Oceans Past Initiative
@oceanspast.bsky.social
The Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a global research network for marine historical research.
OPI XI Conference
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
www.oceanspast.org
OPI XI Conference
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
www.oceanspast.org
Want to keep up to date with #MarineHistoricalEcology research news and more? Join our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org
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February 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Want to keep up to date with #MarineHistoricalEcology research news and more? Join our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org
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Missed our January newsletter? Catch up here: oceanspast.org/newsletter/
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⏰ Last call! Abstracts for Oceans Past XI close tomorrow ⏰
If you're interested in past human–ocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline!
Submit today
📩 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Early career researcher? ✨
✅ Don’t forget to request travel support in your submission
If you're interested in past human–ocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline!
Submit today
📩 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Early career researcher? ✨
✅ Don’t forget to request travel support in your submission
Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED!
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
January 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM
⏰ Last call! Abstracts for Oceans Past XI close tomorrow ⏰
If you're interested in past human–ocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline!
Submit today
📩 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Early career researcher? ✨
✅ Don’t forget to request travel support in your submission
If you're interested in past human–ocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline!
Submit today
📩 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Early career researcher? ✨
✅ Don’t forget to request travel support in your submission
Don’t miss out! Abstract & ECR funding submissions for the OPI XI conference are still open.. for now!
The deadline is approaching!
Closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit 🐟
📍University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
The deadline is approaching!
Closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit 🐟
📍University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Don’t miss out! Abstract & ECR funding submissions for the OPI XI conference are still open.. for now!
The deadline is approaching!
Closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit 🐟
📍University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
The deadline is approaching!
Closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit 🐟
📍University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
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Want to share your work at Oceans Past XI?
Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher?
The abstract submission and ECR funding application
deadlines have been extended!
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!
Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher?
The abstract submission and ECR funding application
deadlines have been extended!
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!
December 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Want to share your work at Oceans Past XI?
Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher?
The abstract submission and ECR funding application
deadlines have been extended!
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!
Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher?
The abstract submission and ECR funding application
deadlines have been extended!
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!
Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED!
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED!
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
New closing date: 15th January 2026
Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit!
📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
📅 Reminder: 19th of December is the deadline for the Oceans Past conference abstract and ECR funding submissions! 🐟
Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026
Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada
Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026
Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada
Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📅 Reminder: 19th of December is the deadline for the Oceans Past conference abstract and ECR funding submissions! 🐟
Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026
Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada
Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026
Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada
Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/
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Webinar alert!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Webinar alert!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
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Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! It’s been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! It’s been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
📅 15-19 June, 2026
Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025
See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!
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Very excited to share that I've been given a ECR Spotlight in Volume 34 of the @oceanspast.bsky.social Quarterly Newsletter to discuss my "Beyond Stockfish" project and research journey (so far 😊!) bsky.app/profile/ocea...
Oceans Past Initiative (@oceanspast.bsky.social)
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟 This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more! Keep up to date…
bsky.app
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very excited to share that I've been given a ECR Spotlight in Volume 34 of the @oceanspast.bsky.social Quarterly Newsletter to discuss my "Beyond Stockfish" project and research journey (so far 😊!) bsky.app/profile/ocea...
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our latest newsletter is here 🐟
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more!
Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.
Exciting news!
We’re thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference.
Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#marinehistoricalecology
We’re thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference.
Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#marinehistoricalecology
Oceans Past XI: Abstract and Funding Award Submission
The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions in past decades, centuries and millenn...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Exciting news!
We’re thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference.
Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#marinehistoricalecology
We’re thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference.
Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#marinehistoricalecology
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Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es
New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
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We'll be visiting ports in Mid-South Wales e.g., Fishguard and Aberystwyth next week (2nd-4th September). If you're from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at fishistory@bangor.ac.uk🐟
August 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We'll be visiting ports in Mid-South Wales e.g., Fishguard and Aberystwyth next week (2nd-4th September). If you're from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at fishistory@bangor.ac.uk🐟
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More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries. University of Exeter researcher...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
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We have a couple of spots for our SAAs symposium on Marine resources exploitation in the preindustrial Americas.
We welcome papers that builds long-term baselines of human–marine interactions, blending methodological approaches, zooarchaeology, GMM, geochemistry, ZooMS, and aDNA!
We welcome papers that builds long-term baselines of human–marine interactions, blending methodological approaches, zooarchaeology, GMM, geochemistry, ZooMS, and aDNA!
August 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We have a couple of spots for our SAAs symposium on Marine resources exploitation in the preindustrial Americas.
We welcome papers that builds long-term baselines of human–marine interactions, blending methodological approaches, zooarchaeology, GMM, geochemistry, ZooMS, and aDNA!
We welcome papers that builds long-term baselines of human–marine interactions, blending methodological approaches, zooarchaeology, GMM, geochemistry, ZooMS, and aDNA!
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our latest newsletter is here! This month features new projects, special research issues, OPI conference information and more 🐟
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
If you'd like to keep up to date with current research in the field, join our mailing list by emailing info@oceanspast.org.
#marinehistoricalecology #oceanspast
We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We are pleased to invite you to the Oceans Past XI Conference!
Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Taking place between 15-19 June 2026 at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada (www.uvic.ca)
Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; stay tuned for updates!
More info: oceanspast.org/conferences/...
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Newspaper archives for marine biology research
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
July 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Newspaper archives for marine biology research
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Amongst crossword puzzles & sports news are fragments of evidence we can piece together to understand change b4 scientific surveys started
Species, date, location, size-all data points for analysis
In this case, on marine megafauna we have lost
Have you visited our new website yet?!
Follow the link below to meet our Governing Board, read the latest research, news & projects in #MarineHistoricalEcology, browse our resources & more!
🔗 oceanspast.org
Follow the link below to meet our Governing Board, read the latest research, news & projects in #MarineHistoricalEcology, browse our resources & more!
🔗 oceanspast.org
Oceans Past Initiative
Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) is a scientific organization focus in marine research and care the marine environment
oceanspast.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Have you visited our new website yet?!
Follow the link below to meet our Governing Board, read the latest research, news & projects in #MarineHistoricalEcology, browse our resources & more!
🔗 oceanspast.org
Follow the link below to meet our Governing Board, read the latest research, news & projects in #MarineHistoricalEcology, browse our resources & more!
🔗 oceanspast.org
A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...
June 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A new paper by @rachelwinter.bsky.social used stable isotope data derived from fish bones from Middle to Late Holocene Levantine archaeological sites to explore trophodynamics and foraging ecologies prior to Lessepsian invasions and the overfishing seen in more recent times. doi.org/10.12681/mms...
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📢 Calling all members of the fishing and seafood industry, historians, government and local experts!
🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used?
🗣️ We want to hear from you!
📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used?
🗣️ We want to hear from you!
📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📢 Calling all members of the fishing and seafood industry, historians, government and local experts!
🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used?
🗣️ We want to hear from you!
📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used?
🗣️ We want to hear from you!
📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
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Fascinating demonstration of the application of alternative data sources - poetry - in marine historical ecology - to inform conservation & management @oceanspast.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Ancient Poems Reveal the History of the Endangered Yangtze Porpoise
Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise
www.scientificamerican.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Fascinating demonstration of the application of alternative data sources - poetry - in marine historical ecology - to inform conservation & management @oceanspast.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
New paper out now in @natcomms.nature.com!
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
New paper out now in @natcomms.nature.com!
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multiproxy analysis reveals the earliest evidence of whale bone working and broadens the range of taxa known to have been used in the Bay of Biscay during the Late Paleolithic 🐋
Paper 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...