Nick Dulvy

#FINS is using a multidisciplinary approach including dermal denticle analysis and proteomics to study #marineshagreen, which is a material made from the skins of sharks and rays, to explore historic elasmobranch exploitation in the early modern period #EEA2025 @rachelmwinter.bsky.social

💡 Alfonso shares his research on the understanding shark movements in coastal waters is needed as we continue to alter the marine environment. We need to ensure that our knowledge base is well developed to create good mitigation and protection policy #EEA2025

✨ Hettie works at #sharktrust on various projects covering angel sharks and guitarfishes in the Mediterranean. She works to restore flatshark species to robust populations: addressing fundamental knowledge gaps to maximise the potential of existing management #EEA2025

Phenomenal detective work to reveal possible records and localities of up to three angel shark species around Malta

🌊 Charlie is a philosopher who got wet and switched to elasmobranch science. My work generally concerns Bull rays around Malta, their ecology and their threats, but I enjoy delving deeper into data poor species in data poor areas #EEA2025

💡Edward presented some great research about developments in statistical tools for tracking elasmobranchs and advancing conservation

🦈🌊✨ Interesting discussion during our fifth panel session led by Simon Dedmen and Guuske Tiktak on “New frontiers in elasmobranch data analysis” 🔬 involving a a group of researchers and experts emphasising the new technologies and opportunities for analysing elasmobranch data #sharks #rays #EEA2025

🦈🌊💡Diving deeper into management and policy during our sixth keynote panel where Irene Kingma led the discussion on ”Unintended Consequences” Experts highlighted the need for clear conservation goals while avoiding pitfalls in miscommunication and mis-steps in policy/management development #EEA2025

🌊 Paolo’s research focuses on analysing and modelling shark catches using SMART drumlines in Australia with the aim of responding to management needs and fostering coexistence between humans and wildlife, while promoting shark conservation through scientifically based strategies #EEA2025 #sharksmart

danielchik_glc🦈 Daniel’s research focuses on the field of Conservation Genetics/Genomics of Sharks and Rays. He detects cases of misidentifcation or illegal trade through DNA barcoding (COI sequencing) identifying species from fish market which aims to bridge science and conservation policy #EEA2055

Two women smiling at each other in front of a statue of Charles Darwin

Two scientists measuring two skates in front of a row of jars contained preserved specimens.

Jars containing a preserved angler fish (left) and gulper eel (right).

A scientist in a lab coat using a tape measure to measure a guitarfish on a tray.

Successfully wrapped up our third and final week measuring rays in Europe at the Natural History Museum in London 🇬🇧 huge thank you to @nhm-london.bsky.social for hosting, and thank you @amandasodysseys.bsky.social and @nickdulvy.bsky.social for helping me measure 309 rays representing 123 species!

🦈 Sharks, rays & chimaeras reveal a fairer, data-driven view of global fisheries. Using IUCN Red List data on 1,199 species, we expose inequities in fisheries data, weak bycatch management & trade-driven unsustainability #Sharks #Rays #Fisheries #Conservation #IUCN #EEA2025 @nickdulvy.bsky.social

@nickdulvy.bsky.social at #EEA2025

Many of the places where the most destructive fishing happens are places where we have the least biodiversity data.

US/European fisheries are sustainable, but import a lot. “Outsourcing and offshoring unsustainability”

Two great days this week tagging skate in the Bristol Channel - we managed to catch + tag individuals across four species of skate 🥳 These skate will be tracked for the next few years across our channel-wide array so we can learn about their movement patterns and spatial usage #trackingnotslacking

New paper! We estimated the reproductive timing of the critically endangered #flapperskate by making use of a pre-existing #citizenscience photo ID database 📸 with @davemarinebio.glasgow.ac.uk @jathorburn.bsky.social Paper ⏩ doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... & summary below ⏬

Fisheries Advisories Each year we produce Commercial Fisheries Advisories in line with the latest UK and EU law. These provide rapid access to the current legislative status of sharks, skates and rays in UK, EU, and inter...

Want to know the shark and ray fisheries regulations in Europe, see handy link from the @sharktrust #Elasmo25

www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Catego...

