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@SeaAroundUs

A research initiative at UBC and UWA led by #DanielPauly, Deng Palomares & Dirk Zeller. We assess the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Feb 22, 2023

‘Nobel Prize for environment’ awarded to Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila bit.ly/tylerprizesau

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. The 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’, has been awarded to two courageous Canadian ocean fisheries experts: ecologist Daniel...

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

Climate change and foreign overfishing are stripping Senegal’s sea bare bit.ly/sausenegal

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. Senegal’s fish are vanishing—and so are its fishers.

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 7 h

Our MSc student, Anna Luna Rossi, joined Reserva: The Youth Land Trust to share youth-led marine conservation stories at #UNOC3 bit.ly/blog207sau

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. At UNOC3, our MSc student witnessed first-hand how young people are shaping marine conservation dialogues.

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 9 h

Vitamin A, iron, B12 and calcium all packed into Indian Ocean fish 🧬 Why it matters → bit.ly/indianonutri

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. A new study estimates how much nutrition Indian Ocean fisheries provide and examines how these benefits align with conservation priorities.

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 11 h

Want to support sustainable fisheries? Start with better data bit.ly/catchrecon

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. Catch reconstruction video tutorials.

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 12 h

Overfishing, heat, and hopelessness bit.ly/sausenegal

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FishBase | BlueSky: @q-quatics.bsky.social@FishBaseProject · 23 h

🗣️2025 FishBase & SeaLifeBase Symposium 🗓️ Sept 2–3, Brussels & online 🔗 Register: biodiversity.be/6163/ 📷 Missed last year’s talks? Recordings from the 2024 FishBase Symposium: Day 1: bit.ly/Day1-GOLT | Day 2 : bit.ly/Day2-FishesMar….

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 14 h

Data equity in ocean science was one of the topics addressed at #UNOC3 bit.ly/blog208sau

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. One of the most memorable sessions at UNOC 2025 was the one that focused on small-scale fisheries.

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · 16 h

“Whatever is left is mostly diverted to fishmeal plants.” bit.ly/sausenegal

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 27

Half of Senegal’s fish is taken by foreign fleets bit.ly/sausenegal

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 27

Seafood = nutrition. But who gets it depends on the species—and the politics 🐟💬 bit.ly/indianonutri

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 26

Use export stats, tourism data, & local knowledge to estimate real catches. Ola shows you how 📊 bit.ly/catchrecon

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 26

Women in #Senegal once led the fish trade. Now, many are left with factory jobs—or nothing bit.ly/sausenegal

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 26

Indigenous and small-scale voices at UNOC 2025 brought nuance and urgency to global ocean talks bit.ly/blog208sau

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

🧊 Engines, iceboxes, nylon nets—Senegalese boats modernized to keep up bit.ly/sausenegal

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

Indian Ocean fish = 12% of global catch and 30% of seafood calcium 👀 bit.ly/indianonutri

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

Climate change means warmer, low-oxygen oceans. The GOLT helps explain why fish might shrink bit.ly/goltfick

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. According to new research, developmental changes in individual fish and experimental errors are the causes of inconsistencies that have erroneously been linked to the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory.

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

While ocean-based tourism is recognized as an economic force, the specific contribution of scuba diving at the global scale has remained unknown until now.

UUBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social)@UBCoceans · Jul 25

“Unlike mass tourism operations that can harm local communities and marine environments, dive tourism, can be economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable,” said Dr. Anna Schuhbauer. oceans.ubc.ca/2025/07/25/scu… @FisheryEconomic @ScrippsBee @ubcscience

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

Our catch reconstruction video tutorials now have custom subtitles in Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, and Spanish! bit.ly/catchrecon

Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 25

Daniel Pauly: high seas fishing benefits few countries and undermines global equity in ocean resources. bit.ly/highseasnature

SeaAroundUs's tweet card. Exploitation of the high seas risks doing irreversible damage to biodiversity, climate stability and ocean equity.

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Sea Around Us | Bluesky: @seaaroundus.org@SeaAroundUs · Jul 24

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UUBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social)@UBCoceans · Jul 24

The @projectseahorse team is working to ensure that our oceans are health as a horse (a seahorse that is). #OceanIdioms oceans.ubc.ca/10-years-of-io… @TanviVaidyanath