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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Dilan Sunthareswaran, who successfully defended his #MSc thesis, "From poop to marine soup: deconstructing the diet and health of mussels in a high rainfall coastal region" @ubcpelagic.bsky.social

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Did you miss today's presentation "Stewarding human relationships to the ocean through marine planning, MPA networks, and transformation" by Dr. Fiona Beaty? Watch it now on @ubcoceans.bsky.social's channel:

Stewarding human relationships to the ocean through marine planning, MPA networks and transformation

YouTube video by UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 1d

T036A’s and T065B’s Munching on Seals! Read the full story here: buff.ly/NLcyhDb
Photo by Gary
This is an encounter from 2016
#WhaleTales #biggs

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Global treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect

A landmark global treaty to curb billions of dollars in government subsidies for overfishing took effect on Sept. 15, Mongabay contributor Elizabeth Fitt reported. The agreement marks the first time…

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

RESEARCH: Managing fisheries and ecosystems: current good practices and the EcoScope project experience. @ubcoceans.bsky.social #Phd student Santiago de la Puente is a co-author. www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Managing fisheries and ecosystems: current good practices and the EcoScope project experience

Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) is a comprehensive way of managing fisheries and marine resources. As such, it needs a large and complex suite of concepts a...

www.frontiersin.org

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

We prefer not to, however it was the only article we could find with Andrew Trites' comments. Tried to find the original article, with no luck. Better to share the news than to lose it.

UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Andrew Trites @ubcmarinemammal says he hopes the threat never materializes, and that the #whales can find a home where they can live good lives and contribute to further research of #belugas, which are facing mounting challenges due to #climatechange. www.iask.ca/news/62d883c...

News.iAsk.ca - AI-Powered Canadian News

AI-powered Canadian news and analysis. Get the latest updates from across Canada and around the world.

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

A viable economic trajectory must be charted for #marine sectors, that supports innovation and healthy #marine #ecosystems. Co-author: @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social @solvingfcb.org www.weforum.org/stories/2025... via @weforum.org

Why sustainability is no longer enough for the blue economy

The ocean is degrading rapidly. We need a regenerative blue economy that focuses on restoring marine ecosystems, while supporting global economic growth.

www.weforum.org

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

Despite comebacks, #marinemammals face a plethora of threats from #pathogens, #pollutants — including oil and #plastic — disappearing food and more. #whales #seals #sealions news.mongabay.com/2025/10/will...

Will California’s marine mammal conservation success come undone?

SAN DIEGO, U.S. — The bluff at La Jolla Cove in San Diego is covered with pelicans and cormorants; below, some two dozen sea lions lounge on a rocky ledge or bark and frolic in the shallows, some leap...

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

To release the belugas into the wild would amount to a death sentence, said Dr. Andrew Trites. If put into a setting they've never adapted to, they may get rejected by other animals and be “looking at a life of starvation, loneliness.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why finding a new home for Marineland’s 30 belugas is proving difficult and complicated | CBC News

Marineland’s 30 belugas remain at the defunct Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park after Ottawa turned down its export request. But as the company says it’s running out of money to care for the whales ...

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

Marineland’s #belugas are alive after euthanasia deadline passes, Ontario says #whales www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca... via @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social

Marineland’s belugas are alive after euthanasia deadline passes, Ontario says

The Ontario government says all of Marineland’s belugas are alive.

www.ctvnews.ca

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

Three species of Arctic #seals now face extinction due to global warming, while half the planet’s birds are in decline due to habitat loss. The hooded seal is listed as endangered; the bearded #seal and harp seal are near-threatened. @science.ubc.ca www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/s... via @cnn.com

Arctic seals face extinction and birds in decline globally, according to new Red List | CNN

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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UBC Science @science.ubc.ca · 2d

To release the belugas into the wild would amount to a death sentence, said Dr. Andrew Trites of @ubcoceans.bsky.social.

If put into a setting they've never adapted to, they may get rejected by other animals and be “looking at a life of starvation, loneliness.”

