Tim Adams
@timonroad.bsky.social
Fisheries Management Adviser
(Pacific Islands intergovernmental and governmental)
Gonedau Foundation
Nouvelle-Calédonie et Ancienne-Calédonie
ex Forum Fisheries Agency
Pacific Community
Nauru NFMRA
Fiji Fisheries Division
Exeter
St Andrews
(Pacific Islands intergovernmental and governmental)
Gonedau Foundation
Nouvelle-Calédonie et Ancienne-Calédonie
ex Forum Fisheries Agency
Pacific Community
Nauru NFMRA
Fiji Fisheries Division
Exeter
St Andrews
That's a long long time for it to be stuck under a desk.
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
That's a long long time for it to be stuck under a desk.
Pacific Community looking for someone to head the SPC's Pacific Islands aquaculture support team. Can be based either in Suva or Noumea.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
Principal Aquaculture Adviser
Noumea, New Caledonia or Suva, Fiji based position Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pa...
careers.spc.int
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Pacific Community looking for someone to head the SPC's Pacific Islands aquaculture support team. Can be based either in Suva or Noumea.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
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Almost like the billionaire press barons are starting to collectively shit their pants…
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Almost like the billionaire press barons are starting to collectively shit their pants…
Yeah. Who goes fishing anymore anyway?
Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Yeah. Who goes fishing anymore anyway?
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Go North, Young Turtle
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
Story by Adam Skolnick
Photographs by Ralph Pace
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
Story by Adam Skolnick
Photographs by Ralph Pace
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
Go North, Young Turtle
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
www.biographic.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Go North, Young Turtle
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
Story by Adam Skolnick
Photographs by Ralph Pace
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
As eastern Pacific green sea turtles were being slaughtered in much of their range, an intrepid group of turtles pushed north into uncharted waters.
Story by Adam Skolnick
Photographs by Ralph Pace
www.biographic.com/go-north-you...
What a surprise 😏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
What a surprise 😏
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
August 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
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I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
The Pacific Community (SPC) in New Caledonia is advertising for a Principal Fisheries Scientist (Coastal & Nearshore).
Your office will be 80 metres from this beach, and your extended workplace will be the entire insular western and central tropical Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
Your office will be 80 metres from this beach, and your extended workplace will be the entire insular western and central tropical Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
August 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Pacific Community (SPC) in New Caledonia is advertising for a Principal Fisheries Scientist (Coastal & Nearshore).
Your office will be 80 metres from this beach, and your extended workplace will be the entire insular western and central tropical Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
Your office will be 80 metres from this beach, and your extended workplace will be the entire insular western and central tropical Pacific.
careers.spc.int/job/principa...
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I have learnt a great deal from writing this paper. Although my contribution is minimal, I am honoured to have collaborated with the co-authors, aiming to address, in what is (for me) currently the most complex challenge in MCS, MPAS in ABNJ, I hope it helps.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
BBNJ in Practice: Enforcing and Managing MPAs in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction — Francisco Blaha
I wrote a few weeks ago about my involvement in a UNODC Issue Paper that was to be presented and discussed in 2 weeks in New York at the second meeting of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom II...
www.franciscoblaha.info
August 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I have learnt a great deal from writing this paper. Although my contribution is minimal, I am honoured to have collaborated with the co-authors, aiming to address, in what is (for me) currently the most complex challenge in MCS, MPAS in ABNJ, I hope it helps.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
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Today marks my last day out of a total of 700, spanning over six and a half years, as my three-times-a-year work placement as the NZ MFAT-funded “Offshore Fisheries Advisor” with the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authorities (MIMRA) has now concluded.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
My most rewarding role as a consultant, both professionally and personally. — Francisco Blaha
And yes… today is my last day. After 700 days, over six and a half years, my three-times-a-year visits as the NZ MFAT-funded “ Offshore Fisheries Advisor” Offshore Fisheries Advisor” to the Mar...
www.franciscoblaha.info
August 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Today marks my last day out of a total of 700, spanning over six and a half years, as my three-times-a-year work placement as the NZ MFAT-funded “Offshore Fisheries Advisor” with the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authorities (MIMRA) has now concluded.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/8/...
The University of the South Pacific (Laucala Bay campus in Fiji), is looking for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer covering marine resource governance, marine spatial planning, and fisheries management focussed on the Pacific Island context.
recruitment.usp.ac.fj/job/53269c01...
recruitment.usp.ac.fj/job/53269c01...
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The University of the South Pacific (Laucala Bay campus in Fiji), is looking for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer covering marine resource governance, marine spatial planning, and fisheries management focussed on the Pacific Island context.
recruitment.usp.ac.fj/job/53269c01...
recruitment.usp.ac.fj/job/53269c01...
