Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
whale researcher, writer, speaker, conservationist, lover of the blue ocean and her mysteries
Environmental science
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Geography
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Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Jun 8
On this #WorldOceanDay, I am re-reading my piece for the BBC written on the first UN World Ocean Day in 2009. Then, I reported 0.65% of the ocean was protected. Today 8.3% is protected. But how long to reach the 30% target?!
Find out more: www.linkedin.com/posts/erich-...
Photos ©Tatiana Ivkovich
Find out more: www.linkedin.com/posts/erich-...
Photos ©Tatiana Ivkovich
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Mar 17
I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS
Hi Emma, Happy to be added, thanks for doing this!
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Mar 17
Thanks, Henricus!
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Mar 10
Panamá cuenta con dos nuevas IMMAs
Dos IMMAs (Áreas de Importancia para los Mamíferos Marinos, por sus siglas en inglés) recientemente se establecieron para Panamá, constituyéndose en las primeras en la vertiente del Caribe.Betzi Pérez...
www.panamaamerica.com.pa
Celebrating new Important Marine Mammal Areas, IMMAs, IDed in Carib & internal waters of Panamá. Approved last month, they add to existing IMMAs on the Pacific coast. #manatee #bottlenosedolphin @defenders.org @oceangill.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
www.panamaamerica.com.pa/aldea-global...
www.panamaamerica.com.pa/aldea-global...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Mar 7
Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The current status & #extinction risk for #whales, #dolphins & #porpoises. 1 in 4 are in immediate trouble. I wonder how that will look 4 years from now? @disciara.bsky.social @oceangill.bsky.social @defenders.org @whalesorg.bsky.social @imma-network.bsky.social
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Mar 6
I’m celebrating #WorldBookDay by giving away a signed copy of one of my books. Leave a comment & share (if you like) for a chance to win. U.K. only because of postage & I’ll need your address (I’ll delete after use).
#readers #reading #authors #nature #science #underwater #marine #wildlife
#readers #reading #authors #nature #science #underwater #marine #wildlife
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Today we've announced 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) spotlighting whale, manatee & other marine mammal habitats needing protection in NW Atlantic & Caribbean. See our news story here: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/news/
See the IMMA e-Atlas: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/imma-eatlas/
See the IMMA e-Atlas: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/imma-eatlas/
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Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Jan 7
WCS Applauds Protections Announced for US Oceans and Coastal Communities
New York, Jan. 6, 2025 – The following statement was released by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) upon President Biden’s announcement today protecting waters off New York and New Jersey, includ...
newsroom.wcs.org
Find out more here: newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Jan 7
US announces withdrawal of 2.5 million km2 (almost 1 mil sq miles) of US waters from oil & natural gas leasing. This includes U.S. East & West coasts; the eastern Gulf of Mexico; & Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area in Alaska. Helps insure chance of a future for NA right #whales & others.
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Dec 19
'Systemic failings': Court rules DoC failed to protect marine species for decades
A High Court judge has ruled DoC acted unlawfully by failing to follow its own laws.
www.nzherald.co.nz
This is big: New Zealand's High Court has ruled Dept of Conservation (DoC) has acted unlawfully for decades by relying on fishing laws instead of its own legislation to protect marine species. Hector's & Maui #dolphins & other marine species have lost out.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-cour...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/high-cour...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Dec 12
In May this year, at our IMMA Workshop in Yucatán, Mexico the world seemed alright. In the photo, lower right, Eric Angel Ramos, aged 37, is a beaming bright spark, generous & wise, & behind him stands Oswaldo Vasquez, charming, dedicated, still young at 65. Now they are gone & we are heartbroken.
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Nov 28
100 Books I Like: Part 2 (Nonfiction)
An A-to-Z guide to 50 great nonfiction books I've read as a critic, each in 100 words or fewer
jansplaining.substack.com
Honoured to have ORCA: THE WHALE CALLED KILLER listed as number 30 on American essayist-critic & novelist Jan Harayda's Substack post & reviewed as one of "50 great nonfiction books":
jansplaining.substack.com/p/100-books-...
jansplaining.substack.com/p/100-books-...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Good to see so many friends and colleagues in the photo! Remembering our last get together in Okinawa in December 2019!
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years
Orcas off the coast of Washington State are balancing dead fish on their heads like it's the 1980s, but researchers still aren't sure why they do it.
www.livescience.com
Orcas from West coast Canada - US NW coast seen carrying dead salmon on the head. Revival of a cultural fad first noticed with an #orca pod in 1987? Do they eat / share the #salmon? Researchers want to find out. @marinemammalogy.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social www.livescience.com/animals/orca...
Erich Hoyt
@erichhoyt.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans
After the near-complete cessation of commercial whaling, ship collisions have emerged as a primary threat to large whales, but knowledge of collision risk is lacking across most of the world’s oceans....
www.science.org
Breaking: Science mapping paper finds fast growing #shipping industry crosses 92% of large #whale ranges but <7% of risk hotspots have protection. Expanding management over only 2.6% more of #ocean surface would protect hotspots! @highseasalliance.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Emma Vogel
@efvogel.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS