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A research initiative at UBC and UWA led by #DanielPauly, Deng Palomares & Dirk Zeller. We assess the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems.

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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 29/09/2026
Can fisheries and ocean protection move beyond an “us vs. them” debate? A new book explores how unexpected alliances could reshape the conversation. bit.ly/reprendrelamer
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Forging unexpected alliances to save the sea | Sea Around Us
A renewed approach to fisheries that defines the threshold beyond which the activity becomes its own self-eating monster.
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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
October 1, 3:40pm AKDT seminar #AlaskaSky 🧪🌊🦑 What is Ocean Equity? with URI professor Dr. Ota @uafairbanks.bsky.social @tamamta.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social
Flyer for a University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seminar reads:

Please join us for a seminar with Dr. Yoshitaka Ota. Thursday, October 1st, 3:40-4:40pm (Alaska time). In-person in Anchorage 1007 W 3rd Ave, Suite 100 or watch parties in Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' O'Neill 201 and Juneau -  Lena 101 or register in advance by Zoom

Title: What is Ocean Equity?

Abstract: Despite the development of various equity frameworks and indicators, there remain concerns about the potential for co-optation embedded in indicators and enablers that largely focus on equality while paying insufficient attention to power relations and the historical and systemic nature of ocean governance. The talk will argue that unpacking these systemic structures requires intentionally departing from conventional views of equity and engaging more deeply with social justice scholarship.

Host: https://www.tamamta.org/general-7

Zoom registration: https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/g_TYTqD8QsixxatQEWHiiQ?_x_zm_rtaid=6ZM8iHMAT4-V2XbXpsgM-w.1788223127410.a5c0f64a1f6c56a7c6f3fff3176fbe0e&_x_zm_rhtaid=694#/registration
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 28/09/2026
The 2026 Larkin Award Lecture will bring long-time FishBase and Sea Around Us collaborator, Dr. Fabrice Teletchea, to Vancouver. He will address the growth in the number of farmed fish species and the impacts of global change on fish domestication. www.eventbrite.ca/e/2026-peter...
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2026 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture - Hybrid Event
The 2026 Larkin Lecture will address the growth in the number of farmed fish species and the impacts of global change on fish domestication.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 25/09/2026
What if saving the sea starts by bringing unlikely allies together? 🌊 A new book by Daniel Pauly, Claire Nouvian and Baptiste Morizot explores that idea. bit.ly/reprendrelamer
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Forging unexpected alliances to save the sea | Sea Around Us
A renewed approach to fisheries that defines the threshold beyond which the activity becomes its own self-eating monster.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 24/09/2026
In Indonesian: "There is another, more subtle issue: the loss of ecological memory. Daniel Pauly introduced the concept of "shifting baseline syndrome" in his 1995 paper, "Anecdotes and the Shifting Baseline Syndrome of Fisheries." kumparan.com/satya-rabani...
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Sungai-Sungai yang Menderita di Tengah Pertumbuhan Kota
Oleh Fabian Satya Rabani
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High Seas Alliance @highseasalliance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congratulations to #Canada on officially ratifying the #HighSeasTreaty, bringing us to a total of 98 ratifications! 🇨🇦 Every country that ratifies gets to participate at #BBNJCOP1 to build the legal foundation to make #HighSeas protection a reality. highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Canadian flag on a stamp design with ocean-themed illustrations. Text reads: "Canada has joined the High Seas Treaty! #60toGlobal. Be part of the first BBNJ COP1. Ratify Now!" Logo of High Seas Alliance at the bottom.
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UBC Science @science.ubc.ca · 22/09/2026
“Solving complex environmental challenges requires bringing together different forms of knowledge and expertise,” said Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean of UBC Science. @ubcoceans.bsky.social science.ubc.ca/news/2026-09...
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UBC, First Nations-led alliance strengthen collaboration to advance fisheries stewardship
The Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance and UBC have signed a memorandum of collaboration to strengthen their partnership on fisheries conservation and research.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 17/09/2026
Check out this Q&A with the Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, following the symposium "Challenges for Sustainable Fishing in Mediterranean Island Environments" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwmZ...
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Daniel Pauly | Questions post conférence du 21/05/26
YouTube video by Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 14/09/2026
Our yardstick for what counts as normal or remarkable is constantly changing. Ecologists call this “shifting baseline syndrome”. This was originally described in the context of fisheries by Daniel Pauly (via @theguardian.com ). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 11/09/2026
"Ce réflexe nous empêche de prendre conscience des grands changements dans notre environnement, selon le biologiste franco-canadien Daniel Pauly." vert.eco/climat/les-f...
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Les Français face à l’amnésie climatique : combien de temps trouverons-nous ces étés caniculaires anormaux ? — Vert
Cet été, le plus chaud jamais enregistré en Europe, a été un choc pour nombre d’entre nous : près de la moitié de l’Hexagone a dépassé au moins une fois les 40°C. À tel point que nous nous réjouission...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 11/09/2026
We have officially registered over 1000 citations to our database! You can check them out here www.seaaroundus.org/citations/ (and if yours is missing, let us know!)
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 04/09/2026
What a pleasure it has been to host the 24th FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium. The videos will come soon, but in the meantime, here are some snapshots from Day 1 of the symposium. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees!
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 28/08/2026
We are super excited to welcome colleagues from all over the world to the 24th FishBase and SeaLifeBase Symposium in Vancouver! In-person attendance is full, but you can always attend online! Deets 👉 bit.ly/2026FBsympos...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 26/08/2026
Ailinginae Atoll covers 1,027 km² of coral reefs, lagoons and islands in the Western Pacific. A hidden conservation success story. 🌊 bit.ly/wodsau20266
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Real MPA or paper park? Ailinginae Atoll | Sea Around Us
World Oceans Day (WOD), the initiative proposed in 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and officially recognized by the UN in 2008, aims to catalyze collective action for a healthy oc...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 25/08/2026
Ces travaux sont inspirés de ceux du biologiste français Daniel Pauly. Il a remarqué que, face à l'effondrement de la biodiversité marine, les jeunes générations de pêcheurs avaient des attentes moindres que leurs aînés (via @franceinfo.fr) www.franceinfo.fr/environnemen...
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Canicules à répétition, sécheresse inédite... L'été 2026 va-t-il emporter avec lui nos souvenirs des saisons estivales "normales" ?
Avec le réchauffement climatique causé par les activités humaines, les étés n'ont plus le même visage que ceux du passé. A tel point qu'on s'habitue aux températures caniculaires et qu'on oublie "le t...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 24/08/2026
"Daniel Pauly, principal investigator of the Sea Around Us initiative, says global warming has caused a significant shift in local oceans, resulting in fish typically found in warmer waters making their way north." (via @viawesome.bsky.social) www.vancouverisawesome.com/animal-stori...
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'Scary-looking, ragged teeth': This 'wolf eel' changes colour in Vancouver waters
Why be just one boring colour all your life?
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 22/08/2026
Daniel Pauly a initialement lancé cette idée en 1995 pour comprendre l’appauvrissement des stocks de poissons dans l’océan. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/227...
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L’amnésie climatique va-t-elle encore frapper?
Après les feux de forêt au Canada et les canicules en France et ailleurs en Europe, le climat reviendra-t-il au second plan? Les experts craignent l’oubli.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 20/08/2026
The Mean Temperature of the Catch highlights long-term changes hidden within fisheries data. Learn more today. bit.ly/blog220sau
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Mean Temperature of the Catch now available on Sea Around Us website | Sea Around Us
Sea Around Us website users will now be able to access the Mean Temperature of the Catch as an ecosystem indicator.
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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New report sheds light on how fish grow in a warming, low-oxygen world - @seaaroundus.org www.seaaroundus.org/new-report-s...
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New report sheds light on how fish grow in a warming, low-oxygen world | Sea Around Us
Warming waters raise new questions about how fish grow, Sea Around Us report finds.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 20/08/2026
Foreign industrial fleets once caught up to 17,000 tonnes of fish annually in Chagos, new reconstruction finds. bit.ly/chagosrecon
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing | Sea Around Us
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 18/08/2026
From reefs to rivers' mouths, every ecosystem plays a role in global fisheries. Discover the data. bit.ly/blog221sau
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Explore catches by ecosystem | Sea Around Us
Explore EEZ catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us. See totals for IFA, estuaries, coral reefs, seamounts & fronts.
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Mention of Daniel Pauly's “shifting baselines syndrome.” The first time you enter an ecosystem sets the baseline for you as to what is normal; if change is slow enough, it won’t seem drastic.' @seaaroundus.org www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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How Do You Squeeze Climate Change Inside the Human Brain?
The loudest alarm blaring all over the world right now is that of climate change—but the brains of many seem to have habituated to it. Climate experts find themselves trapped in irony: they can predic...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 14/08/2026
The industry’s sales pitch is incorrect,” says the Sea Around Us' Daniel Pauly. "The most popular farmed seafood products in Spain and other countries are fed with the same wild fish species that aquaculture claims to be saving, accelerating ocean depletion" english.elpais.com/climate/2026...
