Sheila Heymans
@sheilaheymans.bsky.social
Executive Director of the European Marine Board. Professor of Ecosystem Modelling at UHI, Scotland. Ocean lover.
Today the @emarineboard.bsky.social is launching our new document on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Marine #CDR, highlighing the marine #Science needed to ensure no harm comes to #MarineLife - you can follow it on our youtube channel and here www.marineboard.eu/launch-emb-f...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today the @emarineboard.bsky.social is launching our new document on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Marine #CDR, highlighing the marine #Science needed to ensure no harm comes to #MarineLife - you can follow it on our youtube channel and here www.marineboard.eu/launch-emb-f...
This week the @emarineboard.bsky.social is having its Board meetings at #IO_PAN in #SOPOT, Poland - and our open session is on #Ocean Carbon #Science - do we have enough science?
October 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This week the @emarineboard.bsky.social is having its Board meetings at #IO_PAN in #SOPOT, Poland - and our open session is on #Ocean Carbon #Science - do we have enough science?
I am at the 50 years of #ODTÜ-METU in Mersin Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean! The campus is on a nature reserve with some beautiful dune lillies. They have done amazing marine #Science to protect #MarineLife! Such as turtles, seala etc. Many @emarineboard.bsky.social members are represented here.
October 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I am at the 50 years of #ODTÜ-METU in Mersin Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean! The campus is on a nature reserve with some beautiful dune lillies. They have done amazing marine #Science to protect #MarineLife! Such as turtles, seala etc. Many @emarineboard.bsky.social members are represented here.
Day 2 of the #Bridge_BS project starts with the policy session where Britt Alexander from @emarineboard.bsky.social joins colleagues from @fundacioncetmar.bsky.social to describe the Policy Brief and the Black sea Blue Roadmap
October 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Day 2 of the #Bridge_BS project starts with the policy session where Britt Alexander from @emarineboard.bsky.social joins colleagues from @fundacioncetmar.bsky.social to describe the Policy Brief and the Black sea Blue Roadmap
This week I am #METU_ODTU in Mersin Türkiye at the final #Bridge-BS General Assembly - A @ec.europa.eu #H2020 project! Which is being continued with the #HorizonEurope #MissionOcean Lighthouse projects - where @emarineboard.bsky.social is part of #RHEMEDiation!
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This week I am #METU_ODTU in Mersin Türkiye at the final #Bridge-BS General Assembly - A @ec.europa.eu #H2020 project! Which is being continued with the #HorizonEurope #MissionOcean Lighthouse projects - where @emarineboard.bsky.social is part of #RHEMEDiation!
Day 2 at the @allatlantico.bsky.social #AAORIAForum25 starts with Pascal Lamy from #JacquesDELors talking about the #MissionOcean and the Annual Blue Africa Summit in Tangiers! @emarineboard.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Day 2 at the @allatlantico.bsky.social #AAORIAForum25 starts with Pascal Lamy from #JacquesDELors talking about the #MissionOcean and the Annual Blue Africa Summit in Tangiers! @emarineboard.bsky.social
Today is the first day of the @allatlantico.bsky.social #AAORIAForum25 - with André Rodrigues MEP from the Azores in Portugal telling us that protecting the #Ocean is not only about biodiversity but also about geopolitical security. Looking forward to represent the @emarineboard.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Today is the first day of the @allatlantico.bsky.social #AAORIAForum25 - with André Rodrigues MEP from the Azores in Portugal telling us that protecting the #Ocean is not only about biodiversity but also about geopolitical security. Looking forward to represent the @emarineboard.bsky.social
And the final overlapped #AAORIAForum25 side event is on Co-designing @allatlantico.bsky.social #Ocean Observations & Modelling - moderated by Meredith Kurz! The welcome is given by Dr Steve Thur both from NOAA
September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And the final overlapped #AAORIAForum25 side event is on Co-designing @allatlantico.bsky.social #Ocean Observations & Modelling - moderated by Meredith Kurz! The welcome is given by Dr Steve Thur both from NOAA
The #AAORIAForum25 side events are ovelapping and I am try to be at some of them -next the Polar side event - with Marcello Vichi from #UCT-MARIS telling us why South Africa needs to be and are putting money on Antarctic research and their ship. @emarineboard.bsky.social @allatlantico.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The #AAORIAForum25 side events are ovelapping and I am try to be at some of them -next the Polar side event - with Marcello Vichi from #UCT-MARIS telling us why South Africa needs to be and are putting money on Antarctic research and their ship. @emarineboard.bsky.social @allatlantico.bsky.social
Today I am at the #OKEANO workshop “From Vulnerability to Resiliency: Co-Designing Coastal Resilience Pathways” as part of the @allatlantico.bsky.social forum - related to the @emarineboard.bsky.social publication on the marine #Science needed for coastal resilience for #MarineLife!
September 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Today I am at the #OKEANO workshop “From Vulnerability to Resiliency: Co-Designing Coastal Resilience Pathways” as part of the @allatlantico.bsky.social forum - related to the @emarineboard.bsky.social publication on the marine #Science needed for coastal resilience for #MarineLife!
