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Professor at the University of Victoria (Canada), marine conservation, ethnoecology, conservation planning. Love being outside... hiking, kayaking, skiing.
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What is perhaps most depressing about watching the orange turnip grab power is that so many American approve. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

Watching in agony as our southern neighbour is self-destructing.

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Happy international day of women and girls in science! Here are two starter packs of women in ocean science for you to follow πŸ¦‘πŸ§ͺ go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

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New publication in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Given the political momentum for greater nature protection and restoration articulated in the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework, we assessed the state-of-the-art of Systematic Conservation Planning. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Just published in TREE! Advances in systematic #ConservationPlanning to meet global #biodiversity goals. πŸ’‘New tools improve resource allocation & decision-making, but trust-building is key for adoption. Future SCP must address trade-offs & uncertainties. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌍🌐πŸ§ͺ #MarinePlan

What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper. Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fascinating new paper out in @nature.com on the importance of Small Scale Fisheries. Lots of great information on catch, nutrition, livelihoods, etc. The #sharkscience factoid I found was that only 0.2% of the SSF catch is sharks, rays or chimaerans. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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RESEARCH: Making the case for #genderinclusive #fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. By Ayodele Oloko, Louise Teh, Philippe Le Billon, William Cheung Sarah Harper & Rashid Sumaila @ubccoru.bsky.social @solvingfcb.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #OpenAccess

Hey Folks, I was a bit of a late adopter here, but have finally jumped the Twitter ship and am now blue skying. I look forward to reconnecting with old peeps and connecting with lots of new ones.

Seems about right 🀣

I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you! go.bsky.app/AdXdpZd

Quick sketch of a western pirate perch #sundayfishsketch

Because of popular demand we have now a number II Conservation Science starter pack since the first one is full since a while πŸ™ƒ. If you are not yet on the first one, pass me message. I preferentially add folks with clear conservation research focus in profile and skeets. go.bsky.app/9RdjmCX

Starter pack for fish sci & fisheries go.bsky.app/EeZv5UT

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Using #sundayfishsketch as motivation to do some sketching πŸ™ 🐟 🐠. Here is a blue rockfish

Rockfish sketch because why not?

Things are starting to happen on here! Perhaps it's time to engage with social media again πŸ˜ƒ

I imported 15 friends from Twitter to Bluesky

Just signed up for Bluesky, with thanks to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social for the invite! Would love recommendations of who to follow... esp. related to marine conservation and marine science. Thanks!