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Aquaculture is depleting the oceans: A farmed salmon can consume more than six times its weight in wild fish
The rapid growth of the industry has increased demand for fishmeal and fish oil, creating environmental and social costs that are often felt far from the consumers who buy the final products
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 12/08/2026
Subsistence fishing existed long before military operations. New research reconstructs decades of overlooked catches. bit.ly/chagosrecon
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing | Sea Around Us
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 11/08/2026
Le biologiste marin Daniel Pauly explique pourquoi l’élevage de saumon a des conséquences importantes sur les océans, la biodiversité et la sécurité alimentaire de certaines populations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d14...
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Le vrai coût du saumon que vous mangez | RC Environnement
YouTube video by Radio-Canada Info
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 11/08/2026
From reefs to rivers' mouths, every ecosystem plays a role in global fisheries. Discover the data. bit.ly/blog221sau
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Explore catches by ecosystem | Sea Around Us
Explore EEZ catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us. See totals for IFA, estuaries, coral reefs, seamounts & fronts.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 10/08/2026
Le syndrome des lignes de base changeantes continue de faire les gros titres. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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L’amnésie environnementale, ou comment notre lente accommodation à une biodiversité dégradée nous fait oublier la nature foisonnante d’antan
Si nous nous rappelons des pare-brise constellés d’insectes morts après un trajet en voiture, que sait-on des loups qui rôdaient dans les campagnes au Moyen Age, ou des saumons dans la Seine au XIXᵉ s...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 07/08/2026
From reefs to rivers' mouths, every ecosystem plays a role in global fisheries. Discover the data bit.ly/blog221sau
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Explore catches by ecosystem | Sea Around Us
Explore EEZ catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us. See totals for IFA, estuaries, coral reefs, seamounts & fronts.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 04/08/2026
Ocean fronts are biodiversity hotspots. Explore how they shape fisheries in EEZ waters bit.ly/blog221sau
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Explore catches by ecosystem | Sea Around Us
Explore EEZ catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us. See totals for IFA, estuaries, coral reefs, seamounts & fronts.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 04/08/2026
The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, explains the contradiction of fishing up to six times the weight of a farmed salmon to feed it. [In #Spanish - Use your browser's translation tool] (via @elpais.com ) elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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La acuicultura agota los océanos: un salmón de cultivo puede llegar a consumir más de seis veces su peso en peces silvestres
Gran parte de la harina de pescado utilizada por las piscifactorías españolas procede de países extranjeros, donde la producción de los insumos de la acuicultura genera graves impactos sociales
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 04/08/2026
The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, explains the contradiction of fishing up to six times the weight of a farmed salmon to feed it. [In #Spanish - Use your browser's translation tool] revistapuerto.com.ar/2026/08/la-a...
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“La acuicultura no reduce la presión sobre los peces silvestres”
Que comer pescado es bueno para la salud, es ampliamente aceptado y respaldado por la ciencia. Una reciente contribución en la revista Nature no solo lo confirma sino que señala que en todo el mundo s...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 31/07/2026
Directly from the @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social Daniel Pauly's "shifting baseline syndrome lays bare all the ways past generations failed future ones." davidsuzuki.org/story/on-lov...
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On love and legacy: Shifting baseline syndrome strikes home
Shifting baseline syndrome lays bare all the ways past generations failed future ones. It also reminds us that we can shift baselines in another direction.
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Shifting baseline syndrome lays bare all the ways past generations failed future ones. It also reminds us that we can shift baselines in another direction. #DanielPauly @seaaroundus.org @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social rabble.ca/environment/...
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On love and legacy: Shifting baseline syndrome strikes home
Shifting baseline syndrome lays bare all the ways past generations failed future ones.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 29/07/2026
"The generational amnesia observed by Daniel Pauly, my Quadra neighbours, and me is a main cause of shifting baseline syndrome," @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social writes. "Younger generations inherit degraded environments with no memory of what existed." pancouver.ca/on-love-and-...
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On love and legacy: Shifting baseline syndrome strikes home - Pancouver
Shifting baseline syndrome describes how environmental information is lost from memory over time, so changes go unnoticed.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 28/07/2026
Looking at catches by EEZ? Go deeper. Now you can explore catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us website. 🌊 bit.ly/blog221sau
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Explore catches by ecosystem | Sea Around Us
Explore EEZ catches by ecosystem on the Sea Around Us. See totals for IFA, estuaries, coral reefs, seamounts & fronts.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 24/07/2026
The Mean Temperature of the Catch highlights long-term changes hidden within fisheries data. Learn more bit.ly/blog220sau
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Mean Temperature of the Catch now available on Sea Around Us website | Sea Around Us
Sea Around Us website users will now be able to access the Mean Temperature of the Catch as an ecosystem indicator.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 24/07/2026
Philippe Cury et Daniel Pauly avaient cosigné un manifeste titré «Mange tes méduses!»*. Son propos? À force de vider les océans, ces étranges animaux ont commencé à occuper la niche écologique libérée www.letemps.ch/sciences/le-...
