Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️🌈
@dickeycollas.bsky.social
Knowledge for sustainable sea & ocean management | Humans Core to the Ecosystem Approach | cripple | I tweet for me | Tagged ≠ me
Such a tragedy - Eel "management plans". @icesmarine.bsky.social again highlight that member states plans are failing to make a substantive difference & reporting data are also missing. Mortality, usually non-fishing, is far too high doi.org/10.17895/ice...
May 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Such a tragedy - Eel "management plans". @icesmarine.bsky.social again highlight that member states plans are failing to make a substantive difference & reporting data are also missing. Mortality, usually non-fishing, is far too high doi.org/10.17895/ice...
North Sea herring, my forever favourite fish stock: Recruitment looking SHAKY, with consequences for the fishery. New advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.17895/ice...
April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
North Sea herring, my forever favourite fish stock: Recruitment looking SHAKY, with consequences for the fishery. New advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.17895/ice...
My week at #BBNJ highlighted to me that the voice of fisheries is still largely absent & needs to be heard at prep com 2 in August. Watch this space @fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My week at #BBNJ highlighted to me that the voice of fisheries is still largely absent & needs to be heard at prep com 2 in August. Watch this space @fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
New York bound - heading to BBNJ prep com as part of IUCN delegation- looking forward to observing & contributing…
April 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
New York bound - heading to BBNJ prep com as part of IUCN delegation- looking forward to observing & contributing…
Sharks and rays... Useful insights from value chain analysis for sustainable management of fisheries doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sharks and rays... Useful insights from value chain analysis for sustainable management of fisheries doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
RESTORATION of marine habitats & species: just out @icesmarine.bsky.social workshop report on enhancing understanding of restoration processes, success criteria, & factors affecting recovery rates. Pleased to have contributed to this useful new resource doi.org/10.17895/ice...
April 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
RESTORATION of marine habitats & species: just out @icesmarine.bsky.social workshop report on enhancing understanding of restoration processes, success criteria, & factors affecting recovery rates. Pleased to have contributed to this useful new resource doi.org/10.17895/ice...
Science for social & economic impacts marine windfarms from @icesmarine.bsky.social today "collection & collation of data is not coordinated internationally. They are inaccessible for scientific purposes & not collated on scale for fishery or ecoregion assessments of impacts" doi.org/10.17895/ice...
April 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Science for social & economic impacts marine windfarms from @icesmarine.bsky.social today "collection & collation of data is not coordinated internationally. They are inaccessible for scientific purposes & not collated on scale for fishery or ecoregion assessments of impacts" doi.org/10.17895/ice...
The highlight of being a Trustee to @thembauk.bsky.social is the annual 2 day Council meeting. Intense & stimulating discussions on many scales of marine biology www.mba.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The highlight of being a Trustee to @thembauk.bsky.social is the annual 2 day Council meeting. Intense & stimulating discussions on many scales of marine biology www.mba.ac.uk
Great day in Brussels meeting Commissioner Kadis and his cabinet to talk about ecosystem-based fisheries management
April 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Great day in Brussels meeting Commissioner Kadis and his cabinet to talk about ecosystem-based fisheries management
The European seas don’t recognise our human borders. I learnt a lot about current pressures on EU fisheries policies in Brussels yesterday.
March 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The European seas don’t recognise our human borders. I learnt a lot about current pressures on EU fisheries policies in Brussels yesterday.
In solidarity with my friends & colleagues in the USA Federal system, this is what I accomplished last week.
Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
In solidarity with my friends & colleagues in the USA Federal system, this is what I accomplished last week.
Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I'm updating my summaries for the upcoming @icesmarine.bsky.social working group on Stakeholder Engagement (25-27 March) & drew heavily from the 2021 ICES report on engagement, with additions from the last few years doi.org/10.17895/ice...
Details of working group here: www.ices.dk/community/gr...
Details of working group here: www.ices.dk/community/gr...
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm updating my summaries for the upcoming @icesmarine.bsky.social working group on Stakeholder Engagement (25-27 March) & drew heavily from the 2021 ICES report on engagement, with additions from the last few years doi.org/10.17895/ice...
Details of working group here: www.ices.dk/community/gr...
Details of working group here: www.ices.dk/community/gr...
