James Bell

Hi Andrew - do you have any plans or ideas for how to get openCTD rated for deeper water? Would love to pair it with a camera system we are developing (for work down to ca. 1km)

Our next meeting is 15-16 July at Dove Marine Lab in Newcastle

Attention UK researchers interested in the deep ocean - if you haven't already done so, please join the Challenger Society Deep-Sea Ecosystems Group (www.challenger-society.org.uk/DeepSea_Ecos...)

Dramatic ENSO related Southwestern Atlantic ecosystem shifts - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Dramatic ENSO related Southwestern Atlantic ecosystem shifts

Our new paper in Scientific Reports - tracks ecological impacts of ENSO cycles through to the SW Atlantic. Really interesting work to be a part of, and well led by BAS www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reference points for assessing significant adverse impacts on deep sea vulnerable marine ecosystems Biodiversity loss due to human activities is a critical issue, particularly in the High Seas where bottom-contact fishing poses a significant threat t…

Almost 20 years ago - FAO agreed that we should avoid 'Significant Adverse Impacts' from deep-sea fishing. Today, at least for the NW Atlantic, we've finally got a method for how to work that out www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evaluating the effectiveness of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longlines in the South Atlantic Incidental mortality (bycatch) of seabirds in pelagic longline fisheries remains a major threat to many populations. The design and implementation of …

A very left-field paper from me but I guess I am also sort of a #seabird scientist now! Work we developed to support development of best practice management for #bycatch in the Atlantic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Never ask a ChatBot a question when you don't already know the answer

Almost there with our small-boat deep-sea camera. Getting the micro-scale powered winch has been difficult but I'm sure the whole team will appreciate not having to hand wind a kilometre of cable next year!

Cefas team out on Grand Cayman this week as part of UK Blue Belt Programme - conducting water quality surveys to inform future monitoring of this key pollution threats to ocean health

For whatever else it may have been - it's been a really interesting case of a paper sparking interest in a new topic!

People love to prove other people wrong I guess

I'm a fisheries scientist and deep-sea ecologist, working at Cefas in the UK. Mostly I work for Governments of some of the UK overseas territories or within RFMO working groups

I set up this bsky account over a year ago and didn't follow up with any effort on finding people to follow. Marine science & policy folks, please make yourselves known!

I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

Having to migrate spatial analysis across to sf/tidy now and oh christ it's a pain in the arse - problem with it being so new is that there's not been the time to build up a base of resolved questions (which as it turns out, is what I almost solely use to learn code!)

A quarter of the countries who sponsor deep-sea mining contractors (meaning they are actively pursuing development of the industry) have come out in favor of slowing things down while we sort out the environmental impacts.

We're offering a great #PhD studentship on the effects of MPAs on people. It'll be led by environmental economist Kat Simpson with partners at Newcastle and York. A really important topic with lots to find out, bringing together natural and social science.

iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

Successful 'Let's Talk About Race' bake sale and chat for Black History Month this morning. All proceeds in aid of BBSTEM ( bbstem.co.uk )

I'm James. I'm a deep sea ecologist/ fisheries scientist based in the UK, working primarily with the governments of the UK overseas territories

Amen.

I'm rarely less optimistic about the future of our species than when I'm sat in international fisheries meetings listening to the most pointless objections to anything that feels even slightly like progress.

First assessment of circle hooks as bycatch mitigation measure for deep-water sharks on longline fis... The recognition that deep-water sharks are among the most vulnerable marine species to fisheries exploitation led to the implementation of fishing pro…

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Yup, the oldest I'm aware of (a kind of black coral) was dated at over 4000!

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

A nerve cord and a centralized nervous system is present in a lot of animals outside vertebrates.

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Some deep sea corals can live for at least several thousand years

If it really must be exploited, the true value of the deep ocean is genetic, not mineral or protein

Super hectic One Ocean Hub visit to Ghana over the last ten days, culminating yesterday in a briefing to the parliamentary committee for fisheries on our multi disciplinary decision support tool.

Can put you in touch with a colleague who does....DM me your email address

The One Ocean Hub multi-disciplinary decision support tool for Ghana fisheries continues to be conceptually like wrestling a huge octopus, but pleased we are making headway

Ghanaian fishing canoe

Prepping frantically for my trip next week to Ghana as part of the One Ocean Hub project - developing a multi-disciplinary decision support tool for fisheries management

'Prepare for unforeseen consequences....' (working title for the paper 😀)

Personal favourite deep-sea coral