Amazing to have been a part of the study looking at the cryptic global collision-risk between ships and whale sharks! Lead by the incredible @FreyaWomersley and @TheSimsLab. And that art... epic. #GlobalSharkMovementProject
Another deployment of our MultiS float with acceleration/video sensors on the back of a blue shark. Fingers crossed for the recovery on Sunday! The pop-up will be triggered by our custom-made, high precision timer-and-release system!
Meet our 2021 project leaders!
This year we’re celebrating an overwhelming number of applications & grantees. Heralding a hopeful new cohort of ocean conservationists, young scientists & local initiatives being supported.
saveourseas.com/were-funding…
Deploying our multi-sensor float on a 2.95m blue shark! The float had acceleration, speed, depth, video and external/internal temperature sensors. The onboard GPS worked perfectly thus we retrieved the tag the next day! @MoveCIBIO@TheSimsLab@PrendergastSoph
For #SharkAwarenessDay here're some satellite tracks of blue & shortfin mako #sharks we've collected over last 12 months - movement data help us understand where & when they overlap most w/ #fishing effort - both spp need proper #HighSeas management globalsharkmovement.org
Follow the live tracking migration of Yelkouan shearwaters - a pelagic seabird endemic to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: buff.ly/2SUBjL1 ● by #CIESM (Mediterranean Science Commission) in collaboration with @BiomHr
In @nature we showed that pelagic #shark catches were higher in areas with higher #fishing exposure (FEI), "[...] corroborating our previously published result that FEI reflects fishing-induced shark mortality". Shark #hotspots need protection.
go.nature.com/3AAoo1P
New Research: Oceanic Diel Vertical Movement Patterns of Blue Sharks Vary With Water Temperature and Productivity to Change Vulnerability to Fishing: In the pelagic environment diel vertical movements (DVM) are widespread across taxa, from… frontiersin.org/articles/10.…#MarineScience