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Flapper skates make a recovery in Scottish waters Research by Heriot-Watt University suggests that flapper skate numbers are on the increase.

The critically endangered #FlapperSkate is making a comeback in and around the #LochSunart and Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŸ after commercial fishing of the species was banned in 2009 ๐ŸŽฃ. About half of fishers across Scotland ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ say they are now seeing flapper skates almost every day ๐Ÿ‘€.

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๐Ÿ™Œ Successful Flapper Skate Egg-case Hunt on Friday with Tattie!
Fifteen found which isnโ€™t bad for the Scottish mainland! A few interesting ones and some with evidence of potential predation ๐Ÿš ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿฆ€

#flapperskate #eggcase #spaniel #coast #marinelife #scotland

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NatureScot Research Report 1390 - Local ecological knowledge from the Scottish fishing fleet on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) NatureScot Research Report 1390 - Local ecological knowledge from the Scottish fishing fleet on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)

โฌ†๏ธ In short fishermen (operating from Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Macduff, Pittenweem, Lerwick, Scalloway, Eyemouth, Troon, Stornoway, Ullapool and Mallaig) reported a significant increase in Flapper Skate numbers over the last 4 yrs ๐Ÿ‘

#flapperskate #marinelife

www.nature.scot/doc/naturesc...

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โ€ผ๏ธ ๐Ÿฆˆ Hundreds of species of highly threatened UK wildlife are left without much needed legal protection as the UK government opt not to act on the definitive findings of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

This includes: Critically Endangered #blueskate #flapperskate & Porbeagle #shark

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Animal tracking with particle algorithms informs protected area design Particle algorithms strengthen the value of acoustic telemetry for conservation.

๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ โ€œโ€ฆwe pioneer the application of particle algorithms for conservation with a case study of the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)โ€

#flapperskate #MPA #animaltracking #conservation #marinelife
๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿฆˆ

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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A team of researchers has succeeded in tracing the hidden paths of #flapperskate on the seabed around #Scotland using a new combination of data and statistical methods. This information helps to designate suitable protected areas for these critically endangered #fish.

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.eawag.ch/en/info/port...

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๐Ÿฆˆ Packing a bag for the #EEA2025 (European Elasmobranch Association) conference, including some #flapperskate eggcases for an exhibition at the Rotterdam Oceanium!
๐Ÿšจ Will i get quizzed going through airport security?? Place your bets now! ๐Ÿ˜†

@markdeboer.bsky.social
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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๐Ÿงต โš ๏ธ Yesterday in my role with Shark & Skate Scotland I attended the Flapper Skate that stranded on Montrose Beach.
We were able to attend quite quickly and perform the necropsy (see photos in thread).

#flapperskate #research #necropsy #elasmobranch #science #education #marinelife

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐Ÿงช

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Inshore areas recognised for flapper skate and thornback rays TWO INSHORE areas in Shetland are set to be awarded status as important shark and ray areas (ISRAs). Researchers at UHI Shetland led the submissions, for an...

Researchers at UHI Shetland led the submissions, for an area for flapper skate in the Fair Isle area and one for thornback ray in the Swarbacks Minn area.

๐Ÿฆˆ ๐ŸŒŠ #marinelife #flapperskate #thornbackskate #elasmobranch

www.shetnews.co.uk/2025/08/06/i...

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An interesting new open access paper which considerably adds to existing baseline population & distribution data of the #flapperskate identifying 3 core regions likely reflecting natural refugia.

๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐ŸŒŠ

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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

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๐Ÿ™Œ Well done to our volunteers from the โ€˜Engage Serviceโ€™, part of the Aberdeen Foyer charity!
Today they took part in a beach clean, whilst concurrently conducting a #flapperskate eggcase search and then had a closer look at the beach sediment for microplastics!

#beachclean #engage #environment

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New paper! We estimated the reproductive timing of the critically endangered #flapperskate by making use of a pre-existing #citizenscience photo ID database ๐Ÿ“ธ with @davemarinebio.glasgow.ac.uk @jathorburn.bsky.social Paper โฉ doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... & summary below โฌ

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This was the first live #flapperskate I encountered in 2021!
He appeared out of the silty seabed gloom at about 35m in Loch Sween ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
We set out to try and film the skate and had been diving all day, this was our final dive!

