Aspiring naturalist and conservationist. Species Recovery Program Manager for @SeattleAquarium. Views are my own. (he/him)
Joined July 2013
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
25 Apr 2025
While listening to recordings, a team from NOAA Fisheries and the University of Washington documented sounds from these rare right whales at all six acoustic mooring sites in the Aleutian Island passes and northern Gulf of Alaska.
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
21 Feb 2025
You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
14 Jan 2025
An important new theme issue of #PhilTransB is out now: ‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’. Read here: ow.ly/QCmj50UE5Kg #biodiversity
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
10 Jan 2025
📢 Published today - a special issue of Phil Trans @RSocPublishing on Professor Dame Georgina Mace's significant legacy and contributions to biodiversity research and conservation
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
9 Dec 2024
We’re thrilled to welcome @SeaWorldAU as the newest breeder for the StAR Project! We have just received the first shipment of leopard shark eggs from @SeaWorldAU 🇦🇺
This latest shipment also includes more eggs from @GeorgiaAquarium & @shark_reef 🇺🇸
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
6 Dec 2024
Nouvelle analyse #GlobalSharkTrends financée par @SharkRayFund sert de signal d'alarme pour une action urgente afin d'inverser la tendance pour ces animaux extraordinaires!
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#surpêche
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Chondrichthyans are an ecologically diverse and ancient lineage of over 1,199 fishes that occur in a wide range of estuarine, marine, and
even some freshwater habitats, dominating the higher trophic levels at the top of ecological pyramids
#SharkScience
#GlobalSharkTrends
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ALT A wobbegong image by Tom Fish (Pexels). These iconic sharks are sit-and-wait predators, mainly on or around coral reefs
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
5 Dec 2024
New #GlobalSharkTrends analysis funded by @SharkRayFund serves as a #wakeupcall for urgent action to turn the tide for these extraordinary animals:
bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
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#EndOverfishing
#SustainableDevelopmentGoals
ALT A whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) lit from above in a shoal of small fishes; IUCN Endangered
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5 Dec 2024
Our new study is out today:
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New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @ScienceMagazine reveals that #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk
👉🏽Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends
Please SHARE & LIKE
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ALT Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) IUCN Critically Endangered
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26 Nov 2024
Thrilled to be here in Monaco with all my old and new friends and colleagues to help drive global conservation for the seahorses, pipefishes, seadragons and relatives!
25 Nov 2024
Kicking off the first-ever meeting of our global expert group on seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons, hosted by @GVTMonaco.
Together, we’re advancing efforts to protect these iconic fishes. #SavingIconicSpecies #Monaco2024
📸 © Directorate of Communication / Stéphane Danna
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
22 Nov 2024
🐋 #DYK? Ship collisions are the leading cause of death worldwide for large whales, but global data on ship strikes are hard to come by — impeding efforts to protect vulnerable #whale species.
🌏 A new study, led by @UW and published today in @ScienceMagazine, uses our data to better understand the global risk of ship strikes.
Dive into the #research here: globalfishingwatch.org/news-…
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
14 Nov 2024
A new global assessment covering all reef-building corals found 44% are at risk of extinction.
Found in shallow, warm water habitats, #ClimateChange is their main threat.
Discover what actions can save them in the latest IUCN Red List update.
bit.ly/3AEBJLq #COP29
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
12 Nov 2024
OUR 2️⃣0️⃣TH SHARK HAS BEEN RELEASED
Just hours after saying goodbye to Lydia, our team released Claudio into the waters of Misool. With this release, he marks our 20th shark released as part of the StAR Project Indonesia. Stay safe, Claudio!
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
31 Oct 2024
“Saving Species Sustains Life” —At the 5th SSC Leaders’ Meeting, conservationists reaffirmed the critical link between biodiversity and human well-being, calling for collective action.
🔗 Discover the declaration: tinyurl.com/4yc8umn4
#WeAreSSC #SSCLeadersMeeting2024
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
11 Oct 2024
Another TRIO RELEASED! 🦈
Last week, we successfully released Christina, Karen & Anselm near our RARCC nursery, together with members of the Women Divers Association of Raja Ampat! We will continue tracking these sharks through our post-release monitoring program.
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
3 Oct 2024
Just received our LARGEST EGG SHIPMENT YET 📦🐣
Thanks to @shark_reef & @GeorgiaAquarium, 25 zebra shark eggs have arrived in Raja Ampat. 12 are headed to RARCC & 13 to our Misool Foundation nursery!
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
18 Sep 2024
All smiles from Misool as we bid farewell to Taran, Charlotte, & Dawn — the first three leopard sharks released this year! 🦈
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Today, the Council proclaimed Aug 29, 2024, as ONE OCEAN DAY, celebrating the opening of Seattle Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion. Seattle Aquarium is committed to re-wilding, research, rescue and rehabilitation of critical marine life, with its local and global conservation partners and marine science experts to protect the ecosystem of our #oneocean for future generations. About the Pavilion: seattleaquarium.org
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
24 Aug 2024
🔴 Ocean Pavilion live feed update: seattleaquarium.org/stories/…
Can you identify this species that recently moved into the Ocean Pavilion? Here’s a hint: He’s often *spotted* gliding through the building’s largest habitat, The Reef, with his tail trailing behind.
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Riley Pollom 🌎 retweeted
16 Aug 2024
Initiative 2117 will be on the ballot this November and we are calling for Washingtonians to vote NO! ⚠️
I-2117 would undo progress made under the Climate Commitment Act—but we can help prevent that outcome. Pledge to vote no: no2117.com/pledge-to-vote-no…
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