New research from @romaricjac.bsky.social et al show that deep-water cartilaginous fishes, along with some of their prey species, are expanding their ranges northward into Arctic regions, highlighting how climate change may reshape marine biodiversity and species distributions.
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Posts by Romaric Jac
Climate-driven shifts aren't just happening at the surface.
Using 26 years of data, we show that deep-water sharks and chimaeras are moving northward into Arctic waters🦈 Their prey are moving too, suggesting that the entire deep-sea community is on the move.
Read it here👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We’ve completed our second season with chimaera tagging! And we caught something very cool 👀🦈 Curious about what? Find out here www.bergentelemetry.com/post/trackin...
#SOSF_GhostTrack
#NFR_PUFFINS
Excited to share our first paper on capelin otolith chemistry in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. We reveal stable, region-specific signatures over time, a key first step toward tracking natal origins and migrations. Many exciting questions ahead!
Read here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
My first PhD paper is published! We did a co-occurrence network analysis of tagged spiny dogfish in the fjords 🦈 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/ices...
@bergentelemetry.bsky.social
#SqualusAcanthias
#Spurdog
New #OA paper in Ecological Informatics comparing automated methods for provenance assignment using chronological chemical records deposited into archival structures such as #otoliths, #lenses, #statoliths. Our focus was on #salmon but it has much broader application. doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
Wohoo! Another two chimaera monstrosa tagged tonight 🤩 The coloration is beautiful! Thanks to @saveourseas.bsky.social for funding the #SOSF_GhostTrack project! We’re going out again tomorrow! @bergentelemetry.bsky.social
We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️
Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities?
Apply by Dec 7th!
@bioprotectproject.bsky.social
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#JFB: Tag attachment innovation on spurdog (𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢𝘴) reveals year-round coastal association of pregnant females in northeastern Atlantic waters doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16000 #FishSci
Curious about how to study forage fishes (in Canada)? 🐟
Our new paper reviews current approaches, identifies key knowledge gaps, and offers advice on methods to address them.
Read it here 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hard to believe it has been over 10 years since I discovered this NEW SPECIES of ghost shark during #AlienShark on @SharkWeek. I named the species the SeaFarer’s Ghost Shark (Chimaera willwatchi) for my hard working friends onboard the fishing vessel Will Watch. 🤩🦈
Teeny Tiny Trackers Take to the Water
A new generation of petite, submersible tracking tags offers a fresh look at the lives of little fishes.
by @moiradonovan.bsky.social
www.biographic.com/teeny-tiny-t...
Our Special Issue on fish telemetry is finally published in Journal of Fish Biology @thefsbi.bsky.social
including 28 papers on freshwater & marine fish movement & behaviour.
Thank all authors and guest editors Taryn Murray, Robert Lennox & Kim Birnie-Gauvin
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10958649...
I've waited a decade to finally have the chance to work with this ghost #shark 👻🦈 legend. While we were geeking away on this giant beast, we also got word that the first and only Ghost Sharks of the World book finally has a released date. Coming to you January 2026!
#BaskingSharks of the #ArticCircle 📢Tracking the second largest #fish for a full year, our new paper invites you on a deep #dive into the life of a cold water giant between the Barents Sea and the Azores 🐟❄️🌊🏝️🇳🇴
#sharkscience #IMR @forskning.no
@aquatictracking.bsky.social
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Meet Lotte, a recipient of our Keystone Grant.
We look forward to following along as Lotte will use acoustic telemetry to complete the first advanced tracking study of chimaeras.
More info here: saveourseas.com/project/the-...
#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #chimaeras
Help shape #SI2026, the world’s largest shark, ray, and chimaera conference, May 4–8, 2026, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by submitting your proposals.
📄 Reminder: The call for abstracts opens later this year!
🔗 Click this link to access the submission form: lnkd.in/gWrwTUCc
Super eager about leading my first tracking project!! Huge thanks to @saveourseas.bsky.social for funding our #SASF_GhostTrack project!! Can’t wait to see what the data will look like 🦈
New paper out! An analysis of recent advances and challenges in tag miniaturization. I had a good time drawing Figure 3 (see below). Small things can help ensure the tagged animals recover fully!
Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳
Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
What a fantastic way to kick off the year! Thrilled to have contributed to this paper on spurdog movement and habitat use in Norway 🦈 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....