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Dan Barrios-O'Neill

@danoneill.bsky.social
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Head of Marine Conservation @ Cornwall Wildlife Trust | Honorary Senior Lecturer @ University of Exeter | Climber (over on Instagram)

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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New PhD opportunity - which I'm delighted to be co-supervising! 'From Catch to Kitchen: Learning from Recreational Anglers to Diversify UK Seafood Choices' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #phd #seafood #angling #fisheries #recreationalfishing #sustainability @thembauk.bsky.social Please share!
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This is a significant step forward—I'm looking forward to seeing what this can do with our inshore UK fleet.
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Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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On the Brink: Mapping the Last Strongholds of the Critically Endangered Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius)
This study presents a high-resolution spatial distribution model for the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) across the NE Atlantic shelf, integrating environmental and fishing...
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Prof David Sims @thesimslab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NEW in @science.org Global tracking #MarineMegafauna shows <8% of areas used overlap w/ existing MPAs, while >75% of important areas overlapped by threats like #fishing #shipping & ocean warming - 30x30 goal will be insufficient for their conservation www.megamove.org @thembauk.bsky.social
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Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of thre...
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Prof Martin Attrill @martinattrill.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New thoughtful paper on UK sustainable fisheries from @thembauk.bsky.social and others onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Recognising and Protecting the National Benefit of Sustainable Fisheries in the UK
Sustainable commercial fishing makes valuable contributions to coastal regions and broader national benefits. This paper offers three arguments in relation to what is required for the societal benefi....
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Oceans are on the frontline of an array of risky initiatives that are poorly understood and under-regulated. Development of these interventions is outpacing governance readiness. Read our recommendations here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Enhance responsible governance to match the scale and pace of marine–climate interventions - Nature Climate Change
Oceans are on the frontline of an array of new marine–climate actions that are both poorly understood and under-regulated. Development and deployment of these interventions is outpacing governance rea...
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New study highlights the lack of appropriate governance for emerging (and potentially dangerous) interventions in the ocean. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Novel marine-climate interventions hampered by low consensus and governance preparedness - Nature Climate Change
Oceans are on the front line of new planned climate actions, but understanding of novel marine-climate intervention development and deployment remains low. Here a survey among intervention practitione...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 03/12/2024
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Whenever & wherever small state zealots get into power, environmental & humanitarian functions are usually first in line to be axed. Trump is running this playbook which—in the long view—will be a disaster for human wellbeing and flourishing www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...
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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm (Gift Article)
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If you're voting against a UN resolution, along with the very fine leaders of Belarus, Russia, and North Korea it's time to consider the deep wisdom of this meme. Yeah, you are the baddies.
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a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies .
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Dan Smale @dansmale1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New paper hot of the press for #phycologyfriday !!!! 🌱🌊🌞We conducted a warming experiment in the field to test stress responses of the intertidal habitat forming seaweed Fucus serratus: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I increasingly believe that widespread use and misuse of social media led us down a dark path, all the way to our current moment with Ukraine, Russia, Trump, and the rise of authoritarian extremism. This is the nettle that needs to be grasped by liberal democracies worldwide.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Bright passionate people who wanted to dedicate their lives to public service were fired in a mass email over the holiday weekend. This has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, fraud, waste, or abuse. And your life will be worse because of it.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Thames Water is a mess. But I don't believe nationalisation per se is the answer to our water infrastructure and sewage problems. Some parts of the UK already have nationalised water (Northern Ireland) and the pollution is just as bad, if not worse.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If ever there was an event to fill you with much-needed #oceanoptimism it would be the brilliant Your Shore conference! Hearing the stories of some of the most dedicated, passionate, and knowledgeable volunteers anywhere can't help but inspire 💙
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
In dramatically short order, Bluesky has become the place to be for science online. Excellent news. The less X the better. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
How courageous. If she ends up getting deported, there's a certain church over in England that would benefit from leadership with even 1% of the spine that's on display here.
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Dr Tom Pickerell @tomolamola.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Tracking biodiversity progress is key to holding nations accountable for their 30x30 commitments. This article highlights tools aligned with the mission of the #OurOceanConference. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/platfor...
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30x30 tracking platform launched to 'keep nations transparent' - Oceanographic
A new open-source tool aims to make the global '30x30' conservation goal more accessible and transparent for nations and conservationists.
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Kathryn Brown @kathryn-brown.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
There's quite a few Wildlife Trusts and staff on Bluesky now, so I made a list! bsky.app/profile/did:...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2025
Elon Musk is starting to risk getting Jess Phillips killed. She's been safeguarding minister for six months. She oversaw nothing relating to the rape gangs. As an opposition MP she was one of the most prominent campaigners for the victims. What he's doing is a travesty.
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Ruth Thurstan @ruththurstan.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Our recent work to uncover the former extent of Europe's forgotten oyster reefs is covered in @uk.theconversation.com today! theconversation.com/oysters-once... Gathering historical evidence is key to raising ambitions to restore our seas and recover vital habitats @exetermarine.bsky.social
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Oysters once crowded Europe’s coast – here’s how we discovered these long-forgotten reefs
Historical records describe a very different seafloor to the ones we see today.
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A truly grim read. New #openaccess paper by KaitlinEFraser of @scrippsocean.bsky.social and team on what seems like impact of Deepwater Horizon. 🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🌊 Link below! #cetacean #marinemammal #oilpollution #whale #dolphin www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How to translate the most common 30 words used in scientific names for fish (expanded, corrected) (Data: rfishbase)
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
What could go wrong? This can be added to the list of reasons I'm using social media less and less these days. WhatsApp and related messaging platforms are where I get my human connections.
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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A starter pack to introduce the research at the CEC 🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 #ecology #conservation #evolution #animalbehaviour #microbes go.bsky.app/Kt1hTqg
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
This. Having been through this with a conservation assessment for dingoes in Victoria, this year—which I found highly unsatisfying—this rings absolutely true for me. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great to see the Journal of the Marine Biological Association here on #Bluesky! Please check them out www.cambridge.org/core/journal... follow them here for their latest highlights & consider publishing your new #marinebiology research with them #marinejournals🪸
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Cambridge Core
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom - C. Hauton
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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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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
20 years ago these people would say things like "renewables will never be a significant part of our energy mix". Now the issue is that we've got too much energy at times. Clearly the grid has a lot of catching up to do, but this is not the great point GB News seems to think it is.
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Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📢 Exciting #PhD alert! Study Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA while working with #anglers🐟 www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear... Supervised by @lilianlieber.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social & me!
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Today is #GivingTuesday, a chance to support the causes that matter the most to you! We’re so close to raising US $120,000! Will you donate to help independent environmental journalism? www.biographic.com/hakai-magazi...
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Are you interested in the #restoration of marine ecosystems? I'm co-chairing a @icesmarine.bsky.social Workshop on Nature Restoration (WKREST) in March, join if you're interested! www.ices.dk/community/gr...
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A productive few days at the Wildlife Trusts' Living Seas Conference. Collectively, we have more marine conservation employees than any other eNGO in the UK, and we are doing a *lot* of work across the 4 nations. Great lecture from Steve Simpson on marine soundscapes too.
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John Griffin @jngriffy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
New pre-print on heterogeneity- stability relationship led by @jsola.bsky.social: Using a long-term #RockyShore experiment we show substrate heterogeneity promotes stability via biodiversity and asynchrony, but simultaneously inhibits stabilising dominants. www.authorea.com/users/795647...
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Counteracting cascades challenge the heterogeneity -- stability relationship
Spatial environmental heterogeneity is widely assumed to enhance ecological stability by promoting refugia, biodiversity, and asynchrony. Yet, we lack field experiments testing this fundamental relati...
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Nessa O'Connor @nessocon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Are you interested in #SeaweedFarming or #RegenerativeOceanFarming? We have a short term (5 month) postdoctoral research position available at Trinity College Dublin supporting the award winning C-FAARER project. Please get in touch for details.
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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We are looking forward to sharing seabird conservation news here and at www.seabirdtracking.org Welcome!
Photo of a white-tailed tropicbird on a blue sky background
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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Migratory fish species are in drastic decline, a UN report details. 🧪🌎🐟🌿🦑 www.sciencenews.org/article/migr...
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Migratory fish species are in drastic decline, a new UN report details
The most comprehensive tally of how migrating animals are faring looks at more than 1,000 land and aquatic species and aims to find ways to protect them.
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Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · 11/11/2024
Making starter packs seems to be the hot thing and I noticed that we don't have one for conservation scientists (🧪), so here we go go.bsky.app/3CZDnb2 So if you are an active researcher and would like to be added, reply here. Please no journalists or NGOs, there are other starting lists for that ;)
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Badassmutha @badassmutha.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ian Hislop for PM.....
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Filed under "Is not a sitting MP". Wes Streeting's interventions, on the other hand, have been fairly terrible.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Is the price of runaway climate change too high? (Solar and agriculture are not mutually exclusive BTW.)
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
All I've done on here so far is set up a politics list. Instantly better than Threads. I think I'll stay, and wallow in beautiful obscurity while I build some conservation and ecology lists.
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Dan Barrios-O'Neill @danoneill.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I left the hellsite that is X in the wake of this summer's UK riots, and started a Threads account. Here I am again! I am interested in, and will follow or post about: Ecology Conservation Marine Biology Social Psychology Politics Science in general Would be great to connect 🙏💚
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