Lovely to meet the team at Stirling and get a sneaky look around their awesome aquaculture centre last week.
Note to self to stop dressing like I’m about to rob the gaff 🌚
🌍🐟 Join us to explore the conservation of the world’s forgotten freshwater fishes.
Hear stories of challenge, success, and collaboration from experts across academia, museums, and NGOs.
📅 Thu 19 February
🕙 10:00–14:00
📍 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔗 water.leeds.ac.uk/events/fresh...
🙀Invasive species cause such diverse ecological impacts that we needed to broaden the lens used to classify their effects. Very happy with the collaborative and progressive nature of this work, integrating previous efforts and helping fill key gaps after years of worldwide effort!
For the first time ever I’ve had someone (a senior co-author in fact) complain about the inclusion of an acknowledgment statement recognising the indigenous displaced people of the region we focus on in our manuscript.
Poor form & baffling behaviour/reasoning from someone who should be better.
Hear from 5 speakers:
• Saving the World’s Forgotten Fishes — Mike Baltzer & Georgie Bull, #SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social
• A Conservation Journey in African Freshwater Fishes — Dr Manda Kambikambi
#freshwater #fish #conservation
• Fish, Fishers & Finances in Brazil’s Ornamental Fish Trade — Prof Sean Killen @glasgow.ac.uk
• Streaming Services: New ways to monitor tropical biodiversity — Christian Ching @nhm-london.bsky.social
🐟 Convenor @josiesouth.bsky.social
🔗Event details: shorturl.at/V6YMv
Reading in journal club:
Developing a predictive science of the biosphere requires the integration of scientific cultures
@bjenquist.bsky.social et al.
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Hey hey this is free and open to all - come make plans with us!
"Leadbitter et al. 2025 calculates that replacing wild-caught seafood protein with the current mix of livestock protein would cost the Earth roughly 5 million km2 in land, about the size of the Amazon rainforest, an apt comparison since most land cleared for food comes from tropical forests." 🌏🐟
Many Indigenous philosophies acknowledge respect & reciprocity between people & nature. Affective ties to land & home are also at the heart of Tamazirt thinking of Amazigh communities in Morocco. Tamazirt could serve as an Indigenous anchor point for rural revitalisation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s132...
