Joining us for Oceans Past XI this June?
We'll be reducing the availability of discounted room rates at the University of Victoria from April 15.
Book via our conference website ๐ sway.cloud.microsoft/KADEy01cx1zB...
Looking to split costs & share accommodation? Email us as info@oceanspast.org.
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Registration for the Oceans Past XI Conference is now OPEN!
Early bird rates available until May 15!
๐ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oceans-pas...
For more details and information on OPI XI registration, see the link above. We look forward to seeing you at the conference! ๐
Fish folk - have you ever heard of old (18thC) name Mylwell or Melvell?๐ @oceanspast.bsky.social @thefsbi.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social
Apparently sometimes applied to cod, but not in this context (as named alongside, along with ling, conger, hake and bream)
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Missed our January newsletter? Catch up here: oceanspast.org/newsletter/
โฐ Last call! Abstracts for Oceans Past XI close tomorrow โฐ
If you're interested in past humanโocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline!
Submit today
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Early career researcher? โจ
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Donโt forget to request travel support in your submission
Awesome work! ๐
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We acknowledge and respect the Lษkฬสทษลษn (Songhees and Xสทsepsษm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lษkฬสทษลษn and WฬฑSรNEฤ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Donโt miss out! Abstract & ECR funding submissions for the OPI XI conference are still open.. for now!
The deadline is approaching!
Closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit ๐
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15-19 June, 2026
Want to share your work at Oceans Past XI?
Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher?
The abstract submission and ECR funding application
deadlines have been extended!
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!
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Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED!
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
๐ OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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Reminder: 19th of December is the deadline for the Oceans Past conference abstract and ECR funding submissions! ๐
Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026
Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada
Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Webinar alert!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! Itโs been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !
Fantastic!
We acknowledge and respect the Lษkฬสทษลษn (Songhees and Xสทsepsษm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lษkฬสทษลษn and WฬฑSรNEฤ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
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Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
๐ University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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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!
Thank you, Cristina!
Very excited to share that I've been given a ECR Spotlight in Volume 34 of the @oceanspast.bsky.social Quarterly Newsletter to discuss my "Beyond Stockfish" project and research journey (so far ๐!) bsky.app/profile/ocea...
Our latest newsletter is here ๐
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 ๐ info@oceanspast.org.
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Exciting news!
Weโre thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference.
Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada ๐จ๐ฆ, 15โ19 June 2026!
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#marinehistoricalecology
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
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New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
We'll be visiting ports in Mid-South Wales e.g., Fishguard and Aberystwyth next week (2nd-4th September). If you're from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at fishistory@bangor.ac.uk๐
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries
Read more here ๐ @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
