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A beachmaster southern elephant seal relaxing in-between defending the harem on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands #marinemammals #elephantseals #falklandislands #sealionisland #pinnipeds #seals #nature #wildlife #southatlantic #marinemegafauna #newlife #matingseason #spring #southerneelephantseal
January 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
mckeedi.bsky.social
Close ups of a humpback whale of Brisbane, Australia #marinemammals #cetaceans #australias #brisbane #humpbackwhale #whales #nature #wildlife #marinemegafauna
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 PM
mckeedi.bsky.social
Relaxing southern elephant seal pup on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands #marinemammals #elephantseals #falklandislands #sealionisland #pinnipeds #seals #nature #wildlife #southatlantic #marinemegafauna #newlife #matingseason #spring #southerneelephantseal #falklands
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr. Acebes: RA 10654 banned CITES spp even at domestic levels, resulting to loss of livelihoods in both mobulid fisheries and a small-scale sea cucumber fishery in Pamilacan. Implementation barely considered stakeholders, and didn't compensate for losses. #PAMS18 #FishAndFisheries #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr. Nico Jose Leander presents occurrence of #megamouth #sharks in the Eastern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. Aurora province has had at least 2 stranding reports of megamouth sharks.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Tambihasan: Mobula birostris samples were collected in Jagna, Bohol from 2012-2017, prior to the ban on mobulid fisheries.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna #FishAndFisheries
July 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: In the Philippines, only sharks and rays in #CITES Appendices are protected species under RA 10654. There are currently 58 species protected.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Rhen Aimer Casite, UP-Visayas shares findings on a multi-generational fishery fr Carles, Iloilo called "pandemonyo" a bottomset gillnet mainly for catching devil rays. From June 2023 to May 2024 mostly saw catches of Ridgeback skate and Ocellated eagle ray though.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Today, we met a #PinoyScientist working on #FossilSharks in the Philippines! Geologist Dr. Allan Gil Fernando (in blue) of UP-NIGS and 2 students are investigating shark teeth found at dig sites across the country.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr. @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: whale shark and oceanic manta ray were protected in 1998, but shark conservation started way before this.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Sue Ong: there are numerous studies of whale sharks and mobulid rays in the Bohol Sea, but what about other species. We looked at historical data and sightings from social media posts.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
HN: This afternoon's plenary talk by @aayaptinchay.bsky.social on 30 years of shark conservation in the Philippines

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: Another protected species, Whitespotted wedgefish, is considered the best for Bicol local dish "kinunot".

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna #WedgeOnTheEdge
July 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: Philippine guitarfish, an endemic species, and a #CITES species is caught as bycatchw/ some pregnant individuals documented.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Tambihasan: 3 distinct groups or clusters were identified. There were also high proportions of related individuals observed (up to 52.9%), including mother-offspring relations. Thus, Mobula birostris in Bohol Sea doesn't appear to be of a single stock.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna #FishAndFisheries
July 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
ijlselamat.bsky.social
Thank you to the BKKPN @bkkpn_kupang for allowing us to conduct research in the heart of the MPAs of Raja Ampat, including the no take areas #eDNA #marinemegafauna #marinemammals #marinemammalresearch #whale #dolphin #MantaRay #Mobulids #drones, multispectral #imagery @SelamatIJL
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr Leander: first stranding occurrence was in 2022. Locals did not know what the animal was, and first thought it was a whale. This suggests megamouth sharks were uncommon and previously unknown.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social concludes: the future of shark and ray conservation in the Philippines is not in totally banning fisheries, but rather in regulating and monitoring fisheries.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Sue Ong of WCS Philippines presents collaborative work on Advancing Shark Conservation Efforts in the Bohol Sea.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Nico Jose Leander presents findings from fecal analysis of a 40.6-cm green sea turtle found in Nueva Ecija — mostly #marinedebris of plastic materials from sheet-like to foam fragments.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
irbio-ub.bsky.social
📊 Aquesta actualització destaca la importància de planificacions específiques per context i la necessitat d’incloure regions i temes encara poc representats.
🔗 Consulta els resultats i el panell interactiu aquí:
#ConservacióMarina #TortuguesMarines #UICN #Biodiversitat #MarineMegafauna #RecercaUB
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: recently @mwwphilippines.bsky.social formalized partnership agreement with BFAR to promote SHARCC - shark, rays, chimaeras conservation in the 🇵🇭 One key output is the Shark Conservation and Fisheries Management Framework.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr. Leander: 36% of #megamouth shark reports in the Philippines are from accidental capture in Fisheries; 64% are from stranding events which are still poorly understood.

#PAMS18 #MarineMegafauna
July 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
gemmlabosu.bsky.social
What to learn more about our drone-based tools and work? Check out the the Marine Mammal Institute's Center Of Drone Excellence (CODEX) led by former GEMM lab post doc Dr. KC Bierlich! mmi.oregonstate.edu/centers-exce...

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Center of Drone Excellence | Marine Mammal Institute | Oregon State University
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August 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
jean8rum.bsky.social
Dr @aayaptinchay.bsky.social: Awareness is important. @mwwphilippines.bsky.social initiatives include #CitizenScience through the Shark Spotted PH page on Facebook where people can share their shark and ray sightings.

#PAMS18 #ConserveSharksPH #MarineMegafauna
July 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM