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Chris Free

@cfree14.bsky.social
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Fisheries scientist interested in climate change and ecosystem-based management who runs too much and plays trombone too little | he/him

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Chris Free @cfree14.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our new paper in Harmful Algae systematically reviews biotoxin depuration rates in marine seafood and illustrates how depuration rates can be used to make monitoring more cost-effective, financing monitoring for more species, in more places, at more times: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Marine biotoxin depuration rates: management applications, research priorities, and predictions for unstudied species
Monitoring and managing the public health risk posed by marine biotoxins is a daunting challenge. With expansive coastlines, 1000s of seafood species,…
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Chris Free @cfree14.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The California Dungeness crab season is delayed yet again due to elevated levels of the domoic acid neurotoxin. The fishery has been heavily squeezed by climate change since 2015. wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive...
A timeline of closures and other restrictions to the West Coast commercial Dungeness crab fishing from 2015-2024.
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Chris Free @cfree14.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
My PhD student, Yutian Fang, just had her first chapter published! She shows that marine mammal & seabird bycatch has precipitously decreased in the California set gillnet fishery, but at high costs to fisheries participation and revenues. Read on for the evidence and more efficient solutions! (1/X)
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Estimates and potential drivers of protected species bycatch in the California set gillnet fishery
The identification of efficient management strategies that reduce protected species bycatch while also minimizing impacts on fishing livelihoods is a …
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Chris Free @cfree14.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Our new paper examines impact of historical warming on 521 freshwater fish populations. Warm water species benefitted while cool water species suffered. However, overfishing has a larger impact, indicating that fisheries mgmt can offset many negative climate impacts: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Chris Free @cfree14.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I'm thrilled to share our new Fish & Fisheries paper synthesizing U.S. fisheries quota allocation policies and best practices for advancing their equity and fairness goals under climate change: t.co/JqjYR32qHc
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