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Lachlan Fetterplace
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Marine Ecologist PhD | Researcher | @SLU_aqua | Scicomm @fish_thinkers | #SustainableFishing #MPAs #BRUVS #FishTelemetry #EM4FISH
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Wouldn’t it be good if there was some kind of environment legislation that could stop this sort of thing from happening
New: "Minister Gavin Pearce has confirmed the closure of the commercial rock lobster fishery near diseased salmon pens south of D’Entrecasteaux Channel, citing concerns that antibiotic residues could prompt Japan and China to ban imports of Tasmania’s $90-million southern rock lobster industry."
Minister Confirms Antibiotics Close Rock Lobster Fishery
Japanese and Chinese markets at risk
tasmaniantimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Great "behind the paper with @royalsocietypublishing.org" seminar - lead author of "Evidence of active sound production by a shark" discusses how she came to discover that New Zealand rig sharks can make strange noises @cassyni.bsky.social cassyni.com/events/NRzSF...
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Abundance estimates of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and southern greater gliders (Petauroides volans) on the Illawarra Range, New South Wales, from spatiotemporally-replicated thermal drone surveys connectsci.au/am/article/4...
Abundance estimates of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and southern greater gliders (Petauroides volans) on the Illawarra Range, New South Wales, from spatiotemporally-replicated thermal drone surveys
Abundance estimates are important for threatened species conservation. Here, we report the detection of koalas and southern greater gliders by thermal dron
connectsci.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision

I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Seems BlueSky absolutely butchers the lion tutorial image, so trying again by dividing it up into sections. I want my tutorials to be easily readable, thank you very much.

#SciArt #tutorial #lion

If there are any niche feline-related subjects you'd like to see a tutorial about, please tell me!
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Global manta and devil ray population declines: Closing policy and management gaps to reduce fisheries mortality doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

"Over 264,520 mobulids are caught per year, with small vessel fisheries accounting for 87% of global mortality. "
Global manta and devil ray population declines: Closing policy and management gaps to reduce fisheries mortality
Significant progress has been made in advancing priority actions to conserve manta and devil rays, yet implementation and enforcement of protective me…
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@icesmarine.bsky.social bound...was the 13 hr overnight train the smart move? 🤔🤣
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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NOVEMBER STUDY HALL SCHEDULE! 🗓️

We are back in business after last week's cancellation. Join us on Thursdays for the rest of the month to problem solve with the OTN data team and peers from across the globe!

See you there! oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#Switzerland to #Sweden on a new sleeper train.

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) offers new night train which will travel from Basel to Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden starting April 2026.

www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
This new night train will travel 1,400km from Switzerland to Sweden
Tickets for the EuroNight service are expected to go on sale starting 4 November.
www.euronews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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New publication about all the exciting additions we made to FishSounds throughout versions 2 and 3: doi.org/10.1111/geb....!

Since then, we've added even more recordings thanks to the FishEye Collaborative, and we have a lot more planned for next year!
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Rogan claimed that climate models have been wrong and thus global warming predictions can’t be believed. It’s easy to set the Impossible expectation that models must be perfect, but in reality, climate models have been remarkably accurate, unlike predictions from contrarians like Lindzen (7/11)
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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"We should no longer be making PFAS"

Water UK's David Henderson tells Nick Robinson removing PFAS from water sources is so hard we should talk about a ban on forever chemicals, not a clean up.

Our story on the DWI ordering water firms to act on PFAS in water sources made the Today Programme.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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📢NGOs launch guide to successfully address bycatch of sensitive species in the EU and call for bolder action 🐬🦈
Trends are worsening, populations are at risk, yet attention is declining. It’s time to #RethinkFisheries!
👉 seas-at-risk.org/press-releas... #EndBycatch #EUBiodiversity #EUOceanWeek
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Published! Our huge effort to obtain catch series for each of five overlapping populations of pygmy blue whales. Big collaboration with 30+ coauthors using spatial patterns of blue whale song (unique to each population) to figure out where each resides 1/n
March 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Absolutely this 👇 as walking non-smoking survivor of lung cancer who has lived on residential road that over last 20 yrs has seen massive increase mostly in through traffic of cars using road as dogleg to avoid traffic lights + drivers idling engine (illegal!) while on a quick shop round corner 🙄
The 2nd highest risk factor for dying early, after high blood pressure, is high air pollution. A key step in reducing air pollution is to stop burning stuff: wood, fossil fuels - whether it's in a car engine, a wood burner, or a power station. Better public transport, walking + cycling routes vital.
October 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Fisheries: Creating marine protected areas only displaces fisheries and does not benefit the ocean

Costello: No they don't and yes they do

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Fully protected Marine Protected Areas do not displace fisheries | PNAS
Fully protected Marine Protected Areas do not displace fisheries
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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What the Prof. says 👇

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Net zero by 2050 to limit warming to 1.5°C. That may have been plausible 10 years ago, but the continued rise of emissions means that there is effectively no carbon budget left for 1.5. It is cumulative emissions that drives warming. 1/6 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A new paper, co-authored by CIBBRiNA case study lead Al Kingston, has identified key patterns in #bycatch of harbour porpoise, common dolphin, and harbour and grey seals in #UK static net #fisheries. [1/3]
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM