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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈

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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
KM-GBF My presentation today to European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) www.slideshare.net/slideshow/ee... www.eesc.europa.eu/en @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/shaping... ebcd.org
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EESC UNOC3 KM Global Biodiversity Framework – A footprint for EU Ocean Pact
EESC UNOC3 KM Global Biodiversity Framework – A footprint for EU Ocean Pact - Download as a PDF or view online for free
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
GOOD NEWS - Indicator of blue shark abundance in SW UK show consistent rise
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Such a tragedy - Eel "management plans". @icesmarine.bsky.social again highlight that member states plans are failing to make a substantive difference & reporting data are also missing. Mortality, usually non-fishing, is far too high doi.org/10.17895/ice...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
North Sea herring, my forever favourite fish stock: Recruitment looking SHAKY, with consequences for the fishery. New advice from @icesmarine.bsky.social doi.org/10.17895/ice...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A great short video explaing multiple sclerosis m.youtube.com/watch?v=nw2K...
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What is MS? | MS Society UK
YouTube video by MS Society UK
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My week at #BBNJ highlighted to me that the voice of fisheries is still largely absent & needs to be heard at prep com 2 in August. Watch this space @fao.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...
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Opinion | We Found a Work Around to Trump Defunding Science
When knowledge is threatened, don’t just mourn it. Build around it.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
New York bound - heading to BBNJ prep com as part of IUCN delegation- looking forward to observing & contributing…
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Sharks and rays... Useful insights from value chain analysis for sustainable management of fisheries doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“Conservation is inherently social process…. there is a need for leaders to prioritize social sciences in conservation,”. Great gap analysis of social science for conservation - a good read and resource doi.org/10.1111/cobi... @icesmarine.bsky.social @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @ospar.bsky.social
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Gap analysis of social science resources for conservation practice
Conservation is an inherently social process—people collectively endeavor to enact conservation. Yet, in conservation social science, research methodologies, training, and competency are less common ...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
RESTORATION of marine habitats & species: just out @icesmarine.bsky.social workshop report on enhancing understanding of restoration processes, success criteria, & factors affecting recovery rates. Pleased to have contributed to this useful new resource doi.org/10.17895/ice...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
great review of recent trends in UK fishing fleet doi.org/10.1111/faf....
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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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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Science for social & economic impacts marine windfarms from @icesmarine.bsky.social today "collection & collation of data is not coordinated internationally. They are inaccessible for scientific purposes & not collated on scale for fishery or ecoregion assessments of impacts" doi.org/10.17895/ice...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The highlight of being a Trustee to @thembauk.bsky.social is the annual 2 day Council meeting. Intense & stimulating discussions on many scales of marine biology www.mba.ac.uk
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Great day in Brussels meeting Commissioner Kadis and his cabinet to talk about ecosystem-based fisheries management
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to NEAFC #OECM www.neafc.org/oecm @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
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NEAFC-OECM | North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It was a privilege to give a keynote presentation on ecosystem approach to fisheries management @fao.org @icesmarine.bsky.social symposium. View it here eafm-symposium.nafo.int/Portals/3/Do...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It was great to see this timeline of @icesmarine.bsky.social moving on ecosystem approach. I’m pleased that it made such progress during the last 6 years. I enjoyed the journey 😉
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The European seas don’t recognise our human borders. I learnt a lot about current pressures on EU fisheries policies in Brussels yesterday.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
It was great to present a keynote on ecosystem approach at @fao.org www.fao.org/webcast/home...
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Webcast
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I am so proud to have worked for an organisation like @icesmarine.bsky.social that knows that it was lacking, & now is taking affirmative steps to strengthen women, thus making itself more resilient & innovative. Huge thanks to @ellenjohannesen.bsky.social for being a champion.
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thank you @lenfestocean for 20 years ! @blueconvergence will follow the lessons learned and continue supporting useful & useable transdisciplinary #science. I'm so excited to see this! Learn more and sign up for their newsletter here: blueconvergence.org/newsletter-s... #oceanscience #codesign
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Newsletter Sign Up - Blue Convergence Fund
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
In solidarity with my friends & colleagues in the USA Federal system, this is what I accomplished last week. Although some of you point out that the email from DOGE might be their way to link better together all their databases www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This session looks great…
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Losing Didzis is such a devastating piece of news. I enjoyed working with him on a professional and personal level. My thoughts go out to his family. www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...
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In memoriam - Didzis Ustups
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'm updating my summaries for the upcoming @icesmarine.bsky.social working group on Stakeholder Engagement (25-27 March) & drew heavily from the 2021 ICES report on engagement, with additions from the last few years doi.org/10.17895/ice... Details of working group here: www.ices.dk/community/gr...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We had a good session @aaas.org on tangible progress of ecosystem-based management (EBM) across fisheries, renewable marine energy & biodiversity. See my presentation 1drv.ms/b/c/f6ab0a15...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I’m pleased to share with you that I’ve become the Chair of the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group. I’m looking forward to working with this exciting global team of experts. Thank you FEG members for your confidence in me. I’m looking forward to our collaboration ebcd.org/new-chair-of...
