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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My first time being Master of Ceremony and I actually enjoyed it! It was great being a part of the 'elasmocrew' for the #EEA2025. It's been a few intense days but I've learned so much and I've made many more connections! #sharkcommunity #connections #research #organisingcommittee

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thank you all so much for an amazing conference! Tag yourselves in the photo and can't wait to see you next year @sharks.international! #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🦈 Chiara researches population genomics and reveals low genetic differentiation and connectivity of shortfin mako shark between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, highlighting the need for coordinated management and conservation efforts. #EEA2025 #pelagicsharks #populationgenomics

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

✨ Charlotte posts interesting work on social media concerning fisheries and marine policy, and posts regular updates regarding her career journey and research in fisheries science. Follow her on LinkedIn! #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌊 Lennert studies habitat use and connectivity of elusive European sharks using minimally invasive methods. Integrating citizen science, ecotourism, storytelling, and research expeditions to advance understanding and conservation of shark populations. #SharkResearch #OceanCollective #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

💡Ale's PhD project focuses on the use and design of molecular tools to aid conservation management of manta and devil rays. She shared insights into the global population connectivity patterns of two critically-endangered heavily-traded devil ray species #MantaTrust #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

✨ Ibon presents shark research and conservation in the Northern Adriatic! At the University of Padova we cooperate with fishers from Chioggia and the surrounding area striving for the long-term survival of the local shark and ray populations #unipd #dibiounipd #marinebiology #maiec #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

✨ APECE are leading scientific research to understand elasmobranchs so that we can better protect them in Portuguese waters and abroad including shark tagging, shark release and relocation, field work and lectures. #apece #elasmobranch #sharkconservation #education #sharktagging #sharkdiving

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🦈 Harriet Allen is the Data Analyst for the #SharkTrust, largely working on citizen science initiatives such as the Great Eggcase Hunt and the Basking Shark Project. She leads on data management & verification, data sharing, analysis and reporting for these projects and others

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌊 Jaime Penadés-Suay is a Spanish researcher focused on mediterranean sharks and rays, president of @lamnaassociacio since its foundation, leading researcher and coordinator of @glaucostegus, scientific collaborator of @oceanografic_vl and currently working at @azulmarinofundacion

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

💡Do sharks make you scared?! As passionate shark researcher I love to dive and interact with those amazing animals as much as possible. Just in case you were afraid of them… They don’t usually bite, sharks rather prefer to smile and silently save you. Ask Claudio to know more!

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

✨ Steven is a marine ecologist with an interest in how marine megafauna interacts with offshore infrastructure and fisheries. #offshorewind #marine #energy #cetaceans #elasmobranchs #bycatch #marineecology #EEA2025 @sbenjamins.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Great to hear the discussion on 'Unexpected Alliances' led by Renzo Elias which emphasised the collaborations between fishermen and zoos/aquaria #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Lots of knowledge exchange at the breakout sessions yesterday with our largest session concerning the early-career researchers with 41 participants! #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

💡Sharks keep our oceans alive. Let’s keep them alive too! Follow Laura on instagram @_adri_shark_ #SharkConservation #ProtectOurOceans #SharkLove #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🌊 Studying the ecology and fishery interactions of the critically endangered blackchin guitarfish (Glaucostegus cemiculus) in Cyprus, integrating citizen science with research and turning local wisdom into conservation action #CitizenScience #Guitarfish #Cyprus #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

danielchik_glc🦈 Daniel’s research focuses on the field of Conservation Genetics/Genomics of Sharks and Rays. He detects cases of misidentifcation or illegal trade through DNA barcoding (COI sequencing) identifying species from fish market which aims to bridge science and conservation policy #EEA2055

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

✨ Andrej presented advanced research on trauma & injuries from fishing tools, post-capture survival, and reproduction—based on >37,000 examined elasmobranchs in Adriatic Sea (2022-2025) #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🌊 Paolo’s research focuses on analysing and modelling shark catches using SMART drumlines in Australia with the aim of responding to management needs and fostering coexistence between humans and wildlife, while promoting shark conservation through scientifically based strategies #EEA2025 #sharksmart

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🦈🌊💡Diving deeper into management and policy during our sixth keynote panel where Irene Kingma led the discussion on ”Unintended Consequences” Experts highlighted the need for clear conservation goals while avoiding pitfalls in miscommunication and mis-steps in policy/management development #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🦈🌊✨ Interesting discussion during our fifth panel session led by Simon Dedmen and Guuske Tiktak on “New frontiers in elasmobranch data analysis” 🔬 involving a a group of researchers and experts emphasising the new technologies and opportunities for analysing elasmobranch data #sharks #rays #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🦈 Sharks, rays & chimaeras reveal a fairer, data-driven view of global fisheries. Using IUCN Red List data on 1,199 species, we expose inequities in fisheries data, weak bycatch management & trade-driven unsustainability #Sharks #Rays #Fisheries #Conservation #IUCN #EEA2025 @nickdulvy.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

💡Edward presented some great research about developments in statistical tools for tracking elasmobranchs and advancing conservation

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🌊 Charlie is a philosopher who got wet and switched to elasmobranch science. My work generally concerns Bull rays around Malta, their ecology and their threats, but I enjoy delving deeper into data poor species in data poor areas #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

✨ Hettie works at #sharktrust on various projects covering angel sharks and guitarfishes in the Mediterranean. She works to restore flatshark species to robust populations: addressing fundamental knowledge gaps to maximise the potential of existing management #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

