Maria J. Darias
mariajdarias.bsky.social
Maria J. Darias
@mariajdarias.bsky.social
Research Director at IRD, MARBEC | Fish physiology & nutrition | Nutrition-sensitive aquaculture | Codirector of LIMAQUA lab & coordinator of the AfriMAQUA network
Check our latest publication—endorsed by 295 ocean scientists across 45 countries—raising concerns about recent policy shifts that threaten diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in ocean science.

#UNOC3 #UNOC3DEI #OOSC #OOSC2025 #OceanDecade #SDG14 #DEI #WeAreTheOcean

@ird-fr.bsky.social
🌊The transformative potential of the ocean sciences and the Ocean Decade depends on reinforcing inclusion as a shared responsibility—across institutions, funding streams, and scientific agendas.
💙 Leave no one behind…
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Leave no one behind in the UN Ocean Decade
Recent policy shifts terminating programs and funding related to diversity, equity, and inclusion challenge the “leave no one behind” pledge at the co…
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June 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Never imagined I’d contribute to space aquaculture! 🚀🐟

Grateful to Cyrille Przybyla for bringing me on board.

Our new paper on neutron exposure & European sea bass:
🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/spa...

#LunarHatch #Aquaculture #SpaceResearch

#MARBEC @ifremer.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
Frontiers | Effects of neutron exposure on the embryonic development of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), a candidate fish species for space aquaculture: simulated conditions on the ISS and du...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🐟🦐🍽️ Our Science-Policy Lab on Innovations for Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems brought together 44 stakeholders from 10 African countries to co-create recommendations for driving holistic and inclusive innovation toward transforming aquatic food systems.

#AquaticFoods

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Science-Policy Lab in South Africa | Site Web IRD
On December 8-10, 2024, a Science-Policy Lab on Innovations for Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems took place in Cape Town, South Africa, under the EU-funded Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Intelligence–Science-Policy Interface (SASi-SPi) project led by Agrinatura, the European Alliance on Agricultural knowledge for Development, of which IRD is a member.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I’m thrilled to share our newly published paper, “Charting a science course for the sustainable transformation of aquatic food systems,” based on our White Paper on Challenge 3 (‘Sustainably nourish the global population’) of the United Nations Ocean Decade.

doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Charting a science course for the sustainable transformation of aquatic food systems
Abstract. Aquatic foods hold a unique potential to contribute to a much-needed transformation of food systems thanks to their high nutritional value, cultu
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January 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM