David Sims
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Marine ecologist, university professor #ERCAdG researching #Shark movements, behaviour & conservation w/ #biologging #GlobalSharkMovementProject - views my own.
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New #OA paper: #COVID__19 effects on global shipping activity much more complicated than previously reported - great new paper by Alexandra Loveridge & Intl Bio-Logging Soc Covid-19 Initiative UN Ocean Decade National Geographic Moore Foundation
New immigration rules are a threat to UK science: letter from me & Alex Lees. Additional increase in 2024 in the fee for Global Talent Visas to £5931 (!)(according to The Royal Society note) will be a further barrier to mobility nature.com/articles/d4158… royalsociety.org/-/media/policy…
🚨🚨Our paper on industrial activity at sea, mapped from space, is out today in @nature! 🚨🚨 nature.com/articles/s4158… This is the foundation of the Open Ocean Project - Global Fishing Watch's effort to map all human activity at sea: globalfishingwatch.org/open-ocean-pro…
Why do some animals dive to the dark, deep sea? 🐟🦈🐙🌊 David Sims David Sims from the MBA - Marine Biological Association is part of a study which found that large predatory fishes dive between 200m to 1,000m below the surface. Want to find out why? 👇 #EUfunded scienmag.com/new-study-shed…
New spotlight article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution “Shark conservation requires mortality-limiting regulations amid global change” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Despite anti-finning laws aimed at conserving sharks, a recent study by Boris Worm & colleagues have revealed that global shark mortality rates have surprisingly risen over the past decade, driven in large part by increased demand for shark meat. This is a huge wake-up call.
Boris Worm While the demand for shark fins was historically the greatest threat to sharks, anti-finning regulations did not prevent sharks from being killed, nor did it even prevent fins from being removed and sold, so long as the rest of the shark was not discarded at sea.
Boris Worm David Sims While discouraging, the study does report some positive outcomes: namely, regulations that appeared to successfully reduce shark mortality, such as regional shark fishing prohibitions or retention bans, that is, policies that directly reduce the number of sharks being killed.
Boris Worm David Sims David Sims & I discuss the importance of this study & highlight its findings. It’s clear that rather than focusing on finning alone, the next wave of shark conservation will require reducing overall shark mortality amid threats from global change, including global warming.
Boris Worm David Sims Spotlight article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Original study: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 📷 in thread courtesy Madison Stewart (Project Hiu). Mako 📷 courtesy CIBIO / MBA
🦈 We have two exciting job opportunities available David Sims to work on #shark biologging movements, behaviour & distributions under #ClimateChange as part of the OCEAN DEOXYFISH project: 🌊 Project Technical Officer 🔬 Postdoctoral Research Scientist buff.ly/44FsDse
New Review paper on #OceanDeoxygenation & #sharks, skates and rays - physiological mechanisms, behavioural responses & ecological impacts, led by Matt Waller MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton European Research Council (ERC) Open Access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…
Sharks & climate change - new tag recording O2, Temp and fine-scale movements & activity to explore #shark responses to #MarineHeatwaves & ocean #deoxygenation - out now Open Access in Methods in Ecology and Evolution European Research Council (ERC) dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…
