Understanding how top predators use ocean food webs is critical for #fisheries and conservation.

A new study into the trophic #ecology of highly migratory species in the southwest Pacific found their niches overlapped.

#marineecology #fisheriesscience #sharkscience #billfish #tuna

This is my watercolor painting of a sailfish that is jumping out of the sea. mattstarrfineart.dashery.com/products/603...
#mattstarrfineart #art #paintings #sailfish #fish #ocean #sea #beach #fishing #fisherman #angler #deepseafishing #billfish #florida

This is my watercolor painting of a sailfish that is jumping out of the sea. fineartamerica.com/featured/sai...
#mattstarrfineart #art #paintings #sailfish #fish #ocean #sea #beach #fishing #fisherman #angler #deepseafishing #billfish #florida

This is my watercolor painting study of a marlin fish. fineartamerica.com/featured/mar...
#mattstarrfineart #art #paintings #tshirts #apparel #homedecor #giftidea #marlin #fish #fishing #bluemarlin #ocean #sea #fisherman #angler #sportfishing #billfish

June 11th is the start of the Pensacola International Billfish Tournament. Here are my paintings of some billfish. fineartamerica.com/featured/sai...
#mattstarrfineart #art #Pensacola #PensacolaBeach #Florida #billfish #fish #fishing #sailfish #marlin #tournament #fishermen #deepseafishing

A striped marlin swim release from a double up just over a year ago.
We’re still fighting the other one one a popping rod off the starboard side.
#marlin #stripes #swim #fishing #billfish #travel #Oman #gopro #lightroom #adventure

Large billfish of the Atlantic Coast. A plate that never made it into my Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale Univ. Press (a.co/d/gzPdCxm). Too little space for an offshore section. Photoshop illustration, 2019. #billfish #marlin #sailfish

🚨 New review on lunar cycle effects on #tuna 🐟, #billfish 🐟, #sharks 🦈 & #rays with @sammy-shark.bsky.social & others! 🚨

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We reviewed 190 studies that showed animals moved deeper with increasing lunar illumination. Check out our paper for best practices!

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A black-and-white sketch of a hypothetical fictional fish, related to marlins and swordfish but shaped more like a tuna. Most of its fins are long and crescent-shaped to allow for quick movements.

Quick little #kaimere fanart doodle of a hypothetical animal descended from basal billfish, collected during the Oligocene harvest. I imagine it to be a tuna-like pelagic or semi-pelagic predator, with fairly high bite force. #specevo #fantasy #fishart #billfish