Research group @ Lancaster Environment Centre, UK. We study coral reefs, fisheries, aquatic foods, environmental justice, animal behaviour, ecology, and climate change. 🐠 🐟 🎣 🪸
https://lec-reefs.org/
LEC Reefs
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New Paper Alert!
@sophiestanden.bsky.social
Is Understanding‘Fish as Food’ Enough?Reclaiming Power and Politics in Aquatic Food Research and Policy
📈Despite aquatic food systems gaining global attention, the role of power dynamics shaping debates is still overlooked.
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tinyurl.com/FishAsFood26
Last week our fantastic PhD student @nyxonrf.bsky.social attended the @thembauk.bsky.social Postgraduate Conference in Newcastle!
Nyxon presented her first thesis poster, highlighting data from Kew Herbarium @rbgkew.bsky.social on the photosynthetic diversity of seagrass
Well Done Nyxon!
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Last week some of our PhDs attended Envision's student conference in Windermere
Khatija Alliji, @bwoodhead.bsky.social, @anastasiasmith.bsky.social & @nadia-hamilton.bsky.social spoke on topics from coral reefs to pelagic systems 🎣🪸
AND alumni @markh22.bsky.social joined a panel on post-PhD life 🎓
@james-robinson.bsky.social & @bwoodhead.bsky.social at the PICES SPF Symposium!🐟
Beth spoke on distal drivers of SPF fishing pressure🎣
James ran a workshop on nutrition in SPF value chains & presented @crisruanocha.bsky.social work on fishmeal factory impacts on fish consumption in West Africa🐟
New paper out on the use of Virtual Reality to increase ocean literacy in higher education 🤿🌊
Not everyone has the chance to see & interact with reefs, but immersive tools like these can allow for a more personal connection with the ocean & ultimately foster a deeper sense of agency and empathy!
Had fun talking corals at Brownies tonight - such an enthusiastic and engaged bunch! My daughter couldn’t stop giggling when I dressed her up in all the dive gear 😂🥰
