Photos: How overfishing in Southeast Asia is an ecological and human crisis A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contes...

#Illegalfishing #fishing #IUU

Photos: The crisis of overfishing in Southeast Asia : The Picture Show : NPR share.google/GiD5FtgzrLZH...

Meridionally consistent decline in the observed western boundary contribution to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Western boundary observations in the Atlantic suggest a meridionally consistent decline in the ocean overturning circulation.

#AtlanticOcean #currents #AMOC

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#AMOC #Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic circulation weakens at four key ocean sites - Earth.com share.google/Hbl5AIMogwa9...

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite

#salmon #cocaine

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds | Science | The Guardian share.google/A7CZli8zsqdV...

Drawing of a lawnmower blenny sitting on a purple couch. He’s a light brown mottled fish with lil fuzzy things coming out of his head in several spots. He is accompanied by a brown mottled snail.

#SundayFishSketch this week is @fishfetisher.bsky.social’s Henry, a lawnmower blenny, painted (drawn) like a french girl 😂

Female Puddingwife Wrasse in oranges, blues and white. Boulders in background. Watercolor

57/100 Puddingwife Wrasse, Initial phase, Halochoeres radiatus
#dothe100dayproject ##SundayFishSketch #100creaturesonthereef #coralreef #fishart #marineart #wrasse

I'm really enjoying @barackobama.bsky.social's narration of Our Oceans

#oceantemperature

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Scientists thrilled as an elusive Greenland shark washes up in Ireland | CBC When Dublin scientist Emma Murphy got word that a dead Greenland shark had washed up on the shores of northwestern Ireland, she was gobsmacked. Not only are the massive and ancient ocean dwellers not...

#shark #Greenlandshark

"The museum says the species is "exceedingly rare" in Irish waters. This is the first record of one becoming stranded on Ireland's coast."

Scientists thrilled as an elusive Greenland shark washes up in Ireland | CBC share.google/AnCa5opPHgTc...

Polychaete capture by native jellyfish and invasive ctenophore reveals a novel benthic–pelagic trophic link - Hydrobiologia Shallow coastal and estuarine habitats are among the most productive ecosystems, sustained by dynamic benthic–pelagic coupling. Yet living-mediated trophic interactions remain underexplored. Here, we ...

#stableisotopeanalysis

#Jellyfish hunting and eating #polychaete worms was not on my bingo card.

"Here, we present the first field evidence that benthic nereid polychaetes are preyed upon by gelatinous zooplankton...in the inner reaches of a Danish fjord..."

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6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island.

#deepseamining #Japan #USA

6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths | WIRED share.google/RaRpzAoMzfsA...

#Shark #Whiteshark

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Sharks and tuna are overheating and running out of options Some of the ocean’s fastest and most fearsome predators—like great white sharks and tuna—are running hotter than expected, and it’s costing them dearly. New research shows these warm-bodied fish burn ...

#shark #whiteshark

"New research shows these warm-bodied fish burn nearly four times more energy than cold-blooded species, forcing them to eat more while also struggling to shed excess heat."

Sharks and tuna are overheating and running out of options | ScienceDaily share.google/XpXAdVvLXe1q...

Maternal PFAS transfer through lactation: dolphin milk reveals routes of early-life exposure - PubMed Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continue to increase in concentration and prevalence in the environment due to the creation of emerging PFAS and the lack of breakdown of legacy compounds. P...

Primary lit: #dolphinmilk

"We then utilized a set of dolphin breastmilk samples from an individual mother across a 2-year lactation period to evaluate longitudinal trends in PFAS concentrations and profiles. Thirty PFAS were detected"

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PFAS detected in dolphin milk may pass from mothers to calves Researchers have found that a group of chemicals known as PFAS can be transferred from mother dolphins to their nursing calves, adding to the evidence that these persistent contaminants can be transfe...

#PFAS #forevefchemicals #dolphin #milk

"Several of the PFAS detected in the dolphin milk samples were present at concentrations that could be considered concerning when interpreted using these scaled human health benchmarks."

PFAS detected in dolphin milk share.google/jbOMfPdatrhB...

What fish redistribution in the Mediterranean is telling us about species’ climate resilience The Mediterranean is one of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems. A scientific study on shifting distribution dynamics examines how its fish species contend with sea warming.