New Caledonia claims the world's biggest DNA.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Tiny fern smashes world record for biggest DNA
A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.
bbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New Caledonia claims the world's biggest DNA.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
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I don’t know these homeowners, but I know we could be friends. 😊
#dogsofBlueSky
#dogsofBlueSky
June 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I don’t know these homeowners, but I know we could be friends. 😊
#dogsofBlueSky
#dogsofBlueSky
"Transfer pricing"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist | Editorial
Editorial: As the US decries corruption, a paper suggests the real scandal is multinationals legally extracting billions from Africa’s resource-rich nation
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"Transfer pricing"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch these species to claim incentives.
Pay-to-release program reduces shark deaths, but backfires in some cases
Researchers behind an incentive-based fisheries program in Indonesia have reported a drop in shark and ray bycatch, but also warned of an unexpected rise in the intentional capture of these…
news.mongabay.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch these species to claim incentives.
The 2025 Pacific Community (SPC) Fisheries Meeting was in Hobart, Tasmania this month. Coming through strongly was the desire by Pacific Islands for SPC to find and put more resources into the science needed for effective management of small-scale coastal fisheries. www.spc.int/digitallibra...
May 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The 2025 Pacific Community (SPC) Fisheries Meeting was in Hobart, Tasmania this month. Coming through strongly was the desire by Pacific Islands for SPC to find and put more resources into the science needed for effective management of small-scale coastal fisheries. www.spc.int/digitallibra...
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This #FungiFriday we want to share the latest issue of Field Mycology! This is the first issue to be edited by Kew Mycologist @clareblencowe.bsky.social and marks the publication now being #OpenAccess
Check it out at fieldmycology.org
Check it out at fieldmycology.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This #FungiFriday we want to share the latest issue of Field Mycology! This is the first issue to be edited by Kew Mycologist @clareblencowe.bsky.social and marks the publication now being #OpenAccess
Check it out at fieldmycology.org
Check it out at fieldmycology.org
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Indonesia Records US$5.9bn of Fisheries Export 2024; ASEAN, U.S. Among Main Destinations - https://en.tempo.co/read/2009852/indonesia-records-us5-9bn-of-fisheries-export-2024-asean-u-s-among-main-destinations
Indonesia Records US$5.9bn of Fisheries Export 2024; ASEAN, U.S. Among Main Destinations
The export value of fisheries products from Indonesia reached US$5.9 billion in 2024.
en.tempo.co
May 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Indonesia Records US$5.9bn of Fisheries Export 2024; ASEAN, U.S. Among Main Destinations - https://en.tempo.co/read/2009852/indonesia-records-us5-9bn-of-fisheries-export-2024-asean-u-s-among-main-destinations
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Beware fascists making lists.
May 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Beware fascists making lists.
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Today is a great day for the ocean!
Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊
Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊
May 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today is a great day for the ocean!
Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊
Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊
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Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Another day of reminding everyone of Carl Sagan’s eerily accurate warning about the dangers of not being able to ask skeptical scientific questions to those in power or authority.
I'm all for Greens being more assertive - its the only way forward in the face of populist lies. But asserting yet more lies does not help. I used to have respect for National Geographic but the quoted article sounds like it was generated by a poorly-prompted AI using 1990's scare stories.
Only 10% of all large fish left in global ocean
90 % all large fish including tuna, marlin, swordfish, sharks, cod are gone
5 million fish killed every minute by fishing industry
If fishing rates continue, world's fisheries will collapse by 2048
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
90 % all large fish including tuna, marlin, swordfish, sharks, cod are gone
5 million fish killed every minute by fishing industry
If fishing rates continue, world's fisheries will collapse by 2048
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
May 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm all for Greens being more assertive - its the only way forward in the face of populist lies. But asserting yet more lies does not help. I used to have respect for National Geographic but the quoted article sounds like it was generated by a poorly-prompted AI using 1990's scare stories.
Protect 50% of the high seas and your protect 30% of the entire ocean, without losing significant production potential*
Which suggests to me that 30x30 will be useless unless backed up by 100% effective management.
*(tuna migrate)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
Which suggests to me that 30x30 will be useless unless backed up by 100% effective management.
*(tuna migrate)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Protect 50% of the high seas and your protect 30% of the entire ocean, without losing significant production potential*
Which suggests to me that 30x30 will be useless unless backed up by 100% effective management.
*(tuna migrate)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
Which suggests to me that 30x30 will be useless unless backed up by 100% effective management.
*(tuna migrate)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...