Chris Klaas
@chrisklaas.bsky.social
Marine scientist. PhD Candidate @ Southern Cross University. Shellfish reef restoration. Living on Gumbaynggirr land.
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Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Some very good points in this article, particularly on sustaining your career and well-being and choosing supervisors and labs.
Nature’s 2025 PhD survey asked doctoral candidates worldwide what advice they would give to someone considering a similar degree. Respondents gave advice on choosing supervisors, managing mental health, and surviving academic culture. #Academicsky 🧪
27 things we wish we’d known when we started our PhDs
Nature’s survey of PhD candidates reveals hard-won wisdom on choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture.
go.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Some very good points in this article, particularly on sustaining your career and well-being and choosing supervisors and labs.
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There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament.
The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment
Environmental assessments could go out the window for mining projects, windfarms and other developments, green groups say
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament.
The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
They have the best available science, yet the Australian government continues to approve destructive global warming fossil fuel projects.
Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond, unless urgent action is taken to curb global carbon emissions.
Abrupt Antarctic changes could have 'catastrophic consequences for generations to come,' experts warn
Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems that could have profound implications for Australia and beyond, unless urgent action i...
phys.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
They have the best available science, yet the Australian government continues to approve destructive global warming fossil fuel projects.
The Maugean skate, has become famous because it is endangered by salmon farming.
It is ironic that instead of addressing the environmental factors contributing to its endangerment, conservation efforts have focussed on attempting to breed the Maugean skate in captivity.
It is ironic that instead of addressing the environmental factors contributing to its endangerment, conservation efforts have focussed on attempting to breed the Maugean skate in captivity.
Is eating farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of Tasmanian evolution? | Tim Flannery
Without the strongest conservation efforts, it can’t be long before the Maugean skate – and other marine living fossils in Australia – are wiped out
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Maugean skate, has become famous because it is endangered by salmon farming.
It is ironic that instead of addressing the environmental factors contributing to its endangerment, conservation efforts have focussed on attempting to breed the Maugean skate in captivity.
It is ironic that instead of addressing the environmental factors contributing to its endangerment, conservation efforts have focussed on attempting to breed the Maugean skate in captivity.
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Interesting essay on human aspects of ecological restoration, in PNAS.
The problem is restoring ecosystems doesn’t actually work at meaningful scales. You have to first reverse the causes of destruction.
You can boost your optimism by cherry-picking small “bright spots”, ignoring the rest.
The problem is restoring ecosystems doesn’t actually work at meaningful scales. You have to first reverse the causes of destruction.
You can boost your optimism by cherry-picking small “bright spots”, ignoring the rest.
January 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Interesting essay on human aspects of ecological restoration, in PNAS.
The problem is restoring ecosystems doesn’t actually work at meaningful scales. You have to first reverse the causes of destruction.
You can boost your optimism by cherry-picking small “bright spots”, ignoring the rest.
The problem is restoring ecosystems doesn’t actually work at meaningful scales. You have to first reverse the causes of destruction.
You can boost your optimism by cherry-picking small “bright spots”, ignoring the rest.