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danjsteadman.bsky.social
Working towards improved ecosystem conservation and fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic for Pew. Former fisheries lead at Fauna & Flora. Views my own.
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🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Wow. Atlantic cod are wild fish whose population should be determined by ocean conditions, prey availability + other nature-driven phenomena. But instead, FOR *AT LEAST* 600 YEARS, fishing has been the main variable determining how many/what sizes of cod there are. Amazing paper.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Using light to attract + catch marine species isn't new - massive squid fisheries depend on this - but we didn't know til now that this works for scallops. Fascinated to see how this method competes with dredging on yield/cost/efficiency as it's clear on environmental impact, this wins hands down.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Marine ecosystem models: the future of ocean management and protection? Only if governments, private sector etc. understand their "plumbing and piping" i.e. the software and infrastructure that makes them work, enabling them to be adapted and applied #EBFM #EBM

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

The Ecoscope project blogged about my thesis. A neat summary of what kept me up at night for the past 4 years: ecoscopium.eu/news/article... #Ecoscopium

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Interesting to see Norway (a prolific forage fishing nation) trying to better protect seabirds with minimal focus on fisheries impacts such as prey depletion. Northeast Atlantic seabirds desperately need better domestic/international forage fish management: for herring, sprat, sandeel, mackerel etc.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 57 days ago • 3 comments

Great to see better forage fish protection in the Mediterranean through the adoption of two new harvest strategies (pre-agreed decision frameworks to prevent overfishing). This will help the fisheries & biodiversity of this historically overexploited sea basin: harveststrategies.org/blog/2024/11...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Good to see more coverage of the challenging North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission meeting in London. Many of the issues in NEAFC concern problems that have gone too long without being addressed, especially the mismanagement of the region's ecologically critical pelagic fish species. #EBFM

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

I have a new #EBM paper out in the ICES journal of marine science! This one was a great team effort to develop a performance measure framework for ecosystem-based management. How do we know if we are doing successful ebm? Read here! #OpenAccess #MarineScience academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

A fantastic write-up on a difficult meeting of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission by @mongabay.bsky.social. Work to do on reversing mackerel and herring declines, taking more account of ecosystem needs and improving how observers are involved in meetings: news.mongabay.com/2024/11/lead...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

International fisheries managers have done a lot to protect marine biodiversity, but there's much more to do. Proud to have been on @deepseaconserve.bsky.social panel on this in the margin of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission annual meeting #EBFM #HighSeas www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-yea...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

When making decisions that affect #nature, governments should be asking scientists bigger, bolder and broader questions. Fisheries managers specifically shouldn't just ask "how much yield can we get?" but "how do we restore biodiversity while optimising seafood production?"

submitted 344 days ago • 0 comments

Critical step to #MakeEBFMWork as the UK announces a domestic closure to sandeel fishing. Fish species like sandeel (that are central to the diet of many struggling, charismatic predators) need cautious management & this is a move in the right direction: www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 394 days ago • 0 comments

The world's highest governing body of fisheries (the UN Food & Agriculture Organization) can go beyond business as usual via a new forum launching next week. This group should help ensure fisheries managers play their part to "halt and reverse biodiversity loss". www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...

submitted 415 days ago • 0 comments

Nice coverage of @pewtrusts.org and advances in ecosystem-based fisheries management in the Northeast Atlantic fisheries negotiations last week: www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...

submitted 463 days ago • 0 comments