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COMMENTARY: Don’t write off corals just yet, say Melissa Wright of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social. While many reefs are struggling, others still have the capacity to survive and adapt, our science shows.
🌎 oceanographicmagazine.com/features/viv...
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Vive la resilient: Don't write off our corals just yet
Dr Emily Darling argues that while warning the world of the decline in corals is vital, we shouldn't be writing them off just yet.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
COMMENTARY: Don’t write off corals just yet, say Melissa Wright of Bloomberg Philanthropies and WCS’s @emilysdarling.bsky.social. While many reefs are struggling, others still have the capacity to survive and adapt, our science shows.
🌎 oceanographicmagazine.com/features/viv...
🌎 oceanographicmagazine.com/features/viv...
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Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals.
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
New Study Reveals Persistent Illegal Trade in Protected Sharks, Calls to Strengthen World’s Wildlife-Trade Treaty to Prevent Extinctions
New York, NY (November 5, 2025) – A new study published today in Science Advances reveals widespread non-compliance with international trade protections for endangered sharks, showing that global wil...
newsroom.wcs.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Despite over a decade of international protections, a widespread illegal trade in CITES-listed sharks remains, a new WCS co-authored study reveals.
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
Upcoming #CITESCoP20 is an opportunity to address.
🌎 newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...
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Air Canada says it "is the first airline in North America to obtain IATA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) certification", making 11 key commitments to help disrupt the trafficking of wildlife. Read more here.
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
Illegal Wildlife Trade
www.aircanada.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Air Canada says it "is the first airline in North America to obtain IATA’s Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) certification", making 11 key commitments to help disrupt the trafficking of wildlife. Read more here.
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/ho...
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New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
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New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
Request for Proposals: Effect of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Commercially and Culturally Important Species - Carbon to Sea Initiative
A non-profit effort advancing ocean-based carbon dioxide removal
www.carbontosea.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
New funding opportunity! Carbon to Sea and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation invite proposals to study how ocean alkalinity enhancement (#OAE) affects key marine species. Two 24-month projects will be funded. Apply by 16 January 2026. #mCDR
➡️ www.carbontosea.org/rfp-effect-o...
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Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
Fisheries Advisories
Each year we produce Commercial Fisheries Advisories in line with the latest UK and EU law. These provide rapid access to the current legislative status of sharks, skates and rays in UK, EU, and inter...
www.sharktrust.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...
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🚀 New on the Global Fishing Watch map: generate vessel activity reports in seconds. Filter by vessel type, gear, flag State and region to track trends, access vessel lists and share insights for research and monitoring.
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚀 New on the Global Fishing Watch map: generate vessel activity reports in seconds. Filter by vessel type, gear, flag State and region to track trends, access vessel lists and share insights for research and monitoring.
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
🔗 Explore: https://bit.ly/global-vessel-activity-report
Fascinating! 😍 Still so much to discover and learn!
Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇
oceancensus.org/press-releas...
@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies
Carnivorous “Death-Ball” Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Species from the Southern Ocean
Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Censu...
oceancensus.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fascinating! 😍 Still so much to discover and learn!
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
October 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
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Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‼️REMINDER: 2027 Indianapolis Prize Award Entries
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
🏆 2027 Indy Prize Nominations
🌟 2027 Emerging Conservationists
📅Both close: Feb. 27, 20267
🔗Nominate or apply: bit.ly/46Sajxr
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#ICYMI: 🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Lego 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
Inspired by Iconic Fishes | Home
Calling on artists, makers, and dreamers to join a global arts movement that celebrates the wondrous lives of truly iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons, and their quirky cousins like ghost ...
www.iconicfishes.art
October 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#ICYMI: 🌊 Whether you paint 🎨, dance 💃, doodle ✏️, weave 🧵, write ✍️, design jewellery 💎, compose music 🎶, build Lego 🧩, cut potato prints 🥔or create in ways we haven’t even imagined, this is your invitation to join a global arts movement Inspired by #IconicFishes
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
Learn more: www.iconicfishes.art
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🌊 “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan”, reveal! This work portrays the ocean as a wounded soul - beautiful, yet burdened by pollution, overfishing, and industrial-scale bottom trawling.” – Pangrok Sulap.
