Sophy McCully Phillips
@sophyonsharks.bsky.social
Principal Fisheries Scientist at Cefas
Mum
Buckland Professor 2024
Chair of ICES WGEF 🦈
Northern Europe IUCN SSG🦈
Mum
Buckland Professor 2024
Chair of ICES WGEF 🦈
Northern Europe IUCN SSG🦈
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A landmark scientific workshop has identified 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) across the European Atlantic, providing the first comprehensive map of critical habitats for threatened species such as Basking Shark, Tope, Spiny Dogfish, Sicklefin Devil Ray, and Angelshark.
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A landmark scientific workshop has identified 124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) across the European Atlantic, providing the first comprehensive map of critical habitats for threatened species such as Basking Shark, Tope, Spiny Dogfish, Sicklefin Devil Ray, and Angelshark.
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Abstract submissions are now open for Sharks International 2026, taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4-8 May 2026.
📣 Help spread the word! Share this opportunity with colleagues who may be interested.
🔗 Submit your abstract by visiting our website: si2026.org
📣 Help spread the word! Share this opportunity with colleagues who may be interested.
🔗 Submit your abstract by visiting our website: si2026.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Abstract submissions are now open for Sharks International 2026, taking place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4-8 May 2026.
📣 Help spread the word! Share this opportunity with colleagues who may be interested.
🔗 Submit your abstract by visiting our website: si2026.org
📣 Help spread the word! Share this opportunity with colleagues who may be interested.
🔗 Submit your abstract by visiting our website: si2026.org
‘Fish tagging - the good the bad and the unknown’…well from what I saw 👀 it was all good 👍! Thanks to all 13 speakers, and 7 poster presenters who brought this theme session @ices.marine.bsky.social #ICESASC2025 to life, with standing room only your research reached far and wide!
September 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
‘Fish tagging - the good the bad and the unknown’…well from what I saw 👀 it was all good 👍! Thanks to all 13 speakers, and 7 poster presenters who brought this theme session @ices.marine.bsky.social #ICESASC2025 to life, with standing room only your research reached far and wide!
For anyone online or who missed the @icesmarine.bsky.social Expert Group poster session, feel free to come find me at #ICESASC2025 or message me with any questions 🙋♀️. I’m biased of course but after 16-years I can say the ICES Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes is really a fantastic group 😉!
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For anyone online or who missed the @icesmarine.bsky.social Expert Group poster session, feel free to come find me at #ICESASC2025 or message me with any questions 🙋♀️. I’m biased of course but after 16-years I can say the ICES Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes is really a fantastic group 😉!
Theme session D 🐟🏷️ ‘Fish Tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ #ICESASC2025 @icesmarine.bsky.social off to a flying start this morning with methods and collaboration covered but join us NOW for behaviour and migration, assessments, management and conservation sub-themes!
September 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Theme session D 🐟🏷️ ‘Fish Tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ #ICESASC2025 @icesmarine.bsky.social off to a flying start this morning with methods and collaboration covered but join us NOW for behaviour and migration, assessments, management and conservation sub-themes!
1 day until Theme session D at #ICESASC25 @icesmarine.bsky.social exploring ‘Fish tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ but if you can’t wait until then join us in person for the ‘WKTAG - where now?’ meet up @3:30pm (back of the marquee) with @piasch.bsky.social and Hans Jakob Olesen
September 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
1 day until Theme session D at #ICESASC25 @icesmarine.bsky.social exploring ‘Fish tagging - the good, the bad and the unknown’ but if you can’t wait until then join us in person for the ‘WKTAG - where now?’ meet up @3:30pm (back of the marquee) with @piasch.bsky.social and Hans Jakob Olesen
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Congratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25
September 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Congratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25
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Good morning from Klaipėda and welcome to the first day of #ICESASC25! 🌊
4 days of science, collaboration, and innovation, including:
🔹18 theme sessions
🔹5 network sessions
🔹5 events dedicated to early-career scientists
🔹3 keynote speeches by world renowned experts in the field
Welcome!
4 days of science, collaboration, and innovation, including:
🔹18 theme sessions
🔹5 network sessions
🔹5 events dedicated to early-career scientists
🔹3 keynote speeches by world renowned experts in the field
Welcome!
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Good morning from Klaipėda and welcome to the first day of #ICESASC25! 🌊
4 days of science, collaboration, and innovation, including:
🔹18 theme sessions
🔹5 network sessions
🔹5 events dedicated to early-career scientists
🔹3 keynote speeches by world renowned experts in the field
Welcome!
4 days of science, collaboration, and innovation, including:
🔹18 theme sessions
🔹5 network sessions
🔹5 events dedicated to early-career scientists
🔹3 keynote speeches by world renowned experts in the field
Welcome!
