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Tony Bicknell

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Marine ecologist, Darwinist, socialist and realist. Senior Research Fellow @ @uniofexeter.bsky.social experts.exeter.ac.uk/23259-anthony-… 🌎🧪

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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Acoustically tracked fish provide evidence for marine mammal predation @ offshore wind farms www.nature.com/articles/s41... OWEC #PrePAREDproject funded by @thecrownestate.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/i...
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As Northern cod stocks rebound, Newfoundlanders are expressing cautious optimism over a fish they nearly lostIn cod we trust
As Northern cod stocks rebound, Newfoundlanders are expressing cautious optimism over a fish they nearly lost
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Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of demersal fish species - @frontiersin.bsky.social Marine Science www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Frontiers | Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of demersal fish species www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... | A common finding. Offshore wind infrastructure is habitat for fish, just like a shipwreck or artificial reef. 🧪🦑🌎🐠
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Frontiers | Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of demersal fish species
Offshore wind turbine fixed-bottom foundations provide artificial hard substrate through the water column that encourages marine flora and fauna to colonise ...
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Our new paper on the fine-scale effects of wind farm turbine foundations on demersal fish is out now in Frontiers in Marine Science bit.ly/47aJYMl. Part of the OWEC #PrePAREDproject funded by @thecrownestate.bsky.social. @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/01/2026
Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Fine-scale proximity to offshore wind turbine foundations increases biomass of benthic fish species www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NEW PAPER: Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social 🦑🐟🧪🌐🌊🎣
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Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries
Abstract. Understanding how sharks respond to catch and release (C&R) recreational fisheries is an important requirement for effective management. Post
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
A chat about our recent paper and other studies on the effect of OWFs on fish #PrePARED @thecrownestate.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk usea.org/event/usea-p...
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USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 132: University of Exeter Research Fellow Anthony W.J. Bicknell
Listen on Spotify! In today’s episode of the USEA Power Sector Podcast series on offshore wind, Marine Ecologist Anthony W.J. Bicknell, a Senior Research Fellow at the UK’s University of Exeter, answe...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The French would like to thank the UK for funding to them. 2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry. UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.
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With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The rigs-to-reefs phenomenon is starting to play out at some UK wind turbines. But, unlike oil rigs, these massive structures are *reducing* emissions caused by burning fossil fuels, which is warming the ocean and devastating marine life worldwide. My latest 👇 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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Can offshore wind help some fish? Research increasingly says yes.
First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from haddock to lobster.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 31/03/2025
The discovery that haddock are utilizing the foundations of wind turbines demonstrates how much researchers are still learning about the potential benefits of installing wind structures in the ocean floor:
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Can offshore wind help some fish? Research increasingly says yes.
First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from haddock to lobster.
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Turtles are responding to #climatechange by nesting earlier 🐢 In sea turtles, temperature determines the biological sex of offspring, with more females when it's warmer - and fewer successful hatchings when it gets too hot Read more 👇 @exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Turtles change nesting patterns in response to climate change
New research shows that turtles are responding to climate change by nesting earlier. Researchers monitoring nesting green and loggerhead turtles in Cyprus have discovered they are returning to their r...
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Thoughts from collaborators @plymuni.bsky.social www.cmscoms.com?p=42846
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Leading Marine Conservation: Lessons from Lyme Bay and the Fish-Intel Network - Ocean and Coastal Futures
Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Great new paper from one of our alumni Joanne Morten and Exeter Marine's Dr Lucy Hawkes! #seabirds #AcademicSky 🦤🦑🧪🌐🌍
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Insightful paper led by colleagues at @exeter.ac.uk on behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom www.nature.com/articles/s41... @exetermarine.bsky.social @twhorton.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @owenexeter.bsky.social #LucyHawkes
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Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Lessons, challenges & opportunities in marine spatial conservation planning Join Tamara Vallina, Emma Sheehan & @rystanley.bsky.social at #ICESASC25​ to share research, learn from real-world successes & find more effective ways to manage MPAs & other conservation tools. www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 05/02/2025
Seamounts have been likened to ‘oases’ of life in the deserts of the open ocean. This integrated study of tropical #seamounts suggests that high faunal biomass is sustained by exogenous energy inputs and that they act as aggregating 'hubs' for marine top #predators 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4hqrJoY
Top left: Movements of a single silky shark (C. falciformis) tagged with a fin-mounted Argos-GPS SPOT transmitter on the Grattan Seamount in June 2017. Top right: Movements of 9 yellowfin tuna (T. albacares)  fitted with PSATs at the Southern Seamounts between May 2017 and February 2018. Bottom: Aggregation of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) recorded over the Grattan Seamount during a baited remote underwater video survey (credit: Ascension Island Government Conservation and Fisheries Directorate).
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
PhD OPPORTUNITY: Machine learning for improved environmental management of the marine environment. Join the Exeter Marine community with this fantastic project lead by @drmjwitt.bsky.social and Lucy Hawkes! To apply and find out more about funding, visit www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🦑🦤🌍🧪🌐🌊
An image of offshore wind turbines. Below reads: PhD Opportunity. Machine learning for improved environmental management of the marine
environment. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Doctoral Landscape Award (REF: 5475).
