50PUAME
#SharkConservation

New in nature – Shipping is on the rise: four steps to curb #OceanRoadkill of marine giants – increasing evidence ships strikes are major cause of human-induced mortality for whales & #sharks , but some simple actions can turn things around MBA - Marine Biological Association
nature.com/articles/d4158…

New paper led by Camrin Braun out today in Science Advances 🚨 'Widespread habitat loss and redistribution of marine top predators in a changing ocean' science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Summarized nicely by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
whoi.edu/press-room/new…

New Paper Alert! 🚨 An analysis of environmental drivers of abundance in hammerhead sharks at oceanic MPAs.
rdcu.be/dh4Ti
#AcademicTwitter

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Stole this vid of an orca predating on a whale shark off of fb 🔗👇

They are displaying v similar behaviour to Port and Starboard, but in the Sea of Cortez. It seems the first orca is distracting the WS while the second removes the liver! Fascinating.

Missed #SharkAwarenessDay due to travel.. But: If you want to read more about #RhinoRays , a critically endangered group of rays, and why we need these species in marine ecosystems and not on markets, read this great piece by Dr. David Shiffman 🦈 Rima Jabado Peter Kyne

#Wedgefish & #GiantGuitarfish are the most #threatened elasmobranchs, surpassing #sawfish in their extinction risk. For some species, such as the Clown Wedgefish & False Shark Ray, their distributions, statuses, & habitats are largely unknown. #RhinoRay #SharkAwarenessDay

New OA paper - Ever wanted to know how fast shortfin mako #sharks actually swim? We're beginning to find out w/ new bio-logging tags and it's surprising - great work by Matt Waller MBA - Marine Biological Association MOVE Okeanos - UAc OceanEarthUniSoton Nuno Queiroz
doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15…

New paper! Chuck "Charles" Bangley, PhD @Dr_Catmac and I spent two weeks in coastal BC interviewing stakeholders and experts about the fate of the world's first certified sustainable shark fishery.

Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

Friends, I’m excited to share with you my first-ever paper in Science! It’s a Perspective, an invited commentary on another paper where I talk about what makes that paper cool and important, putting into the broader context of our field. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Whale sharks as benthic feeders..

Whale sharks as benthic feeders!

A video of a candidate Important Shark and Ray Area based on devil ray data in the Mediterranean

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During the 3 year project about CITES Shark Trade Regulation that the #SharkConservation Fund funded, WCS Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Humane Society International Blue Resources Trust ifaw contributed to many landmark achievements for #SharkConservation .

Take a look: sharkconservationfund.org/project/cites-… #CITES4Sharks

The Important Shark and Ray Areas project has released a regional compendium of Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Central and South American Pacific region- download it free here: doi.org/10.59216/ssg.i…

A perverse outcome of the #30x30 goal is that colonies and Indigenous peoples carry an outsized burden of ocean conservation for the entire world

I have a paper coming out on this soon, but many others, including Constance Rambourg, are writing about it, too

📣 At long last, NOAA Fisheries proposes ban on retention of ESA-listed oceanic whitetip sharks in 🇺🇸 Atlantic + large coastal hammerheads in 🇺🇸 Caribbean. Good (overdue) steps in the right direction but there's more to do (stay tuned). Comment by May 22:
fisheries.noaa.gov/action/propose…