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The FSBI Medal Winners session starts with a talk from Colin Adams. Colin, previous President of the FSBI, has been awarded this year's Beverton Medal. Given the FSBI's focus on supporting ECRs, Colin draws on his wealth of experience, with a talk titled "Surviving a career in research" #FSBI2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The FSBI Medal Winners session starts with a talk from Colin Adams. Colin, previous President of the FSBI, has been awarded this year's Beverton Medal. Given the FSBI's focus on supporting ECRs, Colin draws on his wealth of experience, with a talk titled "Surviving a career in research" #FSBI2025
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This year's FSBI medal is awarded to @mjjuanjorda.bsky.social. Maria talks to us today about what tuna have taught her throughout her career. Some very useful lessons learned and advice for the ECRs in the audience! #FSBI2025
July 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This year's FSBI medal is awarded to @mjjuanjorda.bsky.social. Maria talks to us today about what tuna have taught her throughout her career. Some very useful lessons learned and advice for the ECRs in the audience! #FSBI2025
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Our final medal award winner is Oliver Crimmen, of the Nautral History Museum (London), who was awarded this year's Le Cren Medal. With over 50 years of experience, some species are now present in the collection but extinct in the wild, which gives much pause for thought #FSBI2025
July 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our final medal award winner is Oliver Crimmen, of the Nautral History Museum (London), who was awarded this year's Le Cren Medal. With over 50 years of experience, some species are now present in the collection but extinct in the wild, which gives much pause for thought #FSBI2025
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Check out the editorial for the Special Issue: "Advances in telemetry approaches and technologies applied to fish ecology and management", which sets the scene and rational for this exciting collection of papers. doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
Authors: J. Mourier, T. Murray, R. Lennox, K. Birnie-Gauvin
Authors: J. Mourier, T. Murray, R. Lennox, K. Birnie-Gauvin
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out the editorial for the Special Issue: "Advances in telemetry approaches and technologies applied to fish ecology and management", which sets the scene and rational for this exciting collection of papers. doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
Authors: J. Mourier, T. Murray, R. Lennox, K. Birnie-Gauvin
Authors: J. Mourier, T. Murray, R. Lennox, K. Birnie-Gauvin
Great to be here for a week of fish-fuelled symposium fun 🐟🦈
July 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great to be here for a week of fish-fuelled symposium fun 🐟🦈
Wow 🤩 what a line up of workshops and sessions - this is going to be epic 👏🦈 (but hard to choose)!
🚀 Sharks International 2026 website is LIVE!
We’re thrilled to officially announce the launch of our brand new website: si2026.org
This is your go-to hub for everything related to Sharks International 2026.
Follow our page for the latest updates on #SI2026!
We’re thrilled to officially announce the launch of our brand new website: si2026.org
This is your go-to hub for everything related to Sharks International 2026.
Follow our page for the latest updates on #SI2026!
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wow 🤩 what a line up of workshops and sessions - this is going to be epic 👏🦈 (but hard to choose)!
12 stocks of #sharks 🦈 and rays assessed and advice on catch limits drafted 👍 by @icesmarine.bsky.social Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes last week in the beautiful country of Iceland 🇮🇸 Always a pleasure to lead this awesome group💪 and thanks to @mfri.bsky.social for their Viking hospitality!
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
12 stocks of #sharks 🦈 and rays assessed and advice on catch limits drafted 👍 by @icesmarine.bsky.social Working Group on Elasmobranch Fishes last week in the beautiful country of Iceland 🇮🇸 Always a pleasure to lead this awesome group💪 and thanks to @mfri.bsky.social for their Viking hospitality!
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We have a #PhD opening on #DNA- based exploration of #shark and #ray #biodiversity in #indonesian fisheries!
@sharkscience.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social
@dhikafishery.bsky.social
@joanna-m-murray.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@sharkscience.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social
@dhikafishery.bsky.social
@joanna-m-murray.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
NOVEL MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO MONITOR TRADE IN ENDANGERED SHARKS AND RAYS at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NOVEL MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO MONITOR TRADE IN ENDANGERED SHARKS AND RAYS at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We have a #PhD opening on #DNA- based exploration of #shark and #ray #biodiversity in #indonesian fisheries!
@sharkscience.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social
@dhikafishery.bsky.social
@joanna-m-murray.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@sharkscience.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social
@dhikafishery.bsky.social
@joanna-m-murray.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds
Clicklike noises made by a small species of shark represent the first instance of a shark actively producing sound
www.scientificamerican.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Scientists Record First Known Shark Sounds 🦑🧪🐟🦈 www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
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“A rare look" – scientists put a camera inside a shark egg and were spellbound by what they saw | Discover Wildlife
“A rare look" – scientists put a camera inside a shark egg and were spellbound by what they saw
Watch tiny shark embryos grow inside their eggs before they’re ready to be released into the wild.
www.discoverwildlife.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“A rare look" – scientists put a camera inside a shark egg and were spellbound by what they saw | Discover Wildlife
If you’re working in fish tagging then it’s your final chance to come and share your science at #ICESASC25 this September.
