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Lachlan Fetterplace
@fiskeforbrains.bsky.social
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Marine Ecologist PhD | Researcher | @SLU_aqua | Scicomm @fish_thinkers | #SustainableFishing #MPAs #BRUVS #FishTelemetry #EM4FISH
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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...
A Spotted Estuary Smooth-Hound swims near the rocky ocean floor, its body blending softly into the murky blue water. (© Luca Davenport-Thomas CC BY- NC some rights reserved https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/468558133)
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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@icesmarine.bsky.social bound...was the 13 hr overnight train the smart move? 🤔🤣
The inside of a train bistro carriage - four sets of old booth style tables and chairs sit either side of the aisle. Behind them a door with stands half open through to another section of the carriage
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Field work in full swing here on the Bothnian sea #salmonfishery #seals
A dock with small boats, research gear, and supplies beside a red wooden building; calm water and trees visible under a blue partly cloudy sky. A researcher works from a small boat moored at the dock.
June 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#spurs 🏆
Spurs player Micky van de Van flys through the air to acrobatically clear a ball off the goal line with a scissor kick over the bar
May 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Look what turned up 😱🐟 #finspan
A hand holding a board game box that says finspan. In the background is some bushes and old red swedish log cabin
May 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Breaking barriers: Transoceanic movement by a bull shark

🌊 🧪 🦑

doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Panel figure from the paper showing a map on the right with shark movement track and detection locations - the figure caption says: "On 11 July 2024, a fisherman from Lagos, Nigeria, reported capturing (a) a female bull shark with (b) an internal acoustic transmitter (ID 6510). The shark was originally tagged on 2 April 2021 at the St Lucia Estuary mouth on the east coast of South Africa (c). The tagged shark recorded 541 detections on 20 receivers in southern Mozambique and South Africa before it was last detected in Mossel Bay on 25 March 2022 before being reported captured off the coast of Nigeria. Photo credit: Mr. Akeem Kolawole."
May 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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May 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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New research from #SLUAqua - The invasive round goby shakes up life in the Baltic Sea 🧪🦑🌎🐠https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0316546
Two round goby sit on the seafloor facing the camera. In the background three or four goby can just be seen. The substrate is brown silty looking.
March 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Super interesting new research paper out of #SluAQUA -

"Bomb radiocarbon dating and age estimation of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) of Norway" - Andrews AH et al.

doi.org/10.1017/RDC.... 🧪🐟💣🌎🐠
Map of North Atlantic with surface current patterns relative to the migration path of European eel, with collection locations in Norway (orange stars), and the selected bomb-produced 14C chronology locations from across the North Atlantic and North America (nuclear symbols
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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I am not procrastinating Shiffman...you are.
Image of an academic article shared on social media. The article title is "a juvenile spinner shark in southern New England: a rare visitor or a sign of change?". However, the link automatically includes an journal cover image, above the title, of a of a fish Bryconops giacopinii in front of a forest and river scene. The post has been edited so that a spinner shark is poking its head into the post saying "Bro?!!" and the fish is replying "stunt double?"
January 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Post doc at SLU Aqua - Mapping aquatic resources in a changing climate (based at our Uppsala, Sweden campus).

Fluency in English & R programming skills are key requirements.

I can highly recommend working with A/Prof Charlotte Berkström & @ulfbergstrom.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎🐠

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
A four story building slightly obscured by 5 large trees. In front of the building is concrete paving and a long (horizontally) set of ca. 10 steps. The building is grey except for a prominent section sticking out towards the camera that is bright yellow with lots of glass windows.
January 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Anyone keen to review a case study paper on camera equipment for electronic monitoring of fisheries bycatch?

It’s a fairly short & straightforward paper with only summary stats. ECRs/graduate students looking to gain experience in reviewing are more than welcome! #EM4FISH 🦑🧪🌎🐠
A small white fishing boat underway on a blue sea with a light blue sky. The boat has a small cabin with a person visible in the doorway.
January 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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We are seeking an Environmental Analyst to research small-scale fisheries & their interactions with protected species. Based at SLU Aqua Lysekil, our water front research hub on Sweden's west coast.

