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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s official!!! The 50th @thefsbi.bsky.social symposium, marking the Society’s 60th anniversary, will be held in #Trieste in July 2027, hosted by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics #OGS #Miramare #FSBI2026

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Fab, thought provoking talk by @bd-stew.bsky.social about the value of citizen scientist- & fisher-collected data. From octopi to sharks, we can learn a lot from people who are in the sea every day (while we tap away on laptops & social media!). Get out there and talk/build relationships 🙌 #FSBI2026

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Kudos to the tough crew who got up at dawn for the annual #FSBISpawningRun! Big thx to Eilie & Becca for leading us. Southampton Common never looked better! Appreciated the bifurcation into slow/fast groups. You can just see the swift gazelles disappearing ahead of the in the pics 🤣 #FSBI2026

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fabulous Fish Quiz by the @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the @thefsbi.bsky.social symposium. Team Utter Pollacks better win this year!!! #FSBI2026

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

So many wonderful, thought provoking talks at #FSBI2026! From weird economics to shark tooth jewellery to tagging to metapopulations to stakeholder engagement to fisheries management. So diverse and interesting!! @thefsbi.bsky.social

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William Perry @drwillperry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That's a wrap for #Interrail2026, onto #FSBI2026! Happily doing #FSBIGreenTravel by taking 2 trains (Strasbourg>Paris>London) yesterday & a train to Southampton this morning. Duty free in hand. Big thanks to France's high speed rail! Join me at the #JFB workshop at 1330 to talk publishing/publicity!

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

First leg of our #FSBIGreenTravel journey complete! #FSBI2026 Essex contingent incoming! 🐟🐟🐟 Share your Green Travel stories (even if they arent as exciting as you swimming to Southampton) on social media, and remember to tag #FSBIGreenTravel to be in with a chance of a prize! @thefsbi.bsky.social

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Ben Walther @bendw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New paper out! Interested in #marineconnectivity? Curious about #genetics or #telemetry or #otolith chemistry? This paper is for you! Methods to estimate marine functional connectivity: A primer. Sturrock et al. 2026. Ecological Applications esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Who else is going to #FSBI2026 in Southampton this July? I'm excited to see how we can reduce our env footprint for the Green Travel Awards! Tell us your ideas & tag #FSBIGreenTravel. Even just buying C offsets helps if you need to fly! I am doing walk-train-bus this year. You? @thefsbi.bsky.social

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Mr Bean Holiday: Rowan Atkinson on Bicycle

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New #OA article in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! Juvenile Chinook salmon split into distinct migratory 'groups'. We used #otolith and eye lens #isotopes to identify the origin and migration routes of salmon, and the frequency of each 'group' at sequential sampling points thru the life cycle. 1/3

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 17/03/2026

Ready to make waves? The Monterey Bay Aquarium is seeking experienced professionals ready to put their expertise to work for ocean conservation. In these roles, you’ll help shape strategy, strengthen impactful programs, and inspire millions to care for the ocean. Join us: mbayaq.co/4rCiiY4

A leopard shark swimming through a school of anchovies in the Kelp Forest exhibit.

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

In rural Mozambique women face systemic barriers in ocean spaces. With FSBI’s support, Love The Oceans' Ocean School empowered women with ocean literacy, building inclusive ocean governance to better protect marine habitats #OceanLiteracy #Lovetheoceans #GenderEquity #Conservation

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A beautiful and fascinating lecture by Dr Rachel Johnson from @fisheries.noaa.gov about bringing #salmon back to their ancestral waters above Shasta Dam using indigenous knowledge and the principles of two-eyed seeing. Really loving the #TranslationalEcology module at @universityofessex.bsky.social

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Stoked to launch my new module "Translational Ecology" with Prof Hepburn & guest speakers from NOAA, UC, CEFAS, EA, MMO! Yesterday we discussed conflict resolution with Yael Teff-Seker. The course focuses on how to translate env science into action, e.g. using effective stakeholder engagement. 🌳🎣🔥🪸🌎