We had a good session @aaas.org on tangible progress of ecosystem-based management (EBM) across fisheries, renewable marine energy & biodiversity. See my presentation 1drv.ms/b/c/f6ab0a15...
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We had a good session @aaas.org on tangible progress of ecosystem-based management (EBM) across fisheries, renewable marine energy & biodiversity. See my presentation 1drv.ms/b/c/f6ab0a15...
EBM links knowledge to partnership to action. My talk on "Tangible Ecosystem-Based Management to deliver Marine Biodiversity Targets" for later this week at @aaas.bsky.social available to view 1drv.ms/b/s!AtwrYTwV...
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
February 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
EBM links knowledge to partnership to action. My talk on "Tangible Ecosystem-Based Management to deliver Marine Biodiversity Targets" for later this week at @aaas.bsky.social available to view 1drv.ms/b/s!AtwrYTwV...
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
Management objectives for pelagic ecosystems- 10 years ago we published the results of our workshops exploring potential objectives. doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Things have moved on, but this work helped change my perspectives on the value of engagement with managers, the sector & NGOs
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Management objectives for pelagic ecosystems- 10 years ago we published the results of our workshops exploring potential objectives. doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Things have moved on, but this work helped change my perspectives on the value of engagement with managers, the sector & NGOs
Looking at the timeline of @icesmarine.bsky.social advice on NE Atlantic mackerel. Developing a bigger picture to understand if 'uncertain science' is to blame for appalling international management of the fisheries. I think not.
January 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Looking at the timeline of @icesmarine.bsky.social advice on NE Atlantic mackerel. Developing a bigger picture to understand if 'uncertain science' is to blame for appalling international management of the fisheries. I think not.
FURIOUS… I stopped being active on X a while back but occasionally look at my account. Now I find this advert with no apparent mechanism to block it or say not for me. No No No!
Nothing in my previous activity would make X think that I was interested in this propaganda…
Nothing in my previous activity would make X think that I was interested in this propaganda…
January 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
FURIOUS… I stopped being active on X a while back but occasionally look at my account. Now I find this advert with no apparent mechanism to block it or say not for me. No No No!
Nothing in my previous activity would make X think that I was interested in this propaganda…
Nothing in my previous activity would make X think that I was interested in this propaganda…
First trip of the year in an empty train - off to HQ of European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) in Brussels to plan actions for 2025 & approach for IUCN Fisheries Expert Group
ebcd.org
ebcd.org/feg/
ebcd.org
ebcd.org/feg/
January 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
First trip of the year in an empty train - off to HQ of European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) in Brussels to plan actions for 2025 & approach for IUCN Fisheries Expert Group
ebcd.org
ebcd.org/feg/
ebcd.org
ebcd.org/feg/
Rounding off with some of the common odds and sods in typical ichthyoplankton samples in spring from coastal NE Atlantic waters.
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Rounding off with some of the common odds and sods in typical ichthyoplankton samples in spring from coastal NE Atlantic waters.
My greatest love is the diversity of common flatfish larvae - taking me back to my PhD years. Witch larvae are fantastic.
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
My greatest love is the diversity of common flatfish larvae - taking me back to my PhD years. Witch larvae are fantastic.
And my interpretation of common UK gadoid type fish larvae- chunky & stout
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
And my interpretation of common UK gadoid type fish larvae- chunky & stout
Know your FISH LARVAE : my models in clay inspired by early job sampling icthyoplankton & using Russell’s 1970s book “The Eggs and Planktonic Stages of British Marine Fishes”
Here are the snake-like larvae- clupeiods & sandeels
Here are the snake-like larvae- clupeiods & sandeels
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Know your FISH LARVAE : my models in clay inspired by early job sampling icthyoplankton & using Russell’s 1970s book “The Eggs and Planktonic Stages of British Marine Fishes”
Here are the snake-like larvae- clupeiods & sandeels
Here are the snake-like larvae- clupeiods & sandeels
El Niño 23/24 impacted fisheries - read the @fao.org summary openknowledge.fao.org/items/83435c...
January 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
El Niño 23/24 impacted fisheries - read the @fao.org summary openknowledge.fao.org/items/83435c...
Here’s to a successful and dynamic year ahead for you all
December 31, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Here’s to a successful and dynamic year ahead for you all
Wishing you all a great festive season. Here's to a fun and successful 2025!
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Wishing you all a great festive season. Here's to a fun and successful 2025!