Proficiency in both Swedish & English required for this role. 🦑🧪🌎🐠

www.slu.se/om-slu/jobba...
January 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Postdoc on camera trapping, remote sensing, and AI for wildlife studies - at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (& based at our Umeå campus). 🧪🌎

web103.reachmee.com/ext/I017/111...
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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Shiny new paper from @danielrooth.bsky.social in the African Journal of Marine Science! 🧪🌎🦑🦈

"Predator avoidance by mesopredatory benthic #sharks in response to potential predators in a natural environment"

Snippet of #BRUV footage from the study here (more via link)
doi.org/10.2989/1814...
December 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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2/2 In recent years Gustav Hellström, Tomas Brodin, Petter Lundberg and Daniel Palm @SLU have tagged 40 sharks with acoustic transmitters in an attempt to give us detailed information on their behaviour in the wild after being born and raised in an aquarium environment.
A researcher (only arms visible) holds a small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) above the water in a holding tank. The shark has a small external green tag visible and has been internally tagged with a acoustic transmitter. Photo: HavetsHus A small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) swims against a green coloured coean, belowed is brown seaweed/algae. The shark has a small external green tag visible and has been internally tagged with a acoustic transmitter. Photo: HavetsHus
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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1/2 Havetshus on the westcoast of Sweden have bred & released ∼200 small-spotted catsharks since 2003 (& also breed & released rays, cod & a number of other species). All are tagged with a unqiue ID tag so they can be indentified if recaptured later.

www.havetshus.se/en/akvariet/...
A diver in dive mask at the surface of the ocean looking down underwater, holds a clear plastic crate with a small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) inside ready for release. Photo: HavestHus
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Relatively good compared to many venues...very good compared to my train atm
aranet4 Co2 monitor showing 1042 co2 ppm, 22 degrees and 28% humidity
December 9, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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What are you up to over there @altmetric.com? 🤔...a little bit of bluesky tracking perhaps?🤭

www.altmetric.com/details/1575...
December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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New #elasmobranch paper @conphysjournal.bsky.social -
Physiological responses to capture, handling & tagging in the critically endangered flapper skate (D intermedius)🦑🧪🌏🦈

Blood markers & heart & respiratory rates show: warmer sea temp & longer fishing times increased stress doi.org/10.1093/conp...
A black and white drawing of a flapper skate from above, with a pale yellow packground
November 29, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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I think you will find this is actually pretty standard writhing 😋🤣
Screen shot of text where the author contribution is listed as writhing
November 24, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Really nice looking postion open here at SLU Sweden: Professor (fully tenured) in conservation ecology with focus on biodiversity linked to forest management & green infrastructure.

It is also at our Alnarp campus which is...well...rather nice & even has a castle! 🧪🌎

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
A green lawn stretches towards an old castl, three wings of the castle can be seen with multiple arched entries and at leasted 4 levels of whindows. Two large sections of the castle walls are covered with green vine with leaves or red vine with red or orange leaves. This is the opposite side of the castle in the previous picture. Here three distinct 'towers' cant be see with two sections of building between them. This side of the case appears to only have one entrance and the sections between the towers are covered in thick green foilage with the exception of the 12 windows in each section spread over three floors.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Can i be added? I somehow fell into working with Salmon in Sweden (mostly related to bycatch and seal interaction mitigations).
Researcher holds a largish salmon (12kg) whilst standing on a dock wearing blue wet weather gear. In the background are two small fishing boats and water
November 18, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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First hike of the season on the weekend...just me and my 'little' brother 🏂
A person stops and looks back while hiking through knee deep snow up a mountain. They have placed a snowboard in front of them and their tracks lead through thr snow back down to the cameraperson. Bluesky above and white snow below the skyline is all that can be seen.
November 12, 2024 at 11:15 AM