Big thanks to the @lec-reefs.bsky.social crew for hosting the Thriving Oceans team in Lancaster. Workshops in castles and walks in the woods made for an amazing collaboration.

Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team
@christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social

Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social

This is why I am not that worried about AI

Got my first electricity bill after installing solar with a battery. $0…

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful.

www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

The Thriving Oceans team assembled at last (11/13 of us at least). Such an amazing group of ECR talent. Watch this space for some exciting and interdisciplinary marine sustainability science!

Taking a much needed break on an island where the kava flows and the loudest sound is the rolling thunder- I could, however, do without the sea lice…

Our results suggested that the fishing community was overfishing their reef fish stocks and stocks were below biomass levels that maximize production, making the overall reef fishery unsustainable. Ahus is one of my long-term study sites (been working there since 2002). Photo credit: me

An example

1) Sharing a wave with dolphins at Byron Bay
2) Leopards and lions
3) Tiger shark
4) Minke whales
5) Platypus
However- seeing this little egg laying mammal last week was pretty awesome, too!!!

I’ve gotten to see lots of great concerts in my day, but one of the best was Glass Animals on the steps of the Sydney Opera House last week. Sydney can really turn it on!!!