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Early-stage zebra mussel colonization confirmed in the Wolastoq | Saint John River.

CRI and NB Power have confirmed early-stage zebra mussel colonization in the Wolastoq (Saint John River).

Read the full release: www.canadianriversinstitute.com/newsrelease-...

🧐Can you tell your Brook Trout from your Brown Trout? 🐟🎣

Level up your fish identification skills with our upcoming Inland Fishes of New Brunswick Identification Course!

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Registration closes February 20th!

N.L. terminates MOU that could have seen south coast fjords become conservation area | CBC News The Progressive Conservative government is tearing up a memorandum of understanding that could have created a National Marine Conservation Area on the south coast of Newfoundland.

@govnl.bsky.social has turned down the proposed South Coast Fjords Marine Conservation Area. This is a huge drawback for Canada's #30by30 conservation target.

MCAs benefit both the ecosystem AND the economy, rather than hindering them. More info here: lnkd.in/eZeqVfv8

#MarineConservation #MCA

Reflecting on the “10 Calls to Action to Natural Scientists” 5 years later: how do we keep moving forward on reconciliation? Five years ago, we published a paper that proposed 10 Calls to Action aimed at enabling reconciliation in the natural sciences research arena in Canada. Our goal was to provide a starting point for th...

In recent years, substantial efforts have been made to prioritize collaboration in #science and to advocate for #reconciliation. It's essential to maintain the momentum and strive for more. I encourage #naturalscience researchers to read this paper 🧪
doi.org/10.1139/face...

The @iucnshark.bsky.social presents first global overview of Important Shark & Ray Areas for CMS and Sharks MoU species, helping show where they reproduce, feed, gather and migrate. 🦈

>1/3 of sharks and rays risk extinction due to overfishing, habitat degradation and climate change.

Links below!

Behold the Greenland shark and cookiecutter shark gingerbread cookies!! Happy Holidays and New Year, everyone ❄️🦈

Photos of the 14 victims of the Montreal massacre: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte and the rooms where they were killed.

36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦

WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for sharks and r...

HUGE news for sharks and rays!! 🎉🦈 All shark and ray proposals were passed at #CITESCoP20 on Friday! More than 70 species of threatened sharks and rays have been granted stronger protections against international trade.
#CITES #shark #sharkconservation

newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Historic Victory for Sharks as Oceanic Whitetips Upgraded to Appendix I at CITES Banning International Trade Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 27, 2025 – CITES CoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES. The vote marks a major victory for one...

Historic victory for sharks: #CITESCoP20 Parties voted to list oceanic whitetip sharks on Appendix I, the highest level of protection offered by CITES.

“Today’s decision is a watershed moment for all sharks and rays,” said WCS’s Luke Warwick.

🌏 Read more: bit.ly/4olha9w

WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for…

WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20 > Newsroom | All CITES shark and ray proposals pass – marking the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history.

How do whale researchers "catch a breath?" With drones, of course!

#WHOI & New England Aquarium scientists remotely captured blowhole spray from North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay to learn more about their health—without invading their space!

📲Learn more from BBC: go.whoi.edu/bbc-whale

Sharks Don't Sink by Jasmin Graham: 9780593685273 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood...

If you're interested in learning more about minorities in shark research, check out @misselasmo.bsky.social and the lovely book written by Jasmin Graham, titled "Sharks don't sink - adventures of a rogue shark scientist" www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726129...

The Dark Side of Being a Female Shark Researcher Being a scientist should not require developing the grit to continually endure misogyny, discrimination, harassment, assault or bullying

Women belong in Science. People of colour belong in Science. Although this article is a few years old, the same issues persist to this day. Let's diversify Shark Week #scienceisforeveryone
@drcatmac.bsky.social 🧪🦈

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

🌍 Looking for experts in Marine Science, Earth Science, Climate Change, Hazards, Marine Life, Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Oceanography, Coral Reef Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Bioscience and more? Give these leading Scripps Oceanography scientists a follow! ⬇️

Delighted to be back teaching on The Survivor's Guide to Stable Isotope Ecology for 2026 - its always a highlight of the year. A fantastic week of isotopic learning in a truly magnificent location. www.exedramc.com/courses/surv...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

Super pumped to be a guest speaker in the COBRA webinar series in two weeks’ time, along with Olivia Pereira from @mbarinews.bsky.social! We’ll be talking about our Science Communication strategies & experiences. Register for Zoom link here: cobra.bigelow.org/webinars/

North Atlantic right whale population grew slightly in 2024 | CBC News The long-endangered North Atlantic right whale saw a “modest” increase in numbers in 2024, according to a newly released estimate from the New England Aquarium, and ship strikes and entanglements are ...

Great news for North Atlantic right whales! 🐳
#rightwhale #conservation #NARW
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Treaty to Protect Ocean Biodiversity Ratified High Seas Treaty Will Enter Force in January 2026

A big win for the #Ocean 🌊 #MarineProtectedAreas #OceanConservation
earthview.media/p/ocean-biod...

Whats in a food web? Food webs are the blueprint for ecosystems, detailing how nutrients and energy fuel every aspect of life on Earth.

Food webs are the blueprint of ecosystems.

Want to know what fuels migrating birds? Or how invasive species disrupt rivers and lakes? The answers are in the food web — and stable isotopes let us read it.

www.atomicecology.com/post/whats-i...

‘People won't protect what they don't understand': New colouring book dives deep into the Minas Basin Erica Porter and her father teamed up with a marine biologist and illustrator to make The Inner Bay of Fundy, Colouring and Activity Book.

What a great idea! Check out this new colouring book for all ages about the Inner Bay of Fundy, Canada.
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Buy it here:
books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...
#ScientificOutreach #OceanAwareness #MarineScience #ArtAndScience #OceanConservation #EcoArt #OceanLiteracy

Astrotourism on the rise over Bay of Fundy | CBC News A group of New Brunswickers hopes to capitalize on the extraordinary darkness of the Bay of Fundy coast by creating a 180-kilometre "dark sky corridor" to both protect the region from light pollution ...

From the bottom of the ocean to the heavens above, the Bay of Fundy is a wondrous place.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oh good to know! Thanks Chris !! I wish you were still working at MI :)

When you're dealing with huge video file transfers and the hard drive keeps overheating....
Do any other researchers using #BRUVS and #camera tech relate? 🧪📷

Thanks @melissacmarquez.bsky.social for writing a great story on our recently published paper!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Global electricity generation by source, terawatt hours, 1990-2026. Figures for 2025 and 2026 are projections. Renewables include wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy and geothermal. Source: IEA electricity mid-year update 2025.

NEW – IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/lh84pyn

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

There's so much life in the deep ocean, and there's still so much to discover! #deepocean #marinescience 🧪
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Apparently it's called a Mega Hork 😂 I know what I want for Christmas...

Something went evolutionary wrong with this one 🤔 @ripleysaquariums.bsky.social
Centaurs are so 900 BC, make way for the #sharktaur 🦈🐎
#shorse #hork ??