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Dr Vincent Raoult

@sawsharkman.bsky.social

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Ecologist and fisheries biologist specialising in sharks and rays. Stable isotope expert and general technology aficionado. Senior lecturer in marine ecology, Griffith University (he/him)

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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Jul 6

2024 saw a global bleaching event, but bleaching doesn't always mean corals die. Using drones, we found the 2024 bleaching event killed over 90% of shallow corals at Lizard Island. 🧪🦑🧵

We have to act now.

@griffith.edu.au JCU MQ @geonadir.bsky.social CSIRO

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Coral bleaching and mass mortality at Lizard Island revealed by drone imagery - Coral Reefs

Quantitatively assessing mortality post coral bleaching at scale is inherently difficult, yet can be achieved with georeferenced imagery from aerial drones. Here, we assess the coral bleaching mortali...

link.springer.com

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

Dr Maggie J Watson @terngirl.bsky.social · 4d

Christmas cookie cutter shark by Tim Andraka. 🎄

Christmas cookie cutter shark. Comic by Tim Andraka

Reposted by Mark Lubell, Vincent Raoult

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 4d

Replacing all wild-caught fish with agriculture production would require converting land area bigger than the Amazon rainforest into crops.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Biodiversity Consequences of Replacing Animal Protein From Capture Fisheries With Animal Protein From Agriculture

Replacing animal protein sourced from marine capture fisheries with animal protein from agriculture will likely increase the threats to biodiversity given current human diets. Approximately half th...

www.tandfonline.com

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. It's one thing for delays to be there due to lack of reviews, but if the editor can't get back to you it suggests it's not going anywhere.

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 10d

Scientist friends,

If you submit a paper for peer review and it gets rejected, consider responding to those comments before you resubmit it elsewhere.

Because if you get the same reviewer at the next journal and you totally ignored their feedback, they're now very annoyed with you.

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 12d

Somehow don't think he'll take this one up Clive 😅

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely horrified at the shooting in Bondi. There is no place for hate in this country, I hope there are serious legislative and behavioural changes at the federal level to ensure this never happens again.

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

TRS-80 @trs-80.bsky.social · 21d

That's a monkfish not a tasseled wobbegong.

> The photograph does not show a tasseled wobbegong. Rather, it depicts a goosefish, which is also known as a monkfish or American angler.

Does This Pic Show a Real Animal Called a 'Carpet Shark'?

The so-called “carpet shark,” or tasseled wobbegong, is said to inhabit shallow coral reefs near northern Australia.

www.snopes.com

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 24d

SAWSHARK ALERT (well done Dave and team)

Reposted by Matthew J. Collins, Anthony Ricciardi, Vincent Raoult

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 27d

Honestly, when will unis and other research orgs collectively say enough is enough, and invoice them for all our unpaid labour that drives publishers MASSIVE profits?

The Money in Scientific Publishing danielroelfs.com/posts/the-mo... @danielroelfs.com

#KnowledgeSlavery

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

Henricus Peters @learnfromnature.bsky.social · Nov 24

We knew Ningaloo’s #coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock

theconversation.com/we-knew-ning...

We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock

Mounting evidence shows the state of coral reefs is worsening despite concerted local conservation. The answer is public pressure for meaningful climate action.

theconversation.com

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Nov 20

"Dead bucket list": great term referring to places we've always wanted to see but have been forever damaged by climate change

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · Nov 19

ah yes another place on whatever we are calling this dead bucket list

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · Nov 19

ah yes another place on whatever we are calling this dead bucket list

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Nov 19

Sadly I had the same experience with Lizard Island. Very lucky to have seen Ningaloo earlier, but now my kids won't get that chance.

Reposted by Sangeeta Mangubhai

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm so, so tired of reading, reporting on and seeing these results. This was easily one of the prettiest places in the world, forever changed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm

One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Vincent Raoult

MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · Nov 16

"Postdoc in the job market"

A headline:

Scientists have discovered a 'third state' between life and death

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Nov 12

Stereo camera system?

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Nancy Knowlton, Neil Pederson , and 6 more Brian J. Enquist, Nancy Knowlton, Neil Pederson, Cathy N. Davidson, Silvia Secchi, Trevor A. Branch, Julia Lynch, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Vincent Raoult

Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Nov 5

Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.

Reposted by Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Matthew J. Witt, Vincent Raoult

Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Nov 3

NEW PAPER: Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries.

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@garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social
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Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries

Abstract. Understanding how sharks respond to catch and release (C&R) recreational fisheries is an important requirement for effective management. Post

academic.oup.com

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 23

and obviously insinuates there was nothing special about his life!

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 23

Actually a really interesting sci-fi book written in part by Arthur C. Clarke on this topic called 'In the light of other days'. Hypothesizes the most 'viewed' historical event would be Jesus' life.

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 22

I remember diving to collect receivers off Coogee and seeing actual toilet paper in the water. Not sure how people swim there. This is what happens when government ignores experts when the outflows were designed...

Reposted by Éva E. Plagányi, Vincent Raoult

Joel Williams @joelfishecology.bsky.social · Oct 22

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Microplastics 'misconception' hurting seafood sector, scientists say

There are microplastics in almost everything, so why does seafood get such a bad reputation? Scientists say it is down to disproportionate research and media attention.

www.abc.net.au

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 22

This is a cool idea and would be a great way to encourage environmental stewardship while helping to fill government coffers, but come on, what are the odds there will be 50 loopholes that all the obvious bad actors will just avoid?

The fact the talk is about *profit* is the obvious issue

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 19

Perhaps a dumb milestone, but still amazed to see me hit the 2000 citations mark in Google Scholar. What a wild ride it's been to get to where I am!

Google scholar screengrab of my citations, with 2000 citations since the start

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 16

Co-designer/pilot of Deep Sea Challenger is also a dead giveaway!

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 16

Teaching-intensive trimesters can be tough, but it can be so rewarding to look at student feedback. Favourite this trimester:

"Vince is the G.O.A.T."

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 15

Damn I love that place!

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 14

Absolutely, a whole lot of ethical issues with made-up references. Shows a break with the scientific process given science is nothing without previous work

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 13

I really shouldn't have to spend extra hours just checking to see if the references in student assessments are all just AI hallucinations. What a collective waste of time AI is for our society!

a cartoon character is standing next to a toilet with the words oh that 's al on the bottom

ALT: a cartoon character is standing next to a toilet with the words oh that 's al on the bottom

media.tenor.com

Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · Oct 13

Yup. References and citations are almost mindless now that I'm used to using a manager. Just a tidy up at the very end.

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