Below is a seaweed graphic, the logo for exeter marine and logo for UKRI EPSRC.PROJECT DETAILS
three bullet points of text on the left read: develop and implement machine learning frameworks to large, complex video and audio marine environmental data. particular focus on the Celtic Sea (UK) region. Robustly characterise biodiversity prior to large scale upscaling of offshore wind technology. On the right are images taken underwater by cameras of: catshark, ray, smooth hound. 
Below is a seaweed graphic, the logo for exeter marine and logo for UKRI EPSRC.Text reads: project details. supervisory team: Dr Matthew Witt and Dr Lucy Hawkes. Both are pictured, smiling. Further information. Location: streatham campus. deadline: 10th february 2025. to apply visit exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-research. project enquiries to matthew witt - m.j.witt@exeter.ac.uk.
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Our new paper on fine-scale effects of offshore wind turbine foundations on demersal fish is OA in Marine Environmental Research. Part of the #OWEC #PrePARED project @drmjwitt.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @thecrownestate.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Site and species dependent effects of offshore wind farms on fish populations
The expansion of offshore wind energy capacity is changing the seascape with the large-scale introduction of turbines and associated infrastructure. S…
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our new paper in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews is online today. The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of OWFs on fish. Open access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @drmjwitt.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social #MarineDirectorate
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The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation
Inshore and offshore coastal regions are becoming increasingly occupied by anthropogenic infrastructure. This trend will continue with the drive for o…
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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Link seems to be broken try this one www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Check out our latest Exeter Marine starter pack! 🐟🐠🐡 This will get you connected with all of faculty who are currently on BlueSky. 🦑🧪🌍🌐🐢🦤 go.bsky.app/6nvmb3h marine conservation | marine science | marine academics
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Francesco Garzon @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca
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Francesco Garzon @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
What can turtles tell us about noise in the ocean? In our new paper in Biological Conservation, leatherback 🐢 collect underwater sound data to map natural and human noise in the soundscape facing critical nesting beaches 🚢🔊 authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW... @exetermarine.bsky.social
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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We saw the effect of the MPA on the benthic ecosystem through underwater surveys, with increases in taxonomic diversity, functional diversity and acoustic diversity publicationslist.org/data/m.j.wit... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Christopher Pollock @tonyauk.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Excited to be presenting at #MASTSASM2024 tomorrow - I will be blethering about SeabORD, an individual-based model we use to predict sublethal effects of offshore wind farms on seabirds in General Science Session 2 (Auditorium A). Come chat to me if you want to know more! @mastscot.bsky.social
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
RESEARCH: Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet. Co-authored by William Cheung (@coru_ubc), Daniel Pauly (@SeaAroundUs), @DrRashidSumaila, Louise Teh (@feru) www.nature.com/articles/s44... via @npjOceanSustain #OpenAccess
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Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
When you dig into the hidden detail of the government's carbon capture and storage programme, the sheer scale of fiscal and environmental irresponsibility is hard to comprehend. We could be on the hook for £50 billion, with zero benefit. My column. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot
The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
Watch this amazing talk about diet if you care about the planet. www.ted.com/talks/sarah_...
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The hidden forces behind your food choices
What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what’s offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake. Unpacking how governments and companies have driven up meat consumption in the US...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
We need to stop pretending that industrial carbon capture is a real climate solution. It’s not. It’s just a PR fig leaf for Big Oil. drawdown.org/insights/sto...
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Stop giving Big Oil a carbon fig leaf
The Biden Administration is backing industrial carbon capture schemes that overwhelmingly benefit Big Oil – bolstering their bottom lines and extending a PR lifeline that ensures they can continue pol...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
The government has set out to crush one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, and an entire field of science supports this vandalism. This week’s column is about the *exploitation mindset* and how it corrupts almost everyone. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them all killed? | George Monbiot
We should be celebrating the revival of the bluefin tuna – but a ravenous fishing industry is already licking its lips, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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SeaAroundUs @seaaroundus.org · 23/09/2024
A group of researchers redefines 'sustainable fishing' with 11 'golden rules' to save our oceans #OceanConservation #SustainableFishing bit.ly/sustsau
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Leading scientists redefine the notion of ‘sustainability’ to save the ocean | Sea Around Us
A week before Brussels’ Ocean Week and a few months before the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, a group of researchers published the results of an unprecedented scientific effort: they redefine the concep...
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Tony Bicknell @tonybicknell.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Wetland Bird Ecology (Rockhampton, QLD)
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Dan Smale @dansmale1.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
Absolutely thrilled (and shocked!) to receive the Prix d'Excellence award at the ICES opening ceremony in Gateshead. Thanks to the ICES team, those who nominated/supported, and to all the amazing collaborators over the years 😚 www.mba.ac.uk/mba-research...
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