🚨 Deadline today ‼️
🚨 Deadline today ‼️
📢Last call for #ICESASC25
Be a part of our Annual Science Conference 2025.
Share your research by submitting an abstract.
🔔Deadline today 24 March!
www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
#ResourceManagement #CumulativeImpacts #MarineBiodiversity #ArtificialReefs #VMEs
#EcosystemServices #Fisheries #Ocean
Be a part of our Annual Science Conference 2025.
Share your research by submitting an abstract.
🔔Deadline today 24 March!
www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
#ResourceManagement #CumulativeImpacts #MarineBiodiversity #ArtificialReefs #VMEs
#EcosystemServices #Fisheries #Ocean
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March 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you’re working in fish tagging then it’s your final chance to come and share your science at #ICESASC25 this September.
🚨 Deadline today ‼️
🚨 Deadline today ‼️
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ONE MONTH ALERT
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in the European Atlantic for the next month, the final deadline is on April 18th.
For more updates on the ISRA project follow along!
#shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in the European Atlantic for the next month, the final deadline is on April 18th.
For more updates on the ISRA project follow along!
#shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
March 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
ONE MONTH ALERT
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in the European Atlantic for the next month, the final deadline is on April 18th.
For more updates on the ISRA project follow along!
#shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
Reminder that the ISRA project is still accepting proposals for preliminary Areas of Interest in the European Atlantic for the next month, the final deadline is on April 18th.
For more updates on the ISRA project follow along!
#shark #ray #chimaera #marine #conservation
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Apply now for this jointly-funded Cefas and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social lecturer post. Working at the interface between marine science and policy. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
March 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Apply now for this jointly-funded Cefas and @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social lecturer post. Working at the interface between marine science and policy. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/va...
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March 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
⏰ 5-days and counting until abstract deadline ⏰
Don’t miss out…get yours in by Monday 17th March 9:59pm GMT!
Don’t miss out…get yours in by Monday 17th March 9:59pm GMT!
🐟 Fish tagging at #ICESSAC25
Discover how century-old fish tagging meets modern tech to unlock fish behaviour insights & how to integrate data in assessment models.
Submit your abstract 👉https://www.ices.dk/events/asc/2025/Pages/Theme-session-D.aspx
@piasch.bsky.social @sophyonsharks.bsky.social
Discover how century-old fish tagging meets modern tech to unlock fish behaviour insights & how to integrate data in assessment models.
Submit your abstract 👉https://www.ices.dk/events/asc/2025/Pages/Theme-session-D.aspx
@piasch.bsky.social @sophyonsharks.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
⏰ 5-days and counting until abstract deadline ⏰
Don’t miss out…get yours in by Monday 17th March 9:59pm GMT!
Don’t miss out…get yours in by Monday 17th March 9:59pm GMT!
⏰ A reminder to get your submissions in soon!
📅 Deadline is 2-weeks today 17th March…
📅 Deadline is 2-weeks today 17th March…
🐟 Fish tagging at #ICESSAC25
Discover how century-old fish tagging meets modern tech to unlock fish behaviour insights & how to integrate data in assessment models.
Submit your abstract 👉https://www.ices.dk/events/asc/2025/Pages/Theme-session-D.aspx
@piasch.bsky.social @sophyonsharks.bsky.social
Discover how century-old fish tagging meets modern tech to unlock fish behaviour insights & how to integrate data in assessment models.
Submit your abstract 👉https://www.ices.dk/events/asc/2025/Pages/Theme-session-D.aspx
@piasch.bsky.social @sophyonsharks.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
⏰ A reminder to get your submissions in soon!
📅 Deadline is 2-weeks today 17th March…
📅 Deadline is 2-weeks today 17th March…
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Today marks World Wildlife Day, a vital reminder of the importance of protecting our planet’s wildlife. 🌏
For over 60 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has helped us see our natural world through a different lens, showcasing its beauty and the necessity to preserve it.
For over 60 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has helped us see our natural world through a different lens, showcasing its beauty and the necessity to preserve it.
March 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Today marks World Wildlife Day, a vital reminder of the importance of protecting our planet’s wildlife. 🌏
For over 60 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has helped us see our natural world through a different lens, showcasing its beauty and the necessity to preserve it.
For over 60 years, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has helped us see our natural world through a different lens, showcasing its beauty and the necessity to preserve it.