Postdoc @UoABioSci and @BangorUni on the FisHistory project 🐟 | Marine Historical Ecology | Fisheries | Renewables
Georgina Hunt
Join our webinar this Friday at 10 am (GMT) to learn more about the FisHistory project. DM for a link to join 🐟
Fantastic visit to Cefas this week, chatting with herring experts and channeling our inner ‘Raiders of the Lost Archives’ 📖🐟
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @johnkpinnegar.bsky.social @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social
#OTD in 1868 Walter Garstang was born. During his time @thembauk.bsky.social Garstang focused on investigating North Sea fisheries. He was involved with the establishment of a fisheries laboratory at Lowestoft, which has since become @cefasgovuk.bsky.social
📸 MBA Archive ref PGA1.2
See our latest @newcastleuni.bsky.social and Cefas paper by @georginahunt.bsky.social investigating long-term changes in the feeding of fish species in the North Sea. Plaice, dab and haddock exhibited marked dietary shifts throughout the early 20th century onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Georgina Hunt
We're currently visiting the Isle of Man and and hoping to speak with any active or retired herring fishers on the island 🐟Tomorrow we're diving into the @manxheritage.bsky.social archives! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social
📢New paper!
🐟📚Using fish stomach contents spanning over a century, we reveal long-term diet shifts (from larger bivalves to smaller opportunistic prey) in demersal fish species in the western North Sea.
🔗 Open access in Fish & Fisheries: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Back from a very successful trip to the IOM speaking with locals and visiting archives to piece together historical accounts of the herring fishery. We stumbled across these beautiful title page illustrations of marine biological station reports based on Puffin island in the late 1800s
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MBA Library
Very exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social
Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
John Pinnegar
I look forward to reading this @leafyhistory.bsky.social !
@projectfishistory.bsky.social
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Georgina Hunt
Webinar alert!
Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved.
When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT)
Where: Online (Teams)
Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A
Interested? DM for a link to join!
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Alec BM Moore
Alec BM Moore
Understanding the extent and magnitude of change in marine food webs requires historical data that predates modern monitoring efforts. Such information can provide invaluable insights into the longer...
