Carylanne Joubert Maier
@carylanneejmaier.bsky.social
Bio B.Sc/GIS cert, writer, and current professor of English (MA). My children's books feature wolves, grizzly bears, panda bears, and research with greening in oranges. Lover of sharks, scuba diver, and future marine biologist. Avatar by Ethan Kocak
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A person addicted to stealing seaweed is a kelptomaniac.
January 24, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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I was on Tune FM (the University of New England student radio station) to talk about Polypodium hydriforme - a bougie caviar-munching jellyfish relative 🧪
#Invertebrate
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#Invertebrate
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Curious Critters: This Parasite Lives Inside Sturgeon Eggs | TuneFM
Curious Critters: This Parasite Lives Inside Sturgeon Eggs
www.tunefm.net
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I was on Tune FM (the University of New England student radio station) to talk about Polypodium hydriforme - a bougie caviar-munching jellyfish relative 🧪
#Invertebrate
www.tunefm.net/2025/12/23/t...
#Invertebrate
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I had no idea they had that kind of technology
Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images
Colony of about 500 birds seen in remote region where they face existential threat due to global heating
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I had no idea they had that kind of technology
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What success looks like (5–10 years)
• Fishing mortality aligned with species’ life histories
• Species-level reporting becomes the norm
• Management completeness rises above critical thresholds
• Shark & ray populations stabilize and recover
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
• Fishing mortality aligned with species’ life histories
• Species-level reporting becomes the norm
• Management completeness rises above critical thresholds
• Shark & ray populations stabilize and recover
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
Bending back the curve of shark and ray biodiversity loss
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Global shark and ray populations have declined sharply, driven by expanding fisheries and inequitable gaps in catch, trade and distribution data. This Review assesses...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
What success looks like (5–10 years)
• Fishing mortality aligned with species’ life histories
• Species-level reporting becomes the norm
• Management completeness rises above critical thresholds
• Shark & ray populations stabilize and recover
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
• Fishing mortality aligned with species’ life histories
• Species-level reporting becomes the norm
• Management completeness rises above critical thresholds
• Shark & ray populations stabilize and recover
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
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• 40% of global shark & ray catch comes from low- and middle-income countries
• Small-scale fisheries underpin livelihoods and food security
• Under-resourced management = high biodiversity & social risk
• Reduced fishing mortality reduces extinction & social risk, improving ecosystem functions.
• Small-scale fisheries underpin livelihoods and food security
• Under-resourced management = high biodiversity & social risk
• Reduced fishing mortality reduces extinction & social risk, improving ecosystem functions.
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
• 40% of global shark & ray catch comes from low- and middle-income countries
• Small-scale fisheries underpin livelihoods and food security
• Under-resourced management = high biodiversity & social risk
• Reduced fishing mortality reduces extinction & social risk, improving ecosystem functions.
• Small-scale fisheries underpin livelihoods and food security
• Under-resourced management = high biodiversity & social risk
• Reduced fishing mortality reduces extinction & social risk, improving ecosystem functions.
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Where investment has the highest leverage to bend back biodiversity loss?
Funding that strengthens:
• Species-level catch & trade data
• Compliance and enforcement
• Capacity in national agencies
• Monitoring in small-scale fisheries
→ Directly reduces fishing mortality
Funding that strengthens:
• Species-level catch & trade data
• Compliance and enforcement
• Capacity in national agencies
• Monitoring in small-scale fisheries
→ Directly reduces fishing mortality
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Where investment has the highest leverage to bend back biodiversity loss?
Funding that strengthens:
• Species-level catch & trade data
• Compliance and enforcement
• Capacity in national agencies
• Monitoring in small-scale fisheries
→ Directly reduces fishing mortality
Funding that strengthens:
• Species-level catch & trade data
• Compliance and enforcement
• Capacity in national agencies
• Monitoring in small-scale fisheries
→ Directly reduces fishing mortality
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We don’t need new frameworks — we need to connect and implement the ones we have.
Fisheries management, trade rules, compliance, and demand must align to reduce fishing mortality at scale.
Implementation is the bottleneck.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Fisheries management, trade rules, compliance, and demand must align to reduce fishing mortality at scale.
Implementation is the bottleneck.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
We don’t need new frameworks — we need to connect and implement the ones we have.
Fisheries management, trade rules, compliance, and demand must align to reduce fishing mortality at scale.