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan
#IconicFishes
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan
#IconicFishes
Full reveal “Lament of the ocean - Ratapan Lautan” — Inspired by Iconic Fishes
Full reveal of “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan” a woodcut print on fabric inspired by #IconicFishes. The artwork was created by Malaysia’s leading art collective Pangrok Sulap and the ...
www.iconicfishes.art
October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🌊 “Lament of the ocean – Ratapan Launtan”, reveal! This work portrays the ocean as a wounded soul - beautiful, yet burdened by pollution, overfishing, and industrial-scale bottom trawling.” – Pangrok Sulap.
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan
#IconicFishes
🔗 www.iconicfishes.art/updates/full-reveal-lament-of-the-ocean-ratapan-lautan
#IconicFishes
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In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
Stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas | Nature
Letter to the Editor
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In a Letter to the Editor to Nature... four marine leaders call for an end to bottom trawling in MPAs
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
tinyurl.com/3pnx952x
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researchonline.jcu.edu.au/86161/
With many congratulations to the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group co-Chair Professor Helene Marsh and all of the amazing team working on this 🌊
With many congratulations to the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group co-Chair Professor Helene Marsh and all of the amazing team working on this 🌊
A Global Assessment of Dugong Status and Conservation Needs A Global Assessment of Dugong Status and Conservation Needs - ResearchOnline@JCU
researchonline.jcu.edu.au
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
researchonline.jcu.edu.au/86161/
With many congratulations to the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group co-Chair Professor Helene Marsh and all of the amazing team working on this 🌊
With many congratulations to the IUCN SSC Sirenia Specialist Group co-Chair Professor Helene Marsh and all of the amazing team working on this 🌊
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So sad that a marine cone snail (Conus lugubris) has just been declared Extinct on the #IUCNRedList. Being predatory and venomous was not enough to save it. Degradation of its Cabo Verde habitats was the main problem. www.iucnredlist.org/search?query...
October 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So sad that a marine cone snail (Conus lugubris) has just been declared Extinct on the #IUCNRedList. Being predatory and venomous was not enough to save it. Degradation of its Cabo Verde habitats was the main problem. www.iucnredlist.org/search?query...
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Definitive ‘A global assessment of #dugong status and conservation needs’, just released by The Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP/Dugong MOU. You can watch the excellent 7 minute synopsis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9qhsW0-dYfU&feature=youtu.be @sscmarine.bsky.social
Helene Marsh Dugong launch Oct 12
YouTube video by JEM
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October 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Definitive ‘A global assessment of #dugong status and conservation needs’, just released by The Convention of Migratory Species/UNEP/Dugong MOU. You can watch the excellent 7 minute synopsis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9qhsW0-dYfU&feature=youtu.be @sscmarine.bsky.social
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Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation portals.iucn.org/library/node... 🦑🧪🌍
Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation | IUCN Library System
portals.iucn.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Guidebook for assessing and improving social equity in marine conservation portals.iucn.org/library/node... 🦑🧪🌍
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Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Here's a great World Conservation Congress hybrid event on Friday at 3 am in New York and midnight in Vancouver. We will cover fungi, plants, fish and more in a bid to really indicate the huge scale of the trade... and its impacts. Co-hosted by @sscmarine.bsky.social
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Stunning!😍🐙
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Stunning!😍🐙
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Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
October 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy World Cephalopod Day! 🐙This sucker for adventure feels its way through the world!
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
With thousands of chemical receptors and millions of texture receptors packed into each sucker, the giant Pacific octopus has a real sense for exploration.
Rethinking illegal trade — beyond iconic species to fungi, plants, invertebrates & fish. Join us at an interactive World Café at the #IUCNCOngress uniting ecology, law & society for inclusive, actionable solutions.
Learn more here:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...
Learn more here:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Rethinking illegal trade — beyond iconic species to fungi, plants, invertebrates & fish. Join us at an interactive World Café at the #IUCNCOngress uniting ecology, law & society for inclusive, actionable solutions.
Learn more here:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...
Learn more here:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/di...
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Exciting news — our coordinator Coralie Palmer will be speaking at tomorrow’s #IUCNCongress event! 🌍 She’ll join discussions on innovative ways to connect #aquascapes and landscapes within global conservation efforts.
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...
Learn more at:
iucncongress2025.org/programme/aq...