William Perry

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

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "School's out, but not for fish that want to pass ": doi.org/10.1111/jfb..... Groups had a lower metabolic rate than individuals that made it past a barrier (important for the efficacy of fish passes)! Paper by Crawford et al: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

Great to be at Scotland Nature Student Conference, aptly represented by previous president of the FSBI, Professor Colin Adams! The FSBI is a strong advocate for students and early career researchers, with a string of funding opportunities available to members. Membership starts at just £10!

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#JFB Editor's Choice by Senior Editor @DrWillPerry - "School's out, but not for fish that want to pass": doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
Original JFB paper by Crawford et al: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Put it in reverse! Captivating deep-sea footage reveals the mysterious movements of abyssal fish", featuring some amazing footage: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....
It highlights a paper by Priede and Jamieson doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

Registration is now open for #FSBI2026! Early bird closes 27 May. Full details at: store.southampton.ac.uk/conferences-...

BBC Radio 4's Inside Science - Aquaculture, salmon escapees & genetic modification YouTube video by William Perry

I had the great pleasure of working with BBC Radio 4's Inside Science to produce a short segment on the topic of #aquaculture and aquaculture #escapees. You can now listen to it, here, accompanied with some visuals for full immersion! youtu.be/Tp4KbRry7xE?... #GMO #Salmon #Environment #Rivers

Today is the official deadline for applications to this lovely freshwater, fishy, eDNA PhD, but the portal will be open throughout the weekend, ready for any last minute submissions! #PhD #PhDOppertunity

Great opportunity to work with @drwillperry.bsky.social Isabelle Durance and @meebangor.bsky.social on freshwater fish #eDNA here - 7 days to go for the application! @britishecologicalsociety.org #UKDNAWG

Inside the FSBI - FSBI PhD Student, Rebecca Bentley Rebecca Bentley is an FSBI funded PhD student at the University of Bristol, working on the evolution of ecomorphology in armoured catfish (an adaptive radiation of over 1,070 species). In this video, she focuses on how jaw shape is linked to diet and other ecological factors, but constrained by phylogenetics. With some phenomenal micro-CT images of these charismatic little catfish, we get a glimpse into the anatomical features Rebecca is examining as part of her PhD.

A new installation of #InsideTheFSBI! We hear from FSBI PhD Student, Rebecca Bentley, who is based at the University of Bristol. Rebecca talks about her work on jaw shape in armoured #catfish and how it links to #ecological factors like diet, but constrained by #phylogenetics. Some amazing #microCT!

Abstract submission is now open for #FSBI2026 in Southampton, 27-31 July! Deadline for abstracts is 2 February 2026 (17:00 GMT). You can find more info, here: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2026/

📢 #PhD opportunity! Interested in #eDNA and protecting our #rivers? We are recruiting a PhD researcher to tackle a very topical challenge: Empowering citizen scientists with an eDNA toolbox to safeguard #freshwater fishes. Deadline: January 16th 2026. #PhDPosition #CardiffUniversity bit.ly/49bl4gO

Almost 75,000 salmon escape from storm-damaged farm YouTube video by William Perry

My debut on BBC Radio Scotland! Two clips from my recent interview on the topic of #aquaculture escapees - specifically the 75,000 #salmon released in Loch Linnhe at the beginning of October: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp7r... #Environment #Pollution

Such a pleasure to give the welcoming address to #WEEN25 last week in my capacity as one of the Wales Ecology and Evolution Network's directors. I gave a brief history of the network, how it has developed in recent years, while also welcoming early career researchers from all over Wales to Cardiff

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: "Tough mothers and tender fathers: New assays reveal the behavioural complexity of the common #clownfish": doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Highlights a paper by Graham et al doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... showing the behavioural depth of these little fish!

Thank YOU, @renderg.host, for opening our eyes to this! 😊

Follow-up: Thank You to Dr William Perry and the FSBI Making science on the web a little bit more-accessible.

Thank you @drwillperry.bsky.social and the Fisheries Society of the British Isles @thefsbi.bsky.social for being an #a11y

Stop using stylised italics (Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols) in scientific social media posts. Decorative characters make content inaccessible to those using assistive technology.

When Publishers use forced italics (e.g. 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑠) in their social media posts, it makes the content less #accessible. You have a duty of care to your audience. Please stop.

Thanks for raising this! I will action this immediately across all the FSBI social media channels.

#JFB: Stress-linked morphological change associated with rearing techniques of hatchery reliant endemic landlocked Atlantic salmon (𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳 m. sebago) doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70149 #FishSci @drwillperry.bsky.social

Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.

Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.

Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.

After the calamitous news last week that 75,000 farmed #salmon had escaped in #Scotland, I wrote this Conversation article exploring why this is such bad news and what it means for wild salmon: doi.org/10.64628/AB....
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics

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/

Are you doing a Masters/PhD/Postdoc in Ecology/Environment/Evolution in Wales? Make sure you don’t miss one of the most important dates in the calendar: the Wales Ecology & Evolution Network (WEEN) Annual Conference! #WEEN25 ween.wales/event/ween/ @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social @epwales.bsky.social

Hot off the press! Our #JFB paper showing #eDNA #metabarcoding's ability to give quantitative insights in #AtlanticSalmon distribution in a river: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... Showing, once again, the value of integrating eDNA into #freshwater #biodiversity monitoring. Big thanks to Nigel Milner!

Wild salmon are the Zendayas of the fish world – what that tells us about conservation Wild salmon look incredibly symmetrical but captivity makes them more lopsided, stressed and less able to survive in the wild.

Ever wondered what #Zendaya and wild #salmon have in common? Check out this Conversation piece I recently wrote based on our recent #JFB paper (doi.org/10.1111/jfb....)!
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A piece I wrote on our recent #JFB paper looking at the impacts of #hatchery techniques on a critically endangered population of landlocked #salmon! You can read the full paper, here: doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... #FishSci #Aquaculture #Conservation

Check out my recent #JFB Editor's Choice: The grime fighting potential of fish #guts and the battle for responsible consumption doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... It covers some big topics around #capitalism, #consumption, #CircularEconomies and... fish guts? Original article: doi.org/10.1111/jfb....

Just published 'Dietary Differentiation Between Sympatric #Ecotypes of #Astatotilapia calliptera From Lake Masoko, #Tanzania Revealed by Metabarcoding'! bit.ly/3GTRKjI Great to be part of this work led by Dr Kirthana Pillay (FSBI PhD)! Nostalgic, given that my MSci thesis looked at these #cichlids!