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Marine Ecologist (especially #DeepSeaUK & #UKOTs) & "basically a scientist" (my daughter) | PhD from Leeds Uni & NHM | Typos/views my own | He/Him

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A very left-field paper from me but I guess I am also sort of a #seabird scientist now! Work we developed to support development of best practice management for #bycatch in the Atlantic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Never ask a ChatBot a question when you don't already know the answer

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Almost there with our small-boat deep-sea camera. Getting the micro-scale powered winch has been difficult but I'm sure the whole team will appreciate not having to hand wind a kilometre of cable next year!

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Cefas team out on Grand Cayman this week as part of UK Blue Belt Programme - conducting water quality surveys to inform future monitoring of this key pollution threats to ocean health

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I set up this bsky account over a year ago and didn't follow up with any effort on finding people to follow. Marine science & policy folks, please make yourselves known!

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I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

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Having to migrate spatial analysis across to sf/tidy now and oh christ it's a pain in the arse - problem with it being so new is that there's not been the time to build up a base of resolved questions (which as it turns out, is what I almost solely use to learn code!)

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A quarter of the countries who sponsor deep-sea mining contractors (meaning they are actively pursuing development of the industry) have come out in favor of slowing things down while we sort out the environmental impacts.

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We're offering a great #PhD studentship on the effects of MPAs on people. It'll be led by environmental economist Kat Simpson with partners at Newcastle and York. A really important topic with lots to find out, bringing together natural and social science. iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

submitted 490 days ago • 3 comments

Successful 'Let's Talk About Race' bake sale and chat for Black History Month this morning. All proceeds in aid of BBSTEM ( bbstem.co.uk )

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I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? A nerve cord and a centralized nervous system is present in a lot of animals outside vertebrates. 🪱🔬🧑‍🔬

submitted 500 days ago • 1 comment

Some deep sea corals can live for at least several thousand years

submitted 500 days ago • 1 comment

If it really must be exploited, the true value of the deep ocean is genetic, not mineral or protein

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Super hectic One Ocean Hub visit to Ghana over the last ten days, culminating yesterday in a briefing to the parliamentary committee for fisheries on our multi disciplinary decision support tool.

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The One Ocean Hub multi-disciplinary decision support tool for Ghana fisheries continues to be conceptually like wrestling a huge octopus, but pleased we are making headway

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Prepping frantically for my trip next week to Ghana as part of the One Ocean Hub project - developing a multi-disciplinary decision support tool for fisheries management 'Prepare for unforeseen consequences....' (working title for the paper 😀)

A very left-field paper from me but I guess I am also sort of a #seabird scientist now! Work we developed to support development of best practice management for #bycatch in the Atlantic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Never ask a ChatBot a question when you don't already know the answer

Almost there with our small-boat deep-sea camera. Getting the micro-scale powered winch has been difficult but I'm sure the whole team will appreciate not having to hand wind a kilometre of cable next year!

Cefas team out on Grand Cayman this week as part of UK Blue Belt Programme - conducting water quality surveys to inform future monitoring of this key pollution threats to ocean health

I set up this bsky account over a year ago and didn't follow up with any effort on finding people to follow. Marine science & policy folks, please make yourselves known!

I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

Having to migrate spatial analysis across to sf/tidy now and oh christ it's a pain in the arse - problem with it being so new is that there's not been the time to build up a base of resolved questions (which as it turns out, is what I almost solely use to learn code!)

A quarter of the countries who sponsor deep-sea mining contractors (meaning they are actively pursuing development of the industry) have come out in favor of slowing things down while we sort out the environmental impacts.

We're offering a great #PhD studentship on the effects of MPAs on people. It'll be led by environmental economist Kat Simpson with partners at Newcastle and York. A really important topic with lots to find out, bringing together natural and social science. iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

Successful 'Let's Talk About Race' bake sale and chat for Black History Month this morning. All proceeds in aid of BBSTEM ( bbstem.co.uk )

I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

🧪🦑🦈🐡

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? A nerve cord and a centralized nervous system is present in a lot of animals outside vertebrates. 🪱🔬🧑‍🔬

Some deep sea corals can live for at least several thousand years

If it really must be exploited, the true value of the deep ocean is genetic, not mineral or protein

Super hectic One Ocean Hub visit to Ghana over the last ten days, culminating yesterday in a briefing to the parliamentary committee for fisheries on our multi disciplinary decision support tool.

The One Ocean Hub multi-disciplinary decision support tool for Ghana fisheries continues to be conceptually like wrestling a huge octopus, but pleased we are making headway

Prepping frantically for my trip next week to Ghana as part of the One Ocean Hub project - developing a multi-disciplinary decision support tool for fisheries management 'Prepare for unforeseen consequences....' (working title for the paper 😀)

Personal favourite deep-sea coral

Hello! I have joined BlueSky from @JamesBellOcean on Twitter