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why finding a new home for Marineland’s 30 belugas is proving difficult and complicated | CBC News

Marineland’s 30 belugas remain at the defunct Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park after Ottawa turned down its export request. But as the company says it’s running out of money to care for the whales ...

www.cbc.ca

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

Minister provides little clarity on future of shuttered Atlantic #mackerel #fishery www.ipolitics.ca/2025/10/09/m... via @iPolitics

Minister provides little clarity on future of shuttered Atlantic mackerel fishery

The commercial mackerel fishery was initially closed in 2022 by ex-fisheries minister Joyce Murray, though Thompson has since extended the moratorium through 2026.

www.ipolitics.ca

UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 2d

In fact, the very term “decarbonized oil and gas” has been denounced as a falsehood by the co-chair of the federal @NZAB_Canada climate scientist @simondonner.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca theconversation.com/mark-carneys... via @theconversation.com #climatechange #climateaction

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 3d

"Eyes wide shut" - This idiom refers to willful ignorance or a refusal to acknowledge reality. This happens all too often in #seafood supply chains. #santiagodelapuente #VillyChristensen #OceanIdioms oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...

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Corey Holt @coreyholt.bsky.social · 3d

I'm looking for a PhD student to dive into some protist genomes and maybe find some cool parasites like this (very flexible) apicomplexan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Please do reach out if you're interested. And APPLY EARLY! The advert will be taken down when a suitable candidate is found.🪱🦀🐟

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 3d

Photos show humpback #whale trying to protect #seal from #orcas near Sooke cheknews.ca/photos-show-...

Photos show humpback whale trying to protect seal from orcas near Sooke

The chaos of nature was on full display this weekend as a whale watching tour witnessed a humpback whale trying to protect a seal from hungry orcas near Sooke.

cheknews.ca

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 3d

Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 #belugas should be sent to a proposed #whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia.
globalnews.ca/news/1146855...

Marineland says its remaining belugas shouldn’t be sent to N.S. sanctuary | Globalnews.ca

Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson denied Marineland's request last week for a permit to ship Canada’s last captive whales to buyers at an aquarium in China.

globalnews.ca

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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 3d

A recent @nature.com depicts life in the Kuril–Kamchatka & W Aleutian Trenches, two hadal trenches in the W Pacific that were explored with submersible Fendouzhe.

@sarafnovak.bsky.social
www.discovermagazine.com/using-deep-s...

Using Deep Sea Submersibles, Researchers Have Uncovered an Almost Alien World in the Hadal Trenches

Learn more about the Hadal Trenches and the types of life that thrive in the deep.

www.discovermagazine.com

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Carolina Chong-Montenegro @carolinachongm.bsky.social · 3d

Dear OPI community! We’re thrilled to announce that the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference, hosted by the University of Victoria on beautiful Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026!

tinyurl.com/3cjhzf4h

#marineecology #conference

Oceans Past XI: Abstract and Funding Award Submission

The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions in past decades, centuries and millenn...

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Andrew Trites said that the whales’ health will be the key factor in whether they can travel. He said veterinarians would review blood work and feeding records to confirm consistent intake and look for any signs the animals might be unwell. san.com/cc/canadas-l...

Canada’s last captive belugas at risk of euthanasia after export denial

Canada’s Marineland theme park warns 30 beluga whales at risk of euthanasia after Ottawa denies China export; advocates press for sanctuary.

san.com

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 4d

When most of us think of #whales and #dolphins, we imagine elegant blue whales, or striking orcas, but the whale and dolphin family (collectively called #cetaceans) contains over 90 living species; many of them unusual and some stranger than fiction.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Spiral tusks, big square heads, strange pink skin: 10 weirdest dolphins and whales on the planet | Discover Wildlife

From unicorn-like narwhals to pink river dolphins and whales with boxy skulls, the ocean is home to some truly bizarre-looking cetaceans.

www.discoverwildlife.com

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 4d

Marineland says its #belugas shouldn’t go to Nova Scotia’s #Whale Sanctuary Project www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov... via @ctvnewsatlantic.bsky.social

Marineland says its belugas shouldn’t go to Nova Scotia’s Whale Sanctuary Project

Marineland says it has more than a dozen reasons why none of its remaining 30 belugas should be sent to a proposed whale sanctuary in Nova Scotia.

www.ctvnews.ca

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 5d

Studies have shown that marine heat waves are being made worse and more frequent by global warming, says Dr. William Cheung ( @ubccoru.bsky.social; @solvingfcb.org ). @science.ubc.cahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/science/heat-wave-climate-change-pacific-blob-1.7652755 via @cbcnews.ca

The Pacific Ocean is overheated, making fall feel like summer | CBC News

Experts say a massive heat wave in the northern Pacific Ocean is the likely reason for the unusually warm temperatures across parts of Canada.

www.cbc.ca

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