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Kristian Metcalfe @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Lectureship & Research Fellow Job alerts 🔔‼️ 🚨 not long to apply for these roles @dice-kent.bsky.social a fantastic and supportive interdisciplinary department! Great to see a marine lectureship opportunity in the mix as well! 🐟 ⛴️ 🐠 🌊 🚤 www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst.... @anotherbobsmith.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

📢 Two weeks left to apply for exciting #PhD opportunities in #MarineScience and management of marine resources with CDT SuMMeR! There are 20 funded #PhD projects open for application until 16th January inc. projects hosted by @uniofexeter.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/CDT-SuMMeR-S... 🧪🌍🦑 #ExeterMarine

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Owen Exeter @owenexeter.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

First post on here is something different to my usual stormy UK work. Finishing an incredible trip researching the new Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 MPA with @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and local NGO CEM. Featuring some stunning coral reefs on our cameras 🐟🐠🐡 @exetermarine.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social

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Kristian Metcalfe @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

NERC CASE-funded #PhD opportunity based at Edinburgh and partnering with FFI - Using insights from the Social Assessment of Protected Area (SAPA) methodology to improve protected area management in East Africa www.ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/how-t... 🌎 🌴 🌳 🦓 🦒 🦏 🐘

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Kristian Metcalfe @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Great to see our @exetercec.bsky.social MSc MVEC students training from @vjhobson.bsky.social & British Divers Marine Life Rescue being put into practice, and their photos featuring on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social (and below) - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🐋 🦑 🌏

Female fin whale found dead on Cornwall beach (Photo - Ashley Abbot)

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

New paper: Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need Available open access in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

It was a delight to supervise @euantheyoung.bsky.social‘s Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology MSc thesis @exetercec.bsky.social, which is now published in Ecology & Evolution! #ExeterCEC

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Bob Smith @anotherbobsmith.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Our new open access article "Developing a framework to improve global estimates of conservation area coverage" is out now in Oryx! The work was led by Rachel Sykes and involved a great team of people, including @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Francesco Garzon @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Great short article about our recent publication on the movements and conservation of leatherback sea turtles in Equatorial Guinea from CLS Argos 🐢 🦑 @brendangodley.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social www.argos-system.org/leatherback-...

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Delighted to say that University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation based in Penryn, Cornwall (SW tip of England) is now here @exetercec.bsky.social Sharing: Behaviour, Conservation, Disease, Ecology, Evolution, Marine and Microbes. 🌏🦑🧪🐧🦆🦢🦏🦛🐒🐌🦟🐝🦇

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

New research from Uni of Exeter, SPOT and Çukurova University ⬇️ Using #bycatch data to assess diversity & distribution of #elasmobranch species caught by commercial #fishing in Cyprus shows importance of coastal waters for 🦈 species ⚠️ 📰 tinyurl.com/2sdzca4x #ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏🦑🧪

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

New paper by Faucconet et al suggests that circle hooks may not be a bycatch mitigation strategy for sharks in Azorean bottom longline fishery www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🦑🧪🌏🦈

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Fascinating PhD position at U of Lancaster with an absolutely amazing team. "From wings to fins: ecological connectivity between seabirds, mangroves and coral reefs". Supervisors Nick Graham, Nancy Bunbury, David Jacoby, Gareth Williams. 🦑🧪🌎 www.envision-dtp.org/2023/from-wi...

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Kristian Metcalfe @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

New Open access paper!Conservation-relevant reproductive parameters from long-term tagging of two globally important sea #turtle nesting aggregations in Central Africa #Gabon #Congo doi.org/10.1002/aqc.... Reposting as this one may have been missed as people shift to #Bluesky

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

New Publication! Led by #PhD researcher Josie Palmer @uniofexeter.bsky.social Multidisciplinary approach to assess fishery operating behaviours and landings inc. 25 species of marine turtles and elasmobranchs 🧪🌎🦈🐢Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

#marinellife🦑 Artisanal fisheries under reported, so good management hard. This 3 year study of sharks and rays caught is Republic of Congo's 1st. 42 species caught, 81% at elevated risk of extinction. Most specimens are juveniles conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Artisanal fisheries catch highlights hotspot for threatened sharks and rays in the Republic of the C...

Global catch rates of sharks and rays from artisanal fisheries are underreported with large numbers of threatened species of sharks and rays landed in the Republic of the Congo consistently. These fi....

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Staff here at UofExeter's Centre for Ecology & Conservation #ExeterCEC are joining in numbers. Welcome @erikpostma.bsky.social @btschirren.bsky.social and @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social who are more from the evolution end of ecology but also involved in conservation🧪🌎. Our campus by the sea below.

Aerial photo of our Penryn Campus near Falmouth showing estuary and ocean in the background

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Kristian Metcalfe @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

PhD opportunity - Study seabirds & fish on the beautiful Isles of Scilly, UK with staff from @exetermarine.bsky.social in partnership with multiple organisations #RSPB #IoSIFCA #ScillyWildlifeTrust & #NaturalEngland Deadline Oct 27th, info here: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

New #OA paper in Conservation Science and Practice ➡️ Long-term landing site surveys in historically poorly studied Rep. of Congo partnering w/ artisanal fishers, WCS Congo & fisheries department reveals waters host important populations of #sharks & #rays 🦈 📰 tinyurl.com/sp7pvfcb

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