MegaMove
@MegaMove_Org
MegaMove is an international collaboration advancing marine megafauna conservation through science & tracking🌎🌊 Read recent landmark study in link below👇
Congratulations to PhD researcher @FreyaWomersley who has won both the @UoSDocCollege 'Ocean & Earth Science' Research Award & the 'Best of Faculty' Research Award for her world-leading @PNASNews paper on global collision risks of #whalesharks & shipping @NERCscience @thembauk
🐢 Up to 45% of the space they use is for residency behaviours - resting, feeding, mating. These are the ocean’s nurseries, dining rooms, and homes. They must be protected if threatened species are to recover.
📢 New study by #OceanDecade Action @MegaMove_Org found that: 🦈 Marine megafauna spends 90% of their time in areas identified as "Important Marine Megafauna Areas" 🚨But only 5% of these areas currently fall within marine protected areas Read more: ow.ly/VOqM50Wuupt
📍 About 66% of marine megafauna movements are linked to important behaviours like migrating, foraging, and breeding. The areas most used for these behaviours might be key to their survival! @UWAresearch @aims_gov_au
🌊 Close to a third of marine megafauna species - including some of the most charismatic species in the ocean, such as sharks and turtles - are at risk of extinction. Effective conservation efforts are urgent. @WWF @UNOceanDecade
🌱 Marine megafauna are sentinel species – they can be indicators of climate shifts and ecosystem health. Protecting them means we’re protecting the ocean and other biodiversity that depends on it. @scienceANU @SchmidtOcean
🧭 The MegaMove Project tracked over 15,000 individuals across 121 species in the global ocean. That’s 30+ years of marine movement data collected by ~400 researchers worldwide - the biggest dataset of its kind. @scienceANU @ourANU
🌊 Our recent landmark global study on marine megafauna is live and openly accessible. It draws from decades of tracking whales, turtles, sharks and more to guide ocean conservation worldwide. @UNOceanDecade @ourANU @UWAresearch 🔗 Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/hioa
🌊🌍 New global study published in Science identifies the most critical ocean zones for marine megafauna conservation. Using tracking data and network science, researchers mapped key habitats shared by whales 🐳, sharks 🦈, turtles 🐢and more. 🔗 ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/news/global…
A nice summarised version in @ConversationEDU about our recent publication in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…) 🌊🐳🦈🐢🐧
And here is an article I wrote for @ConversationEDU about the just released Science paper showcasing @MegaMove_Org 's recent findings! To halt human-induced extinctions of biodiv we need mitigation strategies in addition to area protection. @EcoEvo_ANU theconversation.com/we-tracked-13-…
Another cool project using tagging to understand what the #endangered Australian sea lions are up to in the Perth metro waters with @SalgadoKent, Holly Raudino, Kelly Waples & many more! @EcoEvo_ANU @uwaoceans @WAMSInews sequeiralab.com/2022/10/17/tag…
Tenure-Track Appointment in Marine Ecotoxicology @SFUBioSci Deadline 14th October sfu.ca/biology/about/…
New Post-doc position available in #biologging and #bioacoustics. 🔊🐳🐬 PhD applicants should have extensive knowledge of biologging tech, (e.g. DTAGs), & strong analytical skills with sound and sensor data processing and analysis. international.au.dk/about/profile/…
Follow @FishFish_Wiley for key updates and papers from Fish and Fisheries, a great journal covering diversity of areas in #Fish and #Fisheries research. Please retweet.
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Not only did Bill/Wiremu the #tohora southern right #whale draw a whale with his satellite track, but he swam thru proposed east #antartic #MPAs (Red boxes) Map by @FinntasticLeena! supported by @docgovtnz @AntarcticaSouth @royalsocietynz @itsliveocean
New fully funded #PhD for Sept 2022! ONLY for Indian Ocean region candidates to study sea turtle biology in the Western Indian Ocean, including foraging ecology & identification of critical habitats. Funded by @Bertarelli_fdn at @SwanseaUni More details: tinyurl.com/mamckb2h
Very excited to be attending the #UNOceanConference2022 in Lisbon, Portugal! Looking fwd to seeing the change in the course of impacts on the #globalocean, and to contribute to a united and concerted effort to alleviate threats in marine environment! @EcoEvo_ANU @uwaoceans
My take on the role of Portugal in the forthcoming UN oceans conference. Born in Lisbon, the conference brings me back home after 40 years of marine research. Na Conferência do Oceano das Nações Unidas vamos retribuir o que o oceano nos deu publico.pt/2022/06/20/azu…
Cracking day for a Bigbury Bay fish survey 😎🌡️☀️ PhD student Matt Waller is onboard with us today sampling elasmobranchs @TheSimsLab @thembauk @MBAEcology
Very excited to have been interviewed by @abcnews as a guest expert to talk about our recent @PNASNews paper on whale sharks risk of lethal ship collisions. @FreyaWomersley @TheSimsLab @nunoqueiroz29 See interview here: fb.watch/cYuqzL1bz1/ sequeiralab.com/2022/05/18/che…