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

๐Ÿฆ‘ ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿคฟ ๐Ÿงช

#underwater #elasmobranch

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Scotland's flapper skate In Scotland, the Edges of Earth expedition meets a team of researchers trying to find out more about the elusive flapper skate.

๐Ÿคฟ We are in @oceanographicmag.bsky.social ๐Ÿ™Œ
Check out this link to learn more about Flapper Skate, how Shark & Skate Scotland came about and what we have been working on at the Kilchoan Melfort Trust!

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿฆ‘

#flapperskate #shark #conservation

oceanographicmagazine.com/features/sco...

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The utter contrast of Cairnbulg Beach never fails to astound me.
We have removed TONNES of #beachlitter from here over the years & still it comes ashore, & yet wading through it, I came across a hatched critically endangered #FlapperSkate #eggcase !
Exasperation and hope all rolled into oneโ€ฆ.

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿงช

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๐Ÿ‘€ I was up in Peterhead (Ugie Estuary) last Thursday for work. Several Flapper Skate empty eggcases and a Fairy Liquid bottle that is at least 54 years old!!!

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#flapperskate

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Nothing to see hereโ€ฆ just a #catshark #starryskate and a #flapperskate #eggcase on the draining rack!

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿฆˆ

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Ever wondered what #flapperskate teeth/jaws look like?
Here are a couple of images I took after performing a necropsy on a dead animal that washed onshore.
Like #sharks they have the โ€œconveyor beltโ€ replacement system.

#marinelife #scicomm ๐Ÿงช

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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Watch the moment a skate attacks a fisherman's boat off Shetland RNLI technician Paul Hutchison was out at sea at Muckle Roe when the large fish began to ram his boat.

๐Ÿ‘€ This is a new one, Flapper Skate chomps the side of a boat off Shetlandโ€ฆ. Side of the RIB covered in bait gunk?!

#flapperskate #flatshark #marinelife #ukwildlife

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

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A fresh flapper skate eggcase landed by a fishing boat in Ullapool

A fresh flapper skate eggcase landed by a fishing boat in Ullapool

A typical dried up flapper skate eggcase found on the beach at Balnakiel beach, Assynt.

A typical dried up flapper skate eggcase found on the beach at Balnakiel beach, Assynt.

Picture of Finlay, Ullapool Shark Ambassador, next to a huge female flapper skate that he found whilst cleaning the beach at Bay of Stoer, Assynt. The skate was atleast as wide and long as Finlay !

Picture of Finlay, Ullapool Shark Ambassador, next to a huge female flapper skate that he found whilst cleaning the beach at Bay of Stoer, Assynt. The skate was atleast as wide and long as Finlay !

Came across this female flapper skate while cleaning Stoer Beach, Assynt. Was still pretty fresh & absolutely huge !

Also photos of flapper skate egg case which I recently found on Balchladich beach.

Amazing to think that it eventually grows into something so big !

#flapperskate #MarineLife!๐Ÿฆ‘

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An unfortunate find of this deceased female #FlapperSkate at John Oโ€™Groats ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ yesterday.
Myself & my colleague had work commitments so were unable to attend, however, thanks to Ian Miller who reported the find, who then went above & beyond to take samples & measurements for research!
#marinelife

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I am really enjoying bluesky! Great #science & #marinelife content!
Hereโ€™s a short clip of my favourite chance encounter with a female #flapperskate
Despite surveying egg-laying sites regularly for several yrs, this was my first time seeing an adult!
Thank you to my new followers ๐Ÿ™‚
#scubadiving

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๐Ÿคฟ Had a blast last weekend representing Shark & Skate Scotland, we were at the Kilchoan Melfort Trust & chatting all things #flapperskate with the Edges of Earth team!

Thanks for having us!

#underwater #flatsharks #scubadiving #communityscience #engagement #conservation

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Itโ€™s that time of year when i start to free up some space on my phone & inadvertently revisit moments from earlier in the yearโ€ฆ
Late June, excellent visibility, local dive site, the most beautiful #FlapperSkate !
My first underwater encounter with this #criticallyendangered elasmo!

#marinelife ๐Ÿฆ‘

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