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New Chair of IUCN-CEM-Fisheries Expert Group Announced
Mark Dickey-Collas has been elected as the new IUCN-CEM-Fisheries Expert Group Chair, replacing Ernesto Penas.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
EBM links knowledge to partnership to action. My talk on "Tangible Ecosystem-Based Management to deliver Marine Biodiversity Targets" for later this week at @aaas.bsky.social available to view 1drv.ms/b/s!AtwrYTwV... aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/me...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Management objectives for pelagic ecosystems- 10 years ago we published the results of our workshops exploring potential objectives. doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Things have moved on, but this work helped change my perspectives on the value of engagement with managers, the sector & NGOs
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Looking at the timeline of @icesmarine.bsky.social advice on NE Atlantic mackerel. Developing a bigger picture to understand if 'uncertain science' is to blame for appalling international management of the fisheries. I think not.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Major changes in North Sea fisheries evidenced in Stellendam the Netherlands
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European Marine Board @emarineboard.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Just over a week left to apply to be one of our two new EMB Ambassadors, to work with us on promoting the work of EMB, #marine #ocean science, and further developing our @EcopsEmb Network. Funding is provided. Keen? Apply here by 2 February 2025: www.marineboard.eu/emb-seeks-tw...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Editorial vacancy: an opportunity to make a real difference to the quality and consistency of our science for decision making
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Great to see credibility, relevance & legitimacy continuing to be at the heart of @icesmarine.bsky.social advisory plan. Also read about future actions for this important science advisor.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
FURIOUS… I stopped being active on X a while back but occasionally look at my account. Now I find this advert with no apparent mechanism to block it or say not for me. No No No! Nothing in my previous activity would make X think that I was interested in this propaganda…
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Do invasive marine species make the EU biodiversity strategy infeasible? New paper raises alarm bells www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The commitment of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is unfeasible for marine threatened species affected by invasive alien species
The paper examines the feasibility of achieving the ambitious quantitative commitment stated in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 “a 50 % reductio…
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Join a great team and make a difference
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
First trip of the year in an empty train - off to HQ of European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) in Brussels to plan actions for 2025 & approach for IUCN Fisheries Expert Group ebcd.org ebcd.org/feg/
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🌊 #Marine #fungi thrive from the deep sea to rocky shores, yet we know little about them! These #microscopic wonders play vital roles in nutrient cycling & breaking down organic matter. Learn more in @marinemicrobes.bsky.social latest article for @uk.theconversation.com ➡️
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Meet the fungi that live in the sea
Despite being known to science for over a century thanks to a few early pioneering marine mycologists, most people have never heard of marine fungi.
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Know your FISH LARVAE : my models in clay inspired by early job sampling icthyoplankton & using Russell’s 1970s book “The Eggs and Planktonic Stages of British Marine Fishes” Here are the snake-like larvae- clupeiods & sandeels
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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Baker, @nathanjbennett.bsky.social &@marinecons.bsky.social new review on large-scale marine protected areas shows varied outcomes for human well-being—52 percent positive, 42 percent negative. Highlights the need for more equitable and inclusive conservation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human well-being outcomes of large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, >100,000 km2) account for over half of the global ocean under protection, yet little is known about their …
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Chris Cvitanovic @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs." We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
El Niño 23/24 impacted fisheries - read the @fao.org summary openknowledge.fao.org/items/83435c...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Here’s to a successful and dynamic year ahead for you all
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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Don't miss out on our exciting range of #PhD #Studentship opportunities available through our #Marine Research Partnership with the @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & @plymouthmarine.bsky.social 🌊 Applications close in January! Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/3OZAU3o
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Really interesting finding on the impact of fishing on global forage fish populations 🎏https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004604
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Estimating Fishing Exploitation Rates to Simulate Global Catches and Biomass Changes of Pelagic and Demersal Fish
We estimated global gridded fishing exploitation patterns for large pelagic, forage and demersal fish types using catch and effort data Food-web simulations with reconstructed fishing exploitatio...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Wishing you all a great festive season. Here's to a fun and successful 2025!
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Nathalie Steins @nathaliesteins.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Interested in knowledge #cocreation in #fisheries? This themed set in Front.Mar.Sci has 17 state-of-the-art articles. #MarSocSci #ConsSocSci #transdisciplinarity 🔽 www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Co-creating Knowledge with Fishers: Challenges and Lessons for Integrating Fishers' Knowledge Contributions into Marine Science in Well-Developed Scientific Advisory Systems
There is increasing support in the established scientific advisory frameworks for the integration of data and information provided by the fishing industry. Science-industry research collaboration (SIR...
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Mark Dickey-Collas 🏳️‍🌈 @dickeycollas.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I’ve highlighted this before .. this training course is being led by world class experts
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