💡 Alfonso shares his research on the understanding shark movements in coastal waters is needed as we continue to alter the marine environment. We need to ensure that our knowledge base is well developed to create good mitigation and protection policy #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🦈🔬 Reindert sequences anything, anywhere, to understand changing marine ecosystems. His main focus of research is in the North Sea #EEA2025 @reindertn.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🦈🌊✨ During our fourth panel session led by Martine Graafland on The Dutch Government and Elasmobranchs: Research Today and Needs for Tomorrow” 🔬 engaging the audience to make projects to study the effects of windfarms and the winning team are now proud owners of some sharky socks! #WOZEP #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

💡Brian talks their use of drones & AI in a coastal lagoon in the Red Sea. Bluespotted rays foraged primarily in shallow, mangrove-adjacent habitat and whiprays occupied the nearby reef flat. Their results reveal fine-scale habitat partitioning and highlight drones & AI as tools for ecology #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Lena shares her research on sicklefin devil ray aggregations at Ambrósio seamount, Azores! Using remote cameras and photogrammetry, she studied the structure of this seasonal aggregation and investigated how ecotourism and environmental factors shape it #DevilRays #Azores #SeamountScience #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌊 Atlantine's PhD research maps movement & feeding ecology of endangered Atlantic pygmy devil rays using acoustic/satellite tags, stable isotopes, fecal DNA & citizen science. filling key knowledge gaps for the species' conservation in the northern Gulf of Mexico #devilray #GulfofMexico #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈🌊✨ Important discussion on our third panel session led by Paddy Walker ‘Looking back to look forward” emphasising the new opportunities for networking and collaborations which can be used to navigate the science-policy interface and how we can improve management of #sharks #rays #chimeras #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌊 Aina shared her study on Dasyatis stingrays in a Cypriot MPA used citizen science & non-invasive surveys to reveal seasonal gatherings are driven by reproduction. Presence of late-stage pregnant females highlights the site's key role in their life cycle #stingrays #elasmobranchs #Cyprus #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

💡Roxani shares her research on protecting the endemic Rough Skate in the Thracean Sea #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈 Telemetry research in the Bristol Channel (UK) is providing data on the movement and seasonal spatial patterns of thornback, blonde, spotted and small-eyed rays, including a glimpse of potentially important areas #EEA2025 @rmawer.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌊 Andrés López is a marine biologist and is the Co-Founder of Misión Tiburón, an NGO aiming to promote the conservation of sharks and marine life. Since 2009, Misión Tiburón started different projects with sharks and rays with the support of coastal stakeholders, like fisherman & divers. #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

✨ Maria shared her research on leveraging ISRA declaration into conservation action: Common Guitarfish within the Murcia Eastern Coast case study #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈 Manuel presents a new approach to data-limited shark and ray conservation assessments shows that the endangered Atlantic Weasel Shark (Paragaleus pectoralis) might qualify for inclusion under the national conservation law of Cabo Verde #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌊 Rachel uses eDNA to investigate the population of elasmobranchs on the west coast of Ireland #eDNA #elasmobranchs #Ireland #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

✨Martina’s work in Amvrakikos Gulf (Greece) began in 2022 with the monitoring of small-scale fishing vessels to assess the bycatch rates of sharks and rays. The Gulf was delineated as an ISRA in 2023, She aims to increase knowledge and improve effective management strategies. #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🌊🦈Valuable discussion during our second keynote panel where Dr. Rima Jabado led the discussion on “Science for spatial management of sharks and rays, ISRA in the Northeast Atlantic”. 🌍 #sharks, #rays, and #chimeras #EEA2025.

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Moko shares his research on migration patterns and habitat use of common stingrays in the Southern North Sea, with a focus on seasonal movements and the importance of the Dutch Delta in their life cycle #stingrays #migration #EEA2025 @eleanorgreenway.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈✨💡A great discussion during our first panel lead by James Thorburn, Paddy Walker, Reindert Nijland, Matthais Schaber, and Eleanor Greenway, concerning key knowledge gaps of North Sea shark and ray species #Sharks #Rays #NorthSea #EEA2025 @eleanorgreenway.bsky.social

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈 Using 70 years of recreational shark angling data to reveal how oceanographic changes drive blue shark (Prionace glauca) population trends in southwest UK waters. 🌊🦈 #BlueSharks #MarineScience #ClimateChange #SharkResearch #Elasmobranchs #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

💡Claudia works as a data manager for the European Tracking Network, she mainly supports European researchers to upload and access their ETN data, and makes sure that ETN stays FAIR, up-to-date with community standards and available in other data repositories such as OBIS. #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

✨Compliance with reporting requirements is imperative for gathering data to inform effective fisheries management, but compliance levels are low. How do we fix this? Jack, Fisheries Officer #SharkTrust, is developing a new project to identify barriers to reporting and investigate solutions. #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🦈Lotte works in the animal movement and behavioural ecology team of VLIZ. She investigates seasonal presence and hotspots of fish in the North Sea, using acoustic telemetry. She is also involved in the European Tracking Network, which connects fish tracking researchers all over Europe. #EEA2025

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Ready to kick off the #EEA2025! Can't wait to hear about all the new shark/ray research! #sharks #rays #chimera 🦈🐟🌊

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EEA2025 @eea2025.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of shark and rays at the EEA Conference! 🦈✨Join us tomorrow for our first keynote panel where James Thorburn will lead the discussion on “Research Priorities for the North Sea: Knowledge Needs for Effective Management and Conservation”. 🌍 #sharks #rays

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