My second meeting today was being on a panel of the "Blending Blue & Green for Real Sustainability” with @felixleinemann.bsky.social from @ec.europa.eu DGMARE - talking about the @emarineboard.bsky.social policy document NFVI and Coastal Resilience
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My second meeting today was being on a panel of the "Blending Blue & Green for Real Sustainability” with @felixleinemann.bsky.social from @ec.europa.eu DGMARE - talking about the @emarineboard.bsky.social policy document NFVI and Coastal Resilience
Today I am doing overlapping meetings again: 1. #AAORIAForum25 Intergenerational Dialogue, where we will talk about marine #Science and #MarineLife! And how we can build #OceanBridges between young people and older scientists & @emarineboard.bsky.social ECOPS Hosted by @ifremer.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Today I am doing overlapping meetings again: 1. #AAORIAForum25 Intergenerational Dialogue, where we will talk about marine #Science and #MarineLife! And how we can build #OceanBridges between young people and older scientists & @emarineboard.bsky.social ECOPS Hosted by @ifremer.bsky.social
Really looking forward to the talk by Gilmour Camilleri on Valuing ecosytem-based fisheries management in Malta - related to the EcoScope project (www.ecoscopium.eu) and the @emarineboard.bsky.social document on Ecosystem modelling www.marineboard.eu/publications... - important #Science #MarineLife
EcoScope | Promoting effective and efficient ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management
The EcoScope Project aims to promote effective and efficient, ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management.
www.ecoscopium.eu
August 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Really looking forward to the talk by Gilmour Camilleri on Valuing ecosytem-based fisheries management in Malta - related to the EcoScope project (www.ecoscopium.eu) and the @emarineboard.bsky.social document on Ecosystem modelling www.marineboard.eu/publications... - important #Science #MarineLife
Join us on Thursday 21 August for the @emarineboard.bsky.social #ThirdThursdayScience webinar on Valuing Ecosystem Based Fisheries management in Malta ... you can register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... and see more about the author here marineboard.eu/events/valui...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EMB Science Webinar - Valuing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in Malta: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit Preferences and Willingness to Pay. Afte...
Valuing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in Malta: A Discrete Choice Experiment to Elicit Preferences and Willingness to Pay
These webinars focus on the science that underpins the various Europea...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Join us on Thursday 21 August for the @emarineboard.bsky.social #ThirdThursdayScience webinar on Valuing Ecosystem Based Fisheries management in Malta ... you can register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... and see more about the author here marineboard.eu/events/valui...
The Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami can happen at any time, in any Ocean. See the impact on sealevels done by the #UNESCO/IOC - www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/index.php and read the impacts in the @emarineboard.bsky.social Position Paper www.marineboard.eu/publications... @vliz.be
July 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami can happen at any time, in any Ocean. See the impact on sealevels done by the #UNESCO/IOC - www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/index.php and read the impacts in the @emarineboard.bsky.social Position Paper www.marineboard.eu/publications... @vliz.be
This afternoon I am attending the European Policy Center’s policy briefing on the European Ocean Pact - read it here oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/european-oce... - the @emarineboard.bsky.social look forward to seeing how marine #Science will feature and how #MarineLife! Will be protected.
July 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This afternoon I am attending the European Policy Center’s policy briefing on the European Ocean Pact - read it here oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/european-oce... - the @emarineboard.bsky.social look forward to seeing how marine #Science will feature and how #MarineLife! Will be protected.
Afternoon session of the #SEAWISE symposium on sustainable management of social systems - where I will discuss the #EcoScope social #Science outputs on citizen’s impression of #EBFM done by @emarineboard.bsky.social and partners, and how it influences how we manage #MarineLife!
June 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Afternoon session of the #SEAWISE symposium on sustainable management of social systems - where I will discuss the #EcoScope social #Science outputs on citizen’s impression of #EBFM done by @emarineboard.bsky.social and partners, and how it influences how we manage #MarineLife!
This week the @emarineboard.bsky.social is participating to the #SEAWISE conference where we will launch the #EcoScope policy brief - read more here www.ecoscopium.eu
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This week the @emarineboard.bsky.social is participating to the #SEAWISE conference where we will launch the #EcoScope policy brief - read more here www.ecoscopium.eu
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I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM
From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science
Today is the @emarineboard.bsky.social #ThirdThursdayScience Webinar called "Waves of Resonance" on the psychological impact of marine sound by Elise Guillauma, Clea Parcerisas and Marine Severin @marinesev.bsky.social watch it live here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOI...
June 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today is the @emarineboard.bsky.social #ThirdThursdayScience Webinar called "Waves of Resonance" on the psychological impact of marine sound by Elise Guillauma, Clea Parcerisas and Marine Severin @marinesev.bsky.social watch it live here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOI...
Lunch time session at #UNOC3 is on 10,000 Ships for the Ocean moderated by Albert Fisher - any information on the ocean improves weather predictions. @emarineboard.bsky.social #EOOS
June 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Lunch time session at #UNOC3 is on 10,000 Ships for the Ocean moderated by Albert Fisher - any information on the ocean improves weather predictions. @emarineboard.bsky.social #EOOS
Second session today at #UNOC3 is on accelerating sustainability in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries hosted by GFCM - related to @surimi-project.bsky.social work of @emarineboard.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Second session today at #UNOC3 is on accelerating sustainability in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries hosted by GFCM - related to @surimi-project.bsky.social work of @emarineboard.bsky.social
This morning at #UNOC3 I am at a side event on the role of trade in sustainable fisheries related to the @surimi-project.bsky.social work that @emarineboard.bsky.social is part of.
June 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This morning at #UNOC3 I am at a side event on the role of trade in sustainable fisheries related to the @surimi-project.bsky.social work that @emarineboard.bsky.social is part of.
This afternoon I am at the screening of #OurOceans by James Honeyborne at #UNOC3 - only 13% of the Southern Ocean is protected. Took 5 years to film, filmed more than 1000 species #MarineLife @emarineboard.bsky.social #Science
June 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This afternoon I am at the screening of #OurOceans by James Honeyborne at #UNOC3 - only 13% of the Southern Ocean is protected. Took 5 years to film, filmed more than 1000 species #MarineLife @emarineboard.bsky.social #Science