👋 Hey there! While field season has kept us busy, happy, and (probably) wet… here are some upcoming conferences to keep you indoors, networking, and dry:
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YouTube video by Elasmopoulo First acoustic telemetry tagging of blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the Ría de Vigo (Galicia, Spain)

#BELAS News❗❗
A new species joins the crew. Yesterday we tagged our first blue shark in the wild! 🦈

That makes it species number 8 in the “blue” waters of Galicia! 🌊🟢 Still chasing one more elusive species… but we’re out there, ready! 🦈🔍🤿

Tagging season never stops!! 💪

youtu.be/jmmILoVI9_c

Rachel and I marvelling at the cute cownose rays

Rachel beside the EEA poster in Rotterdam zoo

So excited to see some cownose rays (alive) after 3 weeks of museum work. Nice welcome to European Elasmobranch Association meeting #Elasmo25 here with @rachhson.bsky.social @amandasodysseys.bsky.social

a stuffed shark is standing in front of a fire ALT: a stuffed shark is standing in front of a fire

European Elasmobranch Association friends, use #Elasmo25 for posts about the conference!

Three researchers in white lab coats stand smiling in a specimen room, holding a Mobula thurstoni specimen. Behind them are shelves lined with tall glass jars containing preserved fish.

A person gloves uses a measuring tape on a preserved ray specimen (Urobatis jamaicensis) on a lab tray. The photo focuses on the spiracles and eyes.

Four people smile for a selfie with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

Two researchers in white lab coats hold a large preserved guitarfish specimen (Glaucostegus cemiculus). They’re smiling in front of shelves filled with jars containing preserved fish specimens.

A bit late, but we’ve (@rachhson.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social) wrapped up our second week measuring rays across Europe. Goodbye Paris and thank you to the teams at @mnhn.fr who made it possible! 🇫🇷✨on to London 🇬🇧!

@earth2ocean.bsky.social

#labwork #mobulamonday #scienceinaction #womeninstem

New co-author paper led by Dr. Jonathan Moore.
#fishsci #conservaton #bcpoli #salmon

We identify four syndromes of the combined local impacts of watershed pressures and climate change.

And identified several key management actions and policies that would help safeguard salmon watersheds.

The E2O team making waves (and measuring fins) in Hamburg!
Great to see @sfubiosciences.bsky.social in action!
@sfuscience.bsky.social

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about the advantages and challenges of laboratory-based and field-based conservation physiology research for informing policy and practice

Laboratory and field studies are often presented as “either-or approaches” with distinct advantages and challenges. Binning et al. argue for “working across the lab-field continuum” to conduct research that can “better inform #policy and practice” @conphysjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth review — Attenborough peps up a very slow fish In this quiet, deeply immersive documentary, David Attenborough reveals the fascinating story of the coelacanth

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth review — Attenborough peps up a very slow fish 🧪🌎🦑🐠

Guitarfish Tuesday in Paris

#MetabolicMorphology #SharksNearMe #DulvyLabGoesOutside #LoveMuseums #RaysNeedLoveToo #Paris #Brusselles #HamburgNaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumDeParis

This finding is no coincidence. Scientific guided fisheries in the developed world with financial support for funding and overexploitation in the developing world and the Global South, where financial support for shark science is scarce and many coastal communities depend on artisanal fisheries 🦈🌊

1. This specimen is very cool
2 Nick's hashtag game is VERY strong

Read my review of John Long’s book The Secret History of Sharks in @currentbiology.bsky.social

A fascinating read about the deep history of sharks, the scientists who study them, and the adventures they have in the quest to learn more.

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Funding urgently needed to save Samoa's 'little dodo' from extinction Samoa's Critically Endangered Tooth-billed Pigeon, or 'little dodo', is facing imminent extinction due to deforestation, hunting and invasive species, reports BirdGuides. Conservationists warn that without urgent international funding for large-scale forest protection and monitoring, this unique and elusive bird could vanish forever. Tooth-billed Pigeon is one of the world's most evolutionarily distinct birds, yet remains poorly known, with no clear wild photographs and few recent sightings.

Conservationists are calling for urgent global funding to save Samoa's Tooth-billed Pigeon, a Critically Endangered species often referred to as 'little dodo':