Oceans Past Initiative
@oceanspast.bsky.social
The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a global research network for marine historical research.
www.oceanspast.org
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Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 [email protected].
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 [email protected].
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 [email protected].
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 [email protected].
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...
June 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...
New paper out now in @natcomms.nature.com!
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
New paper out now in @natcomms.nature.com!
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The identification of flatfish remains in archaeozoological studies has often been limited to higher taxonomic levels or species groups. Here a new paper provides excellent drawings and descriptions of selected skeletons elements! Check the paper here: doi.org/10.26028/cyb... 🐟
May 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The identification of flatfish remains in archaeozoological studies has often been limited to higher taxonomic levels or species groups. Here a new paper provides excellent drawings and descriptions of selected skeletons elements! Check the paper here: doi.org/10.26028/cyb... 🐟
Our latest newsletter has just dropped! This month features new research, interviews with researchers and lots more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
April 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our latest newsletter has just dropped! This month features new research, interviews with researchers and lots more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing [email protected].
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
New paper out this week 📣
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New paper out this week 📣
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authors detail 120 years of the UK's reach for seafood, revealing a rapid growth of dependence on global fisheries. By the 21st century, imports tripled 20th-century levels, with seafood travelling over 30% farther. 🐟
🔗 Link to read: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New study on archaeological New Zealand sea lion and New Zealand fur seals from Māori settlement, middle European expansion and modern time periods, reconstruct resource niche positions of these taxa, using stable isotope analysis 🦭
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New study on archaeological New Zealand sea lion and New Zealand fur seals from Māori settlement, middle European expansion and modern time periods, reconstruct resource niche positions of these taxa, using stable isotope analysis 🦭
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
www.int-res.com/articles/mep...
New #opeanaccess paper 📣
Ancient Atlantic bluefin tuna DNA up to 5000 years old revealed that the frequency of haplotypes has remained similar through time and highlights the utility of aDNA for temporal insights.
Link to read: buff.ly/LxREtOQ
Ancient Atlantic bluefin tuna DNA up to 5000 years old revealed that the frequency of haplotypes has remained similar through time and highlights the utility of aDNA for temporal insights.
Link to read: buff.ly/LxREtOQ
March 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
New #opeanaccess paper 📣
Ancient Atlantic bluefin tuna DNA up to 5000 years old revealed that the frequency of haplotypes has remained similar through time and highlights the utility of aDNA for temporal insights.
Link to read: buff.ly/LxREtOQ
Ancient Atlantic bluefin tuna DNA up to 5000 years old revealed that the frequency of haplotypes has remained similar through time and highlights the utility of aDNA for temporal insights.
Link to read: buff.ly/LxREtOQ
New paper in @plosone.org 📣
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
January 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New paper in @plosone.org 📣
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
New review confirms cetaceans presence in Portuguese waters since the Middle Palaeolithic. Authors confirm the presence of the North Atlantic right whale & support whale product trading during the Roman Republican period.
Link to read: https://buff.ly/3BXUpGD
📣 New #openaccess paper 📣
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
December 18, 2024 at 7:36 PM
📣 New #openaccess paper 📣
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
In this new @naturesustain.bsky.social paper, authors explored hundreds of written records and descriptions of native oyster (Ostrea edulis) habitat and fisheries published since the 1700s, revealing #oyster reefs spanning >17,000 km2!
Link to read: go.nature.com/3ZK3nij
🏢✨ In case you missed it: December 6th is the deadline to submit expressions of interest to host the 2026 Oceans Past Initiative conference. Contact [email protected] for more information or if you wish to be added to our mailing list!
December 2, 2024 at 5:04 PM
🏢✨ In case you missed it: December 6th is the deadline to submit expressions of interest to host the 2026 Oceans Past Initiative conference. Contact [email protected] for more information or if you wish to be added to our mailing list!