Implementation is the bottleneck.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Fisheries management, trade rules, compliance, and demand must align to reduce fishing mortality at scale.
Implementation is the bottleneck.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
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Decline is not inevitable.
Where fishing mortality has been reduced — through catch limits, retention bans, or spatial protection — shark and ray populations are stabilizing or recovering.
Recoveries documented for wide-ranging and restricted-range species @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
Where fishing mortality has been reduced — through catch limits, retention bans, or spatial protection — shark and ray populations are stabilizing or recovering.
Recoveries documented for wide-ranging and restricted-range species @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Decline is not inevitable.
Where fishing mortality has been reduced — through catch limits, retention bans, or spatial protection — shark and ray populations are stabilizing or recovering.
Recoveries documented for wide-ranging and restricted-range species @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
Where fishing mortality has been reduced — through catch limits, retention bans, or spatial protection — shark and ray populations are stabilizing or recovering.
Recoveries documented for wide-ranging and restricted-range species @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social
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Gaps in catch limits, compliance, and enforcement mean fishing mortality stays high even where policies exist.
Where management is complete, risk is lower and recovery is possible.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
Where management is complete, risk is lower and recovery is possible.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Gaps in catch limits, compliance, and enforcement mean fishing mortality stays high even where policies exist.
Where management is complete, risk is lower and recovery is possible.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
Where management is complete, risk is lower and recovery is possible.
@hollieboothie.bsky.social
@sharkcolin.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
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Overfishing is compounded by under-management
Fishing mortality is the primary driver &
management completeness (for guitarfishes & requiem sharks) stands at ~49% globally.
@sammsherman27.bsky.social
@vanderwright.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
Fishing mortality is the primary driver &
management completeness (for guitarfishes & requiem sharks) stands at ~49% globally.
@sammsherman27.bsky.social
@vanderwright.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Overfishing is compounded by under-management
Fishing mortality is the primary driver &
management completeness (for guitarfishes & requiem sharks) stands at ~49% globally.
@sammsherman27.bsky.social
@vanderwright.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
Fishing mortality is the primary driver &
management completeness (for guitarfishes & requiem sharks) stands at ~49% globally.
@sammsherman27.bsky.social
@vanderwright.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
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What’s driving the decline?
The crisis isn’t just fishing — it’s invisible fishing.
Much shark & ray catch is under-reported, aggregated, or mislabeled, masking real mortality & delaying management.
What we don’t measure, we don’t manage.
@cgmull.bsky.social
@nathanpacoureau.bsky.social
The crisis isn’t just fishing — it’s invisible fishing.
Much shark & ray catch is under-reported, aggregated, or mislabeled, masking real mortality & delaying management.
What we don’t measure, we don’t manage.
@cgmull.bsky.social
@nathanpacoureau.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
What’s driving the decline?
The crisis isn’t just fishing — it’s invisible fishing.
Much shark & ray catch is under-reported, aggregated, or mislabeled, masking real mortality & delaying management.
What we don’t measure, we don’t manage.
@cgmull.bsky.social
@nathanpacoureau.bsky.social
The crisis isn’t just fishing — it’s invisible fishing.
Much shark & ray catch is under-reported, aggregated, or mislabeled, masking real mortality & delaying management.
What we don’t measure, we don’t manage.
@cgmull.bsky.social
@nathanpacoureau.bsky.social
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Sharks & rays are sentinels of ocean health.
- Global abundance has been fished down by 65%,
- Now 37.5% of species are threatened,
- The current extinction rate is 25–250 times greater than the background fossil record, with greatest losses in tropical coastal seas. #BiodiversityTargets
- Global abundance has been fished down by 65%,
- Now 37.5% of species are threatened,
- The current extinction rate is 25–250 times greater than the background fossil record, with greatest losses in tropical coastal seas. #BiodiversityTargets
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Sharks & rays are sentinels of ocean health.
- Global abundance has been fished down by 65%,
- Now 37.5% of species are threatened,
- The current extinction rate is 25–250 times greater than the background fossil record, with greatest losses in tropical coastal seas. #BiodiversityTargets
- Global abundance has been fished down by 65%,
- Now 37.5% of species are threatened,
- The current extinction rate is 25–250 times greater than the background fossil record, with greatest losses in tropical coastal seas. #BiodiversityTargets
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New paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com by the #GlobalSharkTrends team: Bending back the curve of shark & ray biodiversity loss;
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
@sfu.ca
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
@sfu.ca
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
New paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com by the #GlobalSharkTrends team: Bending back the curve of shark & ray biodiversity loss;
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
@sfu.ca
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
@sfu.ca
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Mating systems, parentage, and reproductive success of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🦑🌎
Frontiers | Mating systems, parentage, and reproductive success of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska
An aquatic mode of life and sociality influences mating strategies in cetaceans. In high latitude species, like the beluga whale, extreme seasonality likely ...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Frontiers | Mating systems, parentage, and reproductive success of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 🧪🦑🌎
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Scientists in the Parks positions now up! 🧵1/n
Dinosaur National Monument
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Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE
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Dinosaur National Monument
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Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ
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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE
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January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Scientists in the Parks positions now up! 🧵1/n
Dinosaur National Monument
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/099ae6a935...
Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/9d3abc1c9e...
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/7a746df3f5...
Dinosaur National Monument
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/099ae6a935...
Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/9d3abc1c9e...
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE
conservation-legacy.breezy.hr/p/7a746df3f5...
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Healthy and sustainable fisheries have lower carbon emissions and fuel use, because fish are more abundant and easier to catch with less effort. Rebuilding fisheries and ensuring that fleet sizes are appropriate for catch level, are keys for CO2 reduction
By Hilborn et al.
doi.org/10.1111/faf....
By Hilborn et al.
doi.org/10.1111/faf....
doi.org
January 20, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Healthy and sustainable fisheries have lower carbon emissions and fuel use, because fish are more abundant and easier to catch with less effort. Rebuilding fisheries and ensuring that fleet sizes are appropriate for catch level, are keys for CO2 reduction
By Hilborn et al.
doi.org/10.1111/faf....
By Hilborn et al.
doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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To distract myself from The Horrors, I’ve been rewatching Supernatural.
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
To distract myself from The Horrors, I’ve been rewatching Supernatural.
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Pocket sized friend!
Takes me back (grad research circa 2008) 😎
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Pocket sized friend!
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Sea star wasting syndrome killed billions of stars, including sunflower stars. Thanks to a cohort of scientists, a cause of the syndrome is now identified. Each day, new science is emerging that will help our efforts to restore the population! Read more about sunflower stars: mbayaq.co/3ZlFtKf
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Sea star wasting syndrome killed billions of stars, including sunflower stars. Thanks to a cohort of scientists, a cause of the syndrome is now identified. Each day, new science is emerging that will help our efforts to restore the population! Read more about sunflower stars: mbayaq.co/3ZlFtKf
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thank you, Dr West! #gischat
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
thank you, Dr West! #gischat
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the cocoa puffs bird, lacking the colorful plumage of many male birds, must perform an elaborate grain-based ritual in his tireless search for a mate
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 AM
the cocoa puffs bird, lacking the colorful plumage of many male birds, must perform an elaborate grain-based ritual in his tireless search for a mate
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📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY We are hiring a Research Technologist (Advanced Professional) to design, implement, support, analyze, and report on rigorous research in genetics, entomology, and host-microbe interactions. Please consider and share with others in need.
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Research Technologist - Life Sciences Advance Professional - Bordenstein Lab
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January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY We are hiring a Research Technologist (Advanced Professional) to design, implement, support, analyze, and report on rigorous research in genetics, entomology, and host-microbe interactions. Please consider and share with others in need.
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Ongoing disclaimer:
I'm feeling just as anxious, angry & horrified as *anyone with a basic sense of empathy & compassion* right now.
My coping mechanism is sharing weird little guys & science threads with you.
If it feels like I'm not reflecting the tone of this moment, that's a purposeful choice.
I'm feeling just as anxious, angry & horrified as *anyone with a basic sense of empathy & compassion* right now.
My coping mechanism is sharing weird little guys & science threads with you.
If it feels like I'm not reflecting the tone of this moment, that's a purposeful choice.
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Ongoing disclaimer:
I'm feeling just as anxious, angry & horrified as *anyone with a basic sense of empathy & compassion* right now.
My coping mechanism is sharing weird little guys & science threads with you.
If it feels like I'm not reflecting the tone of this moment, that's a purposeful choice.
I'm feeling just as anxious, angry & horrified as *anyone with a basic sense of empathy & compassion* right now.
My coping mechanism is sharing weird little guys & science threads with you.
If it feels like I'm not reflecting the tone of this moment, that's a purposeful choice.
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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org