MegaMove is an international collaboration advancing marine megafauna conservation through science & tracking🌎🌊 Read recent landmark study in link below👇
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Apr 18
🐋 Whales
🦈 Sharks
🐦 Seabirds
🐠 And so more species travel far across the ocean—knowing where they go can help countries collaborate on their protection.
New research from 350 scientists can help guide how we work together. pewtrsts.org/48yDQxV
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22 Aug 2025
🌍 Marine megafauna don’t recognise jurisdictional borders. They can move across borders and also through the high seas, where governance is mostly inexistent. That’s why global alignment through the High Seas Treaty and UNCLOS is crucial
@UNOceanDecade
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20 Aug 2025
🚢 Marine megafauna are struck by ships, stressed by noise or caught as bycatch. These threats can be deadly but can be mitigated using:
✅ Vessel-animal separation zones
✅ Lower speed limits
✅ More sustainable fishing practices
✅ Evidence-driven design of protection areas
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18 Aug 2025
Whales and dolphins rely on sound for their daily activities but human-derived noise is affecting their behaviour. Although invisible, noise pollution is everywhere. Implementing actions to mitigate this threat is needed, such as reducing vessel noise
@scienceANU @UNOceanDecade
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15 Aug 2025
🐋 Protecting 30% of the ocean is a strong goal. Now we need to protect must the right areas. @MegaMove_Org shows which areas are the most important for marine megafauna and where protection is needed
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13 Aug 2025
📡Usingtracking data covering >70% of the global ocean, @MegaMove_Org pinpointed the areas of most importance across a range of marine megafauna species. These results can be used for smarter conservation planning.
@UNOceanDecade
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11 Aug 2025
🐟 A total of 50% of space is used for migration - vast corridors linking feeding and breeding grounds. They are the superhighways of the sea that keep nurseries and home areas connected
@saveourseas @GEOMAR_en #HighSeas
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MegaMove retweeted
7 Aug 2025
🔵JUST PUBLISHED: As part of the Global Hadal Exploration Programme, an #OceanDecade initiative led by China, researchers have found the deepest colony of creatures ever to be observed.
👉Read more: ow.ly/fALl50WBgTR
👉Learn more about the GHEP: ow.ly/CmSq50WBgTQ
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25 Jul 2025
🐢 Up to 45% of the space they use is for residency behaviours - resting, feeding, mating. These are the ocean’s nurseries, dining rooms, and homes. They must be protected if threatened species are to recover.
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MegaMove retweeted
24 Jul 2025
📢 New study by #OceanDecade Action @MegaMove_Org found that:
🦈 Marine megafauna spends 90% of their time in areas identified as "Important Marine Megafauna Areas"
🚨But only 5% of these areas currently fall within marine protected areas
Read more: ow.ly/VOqM50Wuupt
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📍 About 66% of marine megafauna movements are linked to important behaviours like migrating, foraging, and breeding. The areas most used for these behaviours might be key to their survival!
@UWAresearch @aims_gov_au
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23 Jul 2025
🌊 Close to a third of marine megafauna species - including some of the most charismatic species in the ocean, such as sharks and turtles - are at risk of extinction. Effective conservation efforts are urgent.
@WWF @UNOceanDecade
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21 Jul 2025
🌱 Marine megafauna are sentinel species – they can be indicators of climate shifts and ecosystem health. Protecting them means we’re protecting the ocean and other biodiversity that depends on it.
@scienceANU @SchmidtOcean
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20 Jul 2025
🧭 The MegaMove Project tracked over 15,000 individuals across 121 species in the global ocean. That’s 30 years of marine movement data collected by ~400 researchers worldwide - the biggest dataset of its kind.
@scienceANU @ourANU
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18 Jul 2025
🌊 Our recent landmark global study on marine megafauna is live and openly accessible. It draws from decades of tracking whales, turtles, sharks and more to guide ocean conservation worldwide.
@UNOceanDecade @ourANU @UWAresearch
🔗 Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/hioa
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MegaMove retweeted
19 Jun 2025
🌊🌍 New global study published in Science identifies the most critical ocean zones for marine megafauna conservation.
Using tracking data and network science, researchers mapped key habitats shared by whales 🐳, sharks 🦈, turtles 🐢and more.
🔗 ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/gl…
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6 Jun 2025
A nice summarised version in @ConversationEDU about our recent publication in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…) 🌊🐳🦈🐢🐧
6 Jun 2025
And here is an article I wrote for @ConversationEDU about the just released Science paper showcasing @MegaMove_Org 's recent findings!
To halt human-induced extinctions of biodiv we need mitigation strategies in addition to area protection.
@EcoEvo_ANU
theconversation.com/we-track…
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MegaMove retweeted
17 Oct 2022
Another cool project using tagging to understand what the #endangered Australian sea lions are up to in the Perth metro waters with @SalgadoKent, Holly Raudino, Kelly Waples & many more! @EcoEvo_ANU @uwaoceans @WAMSInews sequeiralab.com/2022/10/17/t…
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MegaMove retweeted
6 Oct 2022
Tenure-Track Appointment in Marine Ecotoxicology @SFUBioSci Deadline 14th October
sfu.ca/biology/about/employm…
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MegaMove retweeted
19 Sep 2022
New Post-doc position available in #biologging and #bioacoustics. 🔊🐳🐬
PhD applicants should have extensive knowledge of biologging tech, (e.g. DTAGs), & strong analytical skills with sound and sensor data processing and analysis.
international.au.dk/about/pr…
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