#climatechange

"Over the past twenty years, nearly half of commercially important Mediterranean fish species have shifted their distribution due to climate change, causing marine species to move away from their historical locations."

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a man in a cowboy hat says kinda let us down a little bit on a screen Alt: a man in a cowboy hat says kinda let us down a little bit on a screen

I was being really impressed that you were able to write this without turning it into a #yawnshark advertisement.... And then I got to the last paragraph.

The Pokémon universe goes hard on ecology and climate science The Pokémon franchise, including its recent game Pokémon Pokopia, is inspired by real animals and their ecology. It’s no surprise that so many scientists love to try and “catch ’em all”

My latest for @sciam.bsky.social is all about the real biology, ecology, and climate science that is used to create the world of Pokémon, and how scientists use it to teach science in the real world.

This is just about the most fun I’ve ever had interviewing anyone, and I hope you enjoy! 🧪🌎

A blacktip shark restrained with a water pump in its mouth

Drawing blood from a blacktip shark

Overhead view showing the shark

Here I am helping to secure a beautiful blacktip shark for a research workup during my recent field research skills course. We're running it again this fall if you're interested! 🧪🌍🦑🦈

www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/courses/p/bi...

Me standing in front of my title slide while presenting at a conference

Friends and colleagues, I could use your help! It's never been more important for experts to break out of the ivory tower and engage with the public, with journalists, and with decision-makers.

I want to work with you to train your team how to do this!

Here is an UN article about our recent work in the Indian Ocean where we explored and mapped vulnerable ecosystems, investigated fisheries resources, studied rare deep-sea shark species, and monitor seabirds and whales in the Southwest Indian Ocean offshore region.

www.fao.org/newsroom/sto...

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling - Inside Climate News As demand for whale meat declines at home, Norway exports it to Japan, markets it to tourists and sells it online as dog food.

Inside climate news covers the opening of the Norwegian whale hunting season

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling - Inside Climate News share.google/fZcWwQko94Ou...

Canada expanding marking of hatchery Pacific Chinook in bid to support conservation Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is expanding the marking of hatchery-origin Pacific Chinook salmon

#Salmon #aquaculture #Canada

Canada expanding marking of hatchery Pacific Chinook in bid to support conservation | SeafoodSource share.google/yGskWVIaY2WE...

Yeah, that's the problem with most academic publishing. I don't know why they can't have the image they choose. Be one of the ones from the article. When you link to a peer-reviewed journal. Ordinary Business websites do it that way, but academic journals don't

Frontiers | Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in San Francisco Bay experience high mortality and have limited affiliation to known foraging groups Terrestrial and marine species are exhibiting distributional shifts due to climate change and resource availability. As food webs are impacted, some species ...

#whales #graywhale #vesselstrike

"Blunt and/or sharp force trauma consistent with vessel strike was determined to be the cause of death for 30 of 70 carcasses, and for nine of 11 matched animals where a cause of death was determined."

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Gray whales are out of luck in San Francisco Bay A new study breaks down the numbers.

#whales #graywhales #boatstrike

"...at least 18% of the gray whales spotted in San Francisco Bay from 2018 to 2025 died. Vessels killed at least 40% of them, and many others starved"

Primary literature linked below

Gray whales are out of luck in San Francisco Bay share.google/WEZ0fzGCB9RU...

The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels Abstract. Sperm whales (Physeter macro­cephalus) communicate using series of clicks known as codas. In previous research, sperm whale codas have been shown

#whale #spermwhale

"In the present paper, we demonstrate that sperm whale codas not only resemble human vowels acoustically but also pattern like them..."

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Young humpback towed off sandbar in first stranding of an early whale season The 9.5-metre, 12-tonne sub-adult is swimming freely in a lake near Forster, but is yet to find its way back to the ocean.

#whale #whalestranding #Australia

A sub-adult #humpbackwhale entered the #Coolongolook River. On Monday it stranded on a shallow sandbar. Four boats of rescuers "...successfully refloated the animal on Tuesday."

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Here's a link to the downloadable PDF of "Food fraud in the fisheries and aquaculture sector," the new FAO report that says Large parts of the global trade in seafood are affected by fraud

doi.org/10.4060/cd82...