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Anastasia Smith

@anastasiasmith.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher at Lancaster University Studying Ecological and Social Impacts of Reef Fisheries in Kenya🪸🇰🇪 Interested in all things Marine Conservation 🌊 Social Science 🌊Community management 🌊 Ecosystem Based Management!

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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
2months of PhD fieldwork in Kenya complete!🇰🇪 From reef fish abundance and LIT benthic surveys to interviews and focus groups with local fishers , traders and leaders involved in Beach Management Units (BMU). It's been a packed and incredible experience and opportunity to work with a great team!🐠🤿🎣
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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@christinahicks.bsky.social, @anastasiasmith.bsky.social, @fmc1.bsky.social and Omokotu attended the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa! 🪸 Ana spoke about Kenyan reef fishery governance 🐟 Christina delivered a wonderful keynote speech & moderated several sessions representing @oceana.bsky.social
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
How striped parrotfish boys settle their beef on the reef 😤😗😤😗 #stripedparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #coralcitycamera
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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
New Paper Alert! @sophiestanden.bsky.social Is Understanding‘Fish as Food’ Enough?Reclaiming Power and Politics in Aquatic Food Research and Policy 📈Despite aquatic food systems gaining global attention, the role of power dynamics shaping debates is still overlooked. 👇 tinyurl.com/FishAsFood26
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
NATURE IS AMAZING OUR PLANET IS AMAZING 🌏🌊🧪🦑 "The video shows female whales from two family lines working together to support the labor during critical moments and lift the newborn calf above the water." apnews.com/article/sper...
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Scientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calf
Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.
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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This international women’s day we celebrate the inspiring women that are part of, and work alongside our group. The UN’s theme for #IWD is “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”- learn more here: www.unwomen.org/en/get-invol... 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏻‍🎓👩🏾‍🏫👩🏼‍💻
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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🎙️ The fabulous @mollylouisefowkes.bsky.social was recently invited to talk on the Impact Storytelling Podcast about her research exploring the hidden social lives of the endangered European eel! 📊 👩‍💻🛥️ Listen now on YouTube & Spotify: tinyurl.com/Eelpodcast 🎧
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend my first international conference, MARE,at the University of Amsterdam!I had an incredible time attending lots of insightful talks as well as getting the opportunity to pitch the first chapter of my PhD, and presenting a poster about my research! #Mare2025
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨 Bottom trawling is destroying our ocean. But right now, we have a shot to stop it! The government is considering banning bottom trawling in 41 protected areas, but they want to hear from YOU before they do. 📢 ADD YOUR VOICE before the 1 Sept deadline: only.one/act/uk-mpa-c...
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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Leatherback sea turtles can grow up to 1.8 metres long and weigh up to 450 kilograms. That’s heavier than a grand piano 🐢😲 🎥: ausmashmash
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump’s withdrawal of foreign aid and dismantling USAID will cause annually: 18 million cases of malaria, 166k deaths; 200k children paralyzed with polio; 1 million children not treated for severe acute malnutrition, often fatal; >28k new cases of diseases such as Ebola and Marburg Why? Why??
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
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James Robinson @james-robinson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries - Nature
A study aimed at revealing the role of small-scale fisheries in sustainable development shows they provide at least 40% of the global fishing catch and affect the livelihoods of 1 in 12 people in the ...
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Oceana @oceana.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
#BREAKING: We’re taking the Trump administration to court! Oceana, alongside other environmental groups, is challenging President Trump's attempts to revoke ocean protections & open up millions of acres to offshore drilling. More 👉 oceana.ly/3EMOhSt
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Some amazing marine life photos, , incredible talent !🐟🐠🦈
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
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Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
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Simon Kirby @simonkirby.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A thread explaining our new discovery about humpback whale song published today in Science... We found key statistical properties that characterise all human languages in another species for the first time. We have more in common with whales than we previously thought! doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A picture of a humpback whale just below the sea surface taken by Marc Quintin
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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems. Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good. 🌊🥼❄️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's sea-ice falls to record low
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Underwater Mountains Are Teeming With 41 Times More Sharks Than The Open Ocean | IFLScience
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Underwater Mountains Are Teeming With 41 Times More Sharks Than The Open Ocean
“Predators appear to use seamounts as ‘hubs’ to gather, socialise, mate or rest.”
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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Heyyy!!! #marineresearchers!!! Look at this interesting paper from #GES4SEAS in @FrontSustain Management of #jellyfish outbreaks to achieve good environmental status #GES #MSFD Increasing problem and some solutions www.frontiersin.org/journals/oce...
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Frontiers | Management of jellyfish outbreaks to achieve good environmental status
Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) in general, fulfill important ecological roles with significant impacts, although they are often oversimplified or ...
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A great starter pack to connect with people working on #ecology at a large scale 🌍🧪 Global Ecology Vol. 2 👉 go.bsky.app/L37W5uH DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join the pack, there’s still room for more ! 😊
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Global Ecology 🌐 starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! ✨💚 Please share so they will fly into the blue sky 🦋🌈 Vol1 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Vol2 👉 bsky.app/starter-pack... Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in ! 🌐🧪🌍🦤🍁🦑🪴🦉🐍🌾
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Javier González @reefjav.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠 We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications
Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Really interesting paper on coral reef composition!
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Allen Collins @agcollins.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Dolphins as villains? I've been guilty of that. What's behind the joke, why perpetuate it, and are there consequences? www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Social media loves to villainize dolphins. Here's why it's wrong.
These marine mammals have a bad reputation online, but the truth behind their behavior might surprise you.
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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
For anyone newly interested in #behaviour and/or #macroecology since #BES2024, check out our paper that outlines #Macrobehaviour - a merger of the two to address challenges of rapid env change www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... Let's grow this community!
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Macrobehaviour: behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa
We explore how integrating behavioural ecology and macroecology can provide fundamental new insight into both fields, with particular relevance for understanding ecological responses to rapid environmental change. We outline the field of macrobehaviour, which aims to unite these disciplines explicitly, and highlight examples of research in this space. Macrobehaviour can be envisaged as a spectrum, where behavioural ecologists and macroecologists use new data and borrow tools and approaches from one another. At the heart of this spectrum, interdisciplinary research considers how selection in the context of large-scale factors can lead to systematic patterns in behavioural variation across space, time, and taxa, and in turn, influence macroecological patterns and processes. Macrobehaviour has the potential to enhance forecasts of future biodiversity change.
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Terumbu @terumbudivers.com · 13/12/2024
Green turtles in Lombok - Gili islands #gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #pets #trawangan #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #turtle #greenturtle #turtles
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Added !!
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
go.bsky.app/8ENH6cC
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Bosses of major polluters could face jail time under Scotland's new Ecocide Prevention Bill. Making Scotland the first part of the UK able to properly sanction executives responsible for major environmental harm, like oil spills. #BigOil polluters, we're coming for you 🛢️🫵 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bill to jail bosses of major polluters set to be introduced in Scotland
The Ecocide Prevention Bill would impose harsh penalties on executives responsible for major environmental damage.
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Please can you add me !
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Frontiers | First satellite track of a juvenile shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea buff.ly/4gwKJS7
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Frontiers | First satellite track of a juvenile shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea
The shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) is a highly mobile, coastal littoral, and epipelagic oceanic species broadly distributed in tropical, subtropical...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New protections for vulnerable shark and ray species in SA - PIRSA buff.ly/3OPOWEs
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New protections for vulnerable shark and ray species in SA
The State Government has introduced new rules for shark and ray fishing aimed at protecting vulnerable species from overfishing and preventing inhumane treatment.
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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #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 🧵1/20
Scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) IUCN Critically Endangered © Masayuki Agawa_Ocean Image Bank
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Yes !
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Thankyou !
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Done !
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
go.bsky.app/8ENH6cC Marine Conservation Starter Pack Let me know if I've missed anyone or want to be added! 😊🐟🪸
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Lisa Goberdhan @lisagoberdhan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📢New Paper Alert📢 (and first chapter of my PhD!) We show that scale matters when quantifying motile cryptofauna on tropical coral reefs 🦀 Paper in MEPS: www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Amazing time last weekend at RCUK with @lec-reefs.bsky.social , some fantastic talks and posters! Hugely influential talk by @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social on the importance of compassionate conservation!
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hi please can you add me ! Working on policy and conservation !
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
We're at #RCUK2024! Ft. @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social plenary on spawning grouper @netlab.bsky.social on reef shark residency in El Nino @lljeannot.bsky.social seabird nutrients and cryptobenthic fish Visiting researchers Anish Paul on fish predation, Jane Sudrajat & Maserati on coral restoration
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Anastasia Smith @anastasiasmith.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Amazing talk by @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social at #RCUK incredibly inspiring to strive towards compassionate conservation 🐠🐟🩷
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Karen R. Lips @karenrlips.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Are you a PhD student interested in expanding your modeling skills and building your #international scientific network? Apply to the YSSP program to spend 3 months next summer working on a #research project with IIASA scientists. All the deets and contact info here: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
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