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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Have you been working on Empowerment & Blue Justice in Coastal Communities? We are accepting abstracts to our upcoming special issue on the subject in Ocean & Society. Read more: lnkd.in/ezCzQWnR @cogitatiooas.bsky.social @empowerus.bsky.social @silviagomezmestres.bsky.social

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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Thanks to UNESCO IOC for sharing some of our survey headlines & recommendations from the EmpowerUs EU Project policy briefs 'ocean literacy needs for an empowered and resilient future'. 12 countries have taken the Ocean & Society Survey. Will your country / project be next? lnkd.in/eDKQ_PKj

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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

If you like walking near the sea, playing on the beach, or taking school groups for shore visits, please take a look at this summary of some of our recent work and advice. Understanding how to interpret a tide table to ensure a safe beach visit is tricky, and varies locally. Stay safe people!

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Dr Vanessa Pirotta @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🌊 Blue Future series kicks off!🪸 On the road to#UNOC3 in Nice 🇫🇷 (June 9–13), we’re spotlighting inspiring initiatives to protect marine ecosystems and provide solutions to protect our oceans 🌍💙 #BlueFuture #MarineBiodiversity #UNOC3

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Project FisHistory @projectfishistory.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📢 Calling all members of the fishing and seafood industry, historians, government and local experts! 🐟 Know where herring were caught, when they arrived, where they spawned, or how they were used? 🗣️ We want to hear from you! 📩 Contact fishistory@bangor.ac.uk

HERRING KNOWLEDGE WANTED
Project aims
We aim to identify herring spawning grounds in the Irish Sea by incorporating historical sources (e.g., old newspapers and fisheries reports), local knowledge and modern data (e.g., seabed sediment maps).
Information needed
• Where were herring caught locally?
• When in the year did herring arrive?
• Where did herring spawn?
• How were herring used locally?
We need YOUR help!
We are seeking anyone with local knowledge on herring, past & present.
• Fishing industry- active & retired
• Sea anglers
• Fish trade/seafood industry
• Historians- local & maritime
• Government agencies & NGOs
Area of interest: Irish Sea
Can you offer any information?
Or know someone that might?
Contact
email address: fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
bluesky: projectfishistory

CHWILIO AM WYBODAETH AM BENWAIG
Amcanion y project
Ein nod yw nodi mannau silio penwaig ym Môr Iwerddon drwy ymgorffori ffynonellau hanesyddol (e.e. hen bapurau newydd ac adroddiadau pysgodfeydd), gwybodaeth leol a data modern (e.e. mapiau’n nodi gwaddod gwely'r môr).
Y wybodaeth sydd ei hangen
• Ble yn lleol y daliwyd y penwaig?
• Pryd yn ystod y flwyddyn y cyrhaeddodd y penwaig?
• Ble wnaeth y penwaig silio?
• Sut oedd y penwaig yn cael eu defnyddio'n lleol?
Mae arnom angen eich help CHI!
Rydym yn chwilio am unrhyw un sydd â gwybodaeth leol am benwaig, yn y gorffennol a’r presennol.
• Y diwydiant pysgota - p’un a ydych yn rhan ohono ar hyn o bryd neu wedi ymddeol
• Pysgotwyr môr
• Y fasnach bysgod/diwydiant bwyd môr
• Haneswyr - lleol a morwrol
• Asiantaethau’r llywodraeth a chyrff anllywodraethol
Maes diddordeb: Môr Iwerddon
Allwch chi gynnig unrhyw wybodaeth?
Neu'n adnabod rhywun a allai?
Cyswllt
fishistory@bangor.ac.uk
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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Are you in Nice #UNOC3 #OneOceanScience on June 5th? Come join us for "What funders want for ocean literacy, and how to incorporate it into interdisciplinary science projects to increase your impact". Fish for the right kind of ocean literacy for your project. nordlandsforskning.no/en/news/2025...

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EmpowerUs brings ocean literacy in research to the forefront in Nice

What funders want for ocean literacy, and how to incorporate it into interdisciplinary science projects to increase your impactWhat: A 4 hr interactive session with panel speakers and drop-in showcase...

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Helena Gonzales Lindberg @helenagonz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In this new paper just published in @climate-policy.bsky.social, we look at what overshoot would mean for #local #adaptation #planning.

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EmpowerUs EU Project @empowerus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🌊Women Making Waves - Spain🌊 The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates incredible women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean—or have empowered it in return. Today we turn our focus to two Spanish women whose lives were tied to the ocean. Read here: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 01/05/2025

Upcoming on Monday: 🌊 #OceanOptimism exchange with @oceanknigge.bsky.social & @rare.org 🌊 Registration ➡️ ogy.de/1v5h

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Project FisHistory @projectfishistory.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Introducing FisHistory 🐟📖 an interdisciplinary project aiming to identify currently unmapped herring spawning grounds in the Irish Sea, and other aspects of herring biology, by combining local knowledge, scientific data and historical records 📖 @bangoruniversity.bsky.social funded by UKRI

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Centre for Maritime Research - www.marecentre.nl @marecentre.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Prior to the #MAREConference, we are excited to invite you to the 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 2025. This year it is about #ports: 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬. It takes place on June 23 in Amsterdam (at the UvA). You can register here: www.aanmelder.nl/mare2025/sub...

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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Do you ever go to a beach, or organise beach visits for people? Want to stay safe on your coastal visit, by better understanding what people misconceive about tide that can lead to getting stranded on a beach or cut off by the tide? Then this paper is for you! www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsoci...

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Cut Off by the Tide: How Ocean Literacy Can Help Save Lives | Article | Ocean and Society

Elisabeth S. Morris‐Webb, Martin Austin, Chris Cousens, Naomi Kent, Kat Gosney, Thora Tenbrink

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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

🌊Women Making Waves - Norway🌊 The #WomenMakingWaves series celebrates remarkable women across Europe who have been empowered by the ocean—or have empowered it in return. This final instalment showcases inspiring coastal women in Norway💙 Read more: empowerus-project.eu/news-and-eve...

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Liz Morris-Webb @lizunderwater.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Do you ever go to a beach, or organise beach visits for other people? Want to stay safe on your coastal visit? And better understand what people misconceive about the tide that can lead to getting stranded on a beach or cut off by the tide? Then this paper is for you! PAPER ALERT: lnkd.in/eRCEBtVA

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