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Le collagène de méduse, une piste pour les cosmétiques? - Le Temps
Une équipe espagnole se penche sur la récupération des captures accidentelles de méduses. Elle montre qu’il est possible d’en extraire du collagène de haute qualité et que les pêcheurs se montrent int...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 24/07/2026
Daniel Pauly's "shifting baseline syndrome puts a name to something most of us have experienced: the ways in which forgetting allows the once-abnormal to blend into the background" (via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social @jasondovemark.bsky.social) www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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Are We At Least as Smart as a Frog in Hot Water?
As the aberrant becomes the ordinary, we can’t let our instinct for adapting lead to climate change acceptance.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 23/07/2026
From CIA archives to food consumption data, researchers pieced together decades of missing fisheries history bit.ly/chagosrecon
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing | Sea Around Us
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show.
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The promise of “simpler rules” is politically attractive. The consequences may be far less so. Reopening the #CommonFisheriesPolicy could unravel years of progress towards sustainable fisheries, creating new risks. Thanks, @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social, for helping bring clarity.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 21/07/2026
How can we eat fish responsibly? While intensive fishing and marine fish farming are harmful practices, is land-based fish farming the solution? The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, explores this question with @info.radio-canada.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nE...
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Poissons élevés sur terre : une solution à la surpêche?
YouTube video by Radio-Canada Info
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 20/07/2026
Our research getting to where it matters: Mauritian media report on the Chagos Archipelago catch reconstruction lexpress.mu/s/des-captur...
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Étude : Des captures de poissons 25 fois supérieures aux statistiques officielles
La pression exercée sur les ressources marines de l’archipel des Chagos aurait été largement sousestimée pendant des décennies. C’est la conclusion d’une étude publiée le 29 juin dans le *Journal of t...
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 17/07/2026
Subsistence fishing existed long before military operations. New research reconstructs decades of overlooked catches. bit.ly/chagosrecon
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing | Sea Around Us
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show.
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Check it out @oceansteinmann.bsky.social
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 16/07/2026
The Sea Around Us PI, Dr. Daniel Pauly, described shifting baselines as “a gradual accommodation of the creeping disappearance of species.” lithub.com/why-shifting... (via @literaryhub.bsky.social )
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Why “Shifting Baseline Syndrome” Makes It Harder to Save the Planet
When she was growing up, Mia Monroe remembers, monarch butterflies were a natural part of the rhythm of life. This was in the 1960s, and Mia and her family lived in San Carlos, California, at that …
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 15/07/2026
Fishers outside Misool Marine Reserve are reporting better catches 🎣 bit.ly/wodsau20265
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Real MPA or paper park? Misool Marine Reserve | Sea Around Us
Misool Marine Reserve proves ocean protection works.
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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mean Temperature of the Catch now available on Sea Around Us website - @seaaroundus.org www.seaaroundus.org/mean-tempera...
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Mean Temperature of the Catch now available on Sea Around Us website | Sea Around Us
Sea Around Us website users will now be able to access the Mean Temperature of the Catch as an ecosystem indicator.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 15/07/2026
Official data tell only part of the story. New research estimates subsistence, recreational & commercial fishing since 1950 phys.org/news/2026-07... (via @sciencex.bsky.social )
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show, according to a recent study by Sea Around Us—Indian Ocean and Sea Around Us researchers.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 14/07/2026
Fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25x higher than official statistics suggest. The findings underscore the value of comprehensive fisheries data as governance of the territory enters a new phase. 🌊📊 bit.ly/chagosrecon
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As Chagos governance is slated to shift, new research reveals the true scale of fishing | Sea Around Us
Domestic fisheries catches in the Chagos Archipelago are 25 times higher than official statistics show.
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 13/07/2026
Daniel Pauly's #ShiftingBaselines: "The theory describes how each new generation of Americans inherits an increasingly degraded environment but accepts it as normal because they lack the knowledge and awareness of how the ecosystem looked in the past." www.northernexpress.com/news/feature...
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Clean Water in the Crosshairs
Human memories are short, and even though there are Americans alive today who were born when indoor plumbing was not widespread, most don’t pause to…
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