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New #OA paper in Ecological Informatics comparing automated methods for provenance assignment using chronological chemical records deposited into archival structures such as #otoliths, #lenses, #statoliths. Our focus was on #salmon but it has much broader application. doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Marine functional #connectivity matters—from genes to energy flows. This synthesis clarifies concepts, unifies fragmented approaches, and proposes a global framework to better link science, #SpatialPlanning, and #policy in a changing ocean. doi.org/10.1002/brv.... #MarineEcology 🌐🌍🧪🌊

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Guillaume Dauphin @guillaumedauphin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

New paper out 🐟📏📉📈! We explored 50 years of data from 14 Atlantic salmon populations across Eastern Canada to see how body size, age, and life-history diversity have been changing. bit.ly/3KAvUDt @icesmarine.bsky.social 🧵👇 1/7

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

If you want to learn how to use stable isotope analysis for ecological research, my colleague has launched two online courses about this method. One is basic principles and one is R analysis of data. www.atomicecology.com/courses?fbcl... 🧪🦑🌎

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Online Courses | Atomic Ecology

Online training in the application of stable isotopes to ecological and environmental research

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Dr Helen Currie @helenalcurrie.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We’ll cover 7 exciting themes, including: 🌊 Movement through transition zones 🌆 Fish biology in urbanised environments ⚖️ The fisheries–science policy interface 🔬 Patterns across ecological scales #FSBI2026

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Following the Titanic theme, with #FSBI2025 being held in Belfast, #FSBI2026 will be taking place in 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗻! Be sure to get 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 in your diary, with the exciting theme of "Breaking Siloes in Fish Biology"! fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

What a great #FLFDevNet training course! Lots of new concepts & tips to help us be a better version of ourselves. A few I'm trying straight away... 1. ID 3 daily wins (gratitude) 2. Listen harder (let in the silence!) 3. ID key values 4. When questioning someone avoid "why" 5. Situational leadership

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

What do you think has been on Earth longer - sharks or trees? You might think trees have been around for a long time, but sharks have been here even longer! See how sharks have survived and thrived through all five of Earth’s mass extinction events in this week’s Surprising Science.

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Enjoyed showing Mick Sharp, lead angler for the #Thames #Fishing Research Experiment the lab and all v excited/grateful to receive a medal for volunteering at the event. First year of many I hope. Hoping to use these samples to assess pollution impacts on #bass

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

What a treat to have the new Editor in Chief for Fish and Fisheries, and all round fisheries-interdisciplinary-legend Kai Lorezen visit us at the @universityofessex.bsky.social today! Come again soon @fisheriesprof.bsky.social! And a very Happy Birthday to @dubucalexia.bsky.social! 🙌🐟🤗

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russconnelly.bsky.social @russconnelly.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

How do Antarctic fish protect their nests in the remote Weddell Sea? 🇦🇶❓ Our new paper in @FrontMarineSci provides a new answer: by nesting in complex, geometric patterns. (1/3) 📑 Paper: doi.org/10.3389/fmars.… #Antarctica #FishBehaviour #WeddellSea

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Alec BM Moore @alecbmmoore.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

New paper on potential impacts of deep sea mining on sharks, rays & chimaeras

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Me: *checks news* Me, 20 minutes later: *transforms into tiny crab, floats way on jellyfish*

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into

A scanned pencil sketch of a faceoff between a giant squid and a sperm whale. The squid looks cute and alarmed and its mantle is labeled TAB A. The whale looks cute and happy and its mouth is labeled SLOT A. Tab A does look like it would fit perfectly in slot A. The squid says "I strongly disagree with this diagram" and the whale responds "You can't disagree with evolution."

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

So lovely to meet our new cohort of marine biology and ecology undergraduates @universityofessex.bsky.social. What a lovely bunch! And deff winning the highest jump there Michael Steinke!!

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Minnesota AFS @mnafs.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

MN AFS members Solomon David of @garlab.bsky.social and Alec Lackmann, leader of the Otolith Lab at UMN Duluth both received an Award of Merit from the @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social Fisheries Management Section, recognizing significant contributions to management of nongame fishes. Congratulations!!

Four smiling people holding award certificates stand next to a sign for American Fisheries Society, photo taken at AFS conference in August 2025.

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l... #jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity

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Jack A Brand @jack-brand.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Super happy to see our new article on how pharmaceutical pollution can influence salmon migration out in @science.org! This was a huge effort by a great team of researchers over the last few years! You can read the paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…!

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Atlantic salmon leaping up the Falls of Feugh. Exhausting even just watching them do it! We didn't see any make it to the top. Wonder if this dry summer has made it harder..... 😪

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Who can tell a baby #salmon from a #trout?! Fab day sampling the beautiful River Dee with Al Reeve from the Dee River Trust (thank you!) and my PhD student Mike. Also loved seeing the seals at Newburgh and salmon leaping at Falls of Feugh 🦭🐟 #FishSci

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Tidelines @tidelines.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The Salmon Run podcast is here! 🌍🏃🤝🐟 Listen now to explore: - What happens in human and salmon bodies as we move - How salmon navigate - The importance of salt! - Temperature in a changing climate on.soundcloud.com/QA1LOAVL1fML...

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Salmon Run Return podcast 2025

This year's Salmon Run podcast focuses on human bodies and fish bodies (Atlantic Salmon) and how they move through and sense our shared and different world's. Exploring what happens in the moving body

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Tidelines @tidelines.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Save the Date: Salmon Run is on 20 September 2025. A relay run up the river plus lots more. New activities this year include The Gathering, a fishy festival at Sideshore, Exmouth, with art, music, talks & games. And more activities at the finish in Dulverton, with @exmoornp.bsky.social

A map showing the route of the Salmon Run relay from Exmouth to Dulverton, with information about the event.

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thought provoking podcast about the connections between land and sea, salmon athletes and human athletes. Thank you @tidelines.bsky.social for coming to visit us at @universityofessex.bsky.social and good luck to you and all the runners on 20th Sept!!! I wish I could join you but alas I cannot. 💙🐟🌳

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I'm so proud of my lab - they're growing up! 🥹 Weddings and babies, lecturer positions, international conferences and running complex field campaigns. And now with our latest sweet addition, we are three (OK maybe 2.5!) generations of #WomenInSTEM! #HeartFull

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Great trip to #Bergen to see my brother and follow up on tip off on fast emerging sea Bass populations in Fana, Bergen and further north Fjords #Norway - turns out this has been happening some 20+ years but now more common - plan to be working with IMS and UiB and of course @otolithgirl.bsky.social

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

For the first time, at #FSBI2025, we ran the #FSBIGreenTravel award to promote more sustainable travel to our conference. We were thrilled by the response and the efforts that people went to in order to lower their carbon emissions. In 1st place, we had Maddi Garate Olaizola! This is Maddi's story:

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

New #OA paper showing the importance of anadromous trout for recruitment-and in turn-for keeping our #rivers connected! Combines #kinship analysis with SNPs with a new method for identifying maternal strategy using carbon #isotopes in the eye #lens core. 1/4 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

New #OA systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research in @meps-ir.bsky.social. This #SEA-UNICORN output uses an 'umbrella review' approach to summarise this growing field and includes a bibliometic analysis of 'who' is doing what. 1/2.. 🦞🐟🌊 doi.org/10.3354/meps...

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A systematic review of the current state of marine functional connectivity research

Marine functional connectivity underpins biodiversity and ecosystem functions, ensuring resilience in marine and land-sea interface ecosystems. Research on this topic has advanced rapidly in...

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Our last hurrah in #Skagit - fundraiser screening at the venerable Lincoln Theatre, 26 August. Our final #TheClimateRestorers film -“Ecosystem Restoration - from the Dust Bowl to the Loess Plateau catastrophe of China, to the Skagit+ California Central valleys. Big, inspiring stories. Please share.

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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

What a delight to meet Sam Ryder on the train today. I'm such a huge fan and he is the loveliest person. Keep spreading the kindness!! (And @samhairwolfryder.bsky.social if this is your account, thank you so much for the pic and not judging my clear over excitement!!!) Xx

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