Fish ecology folks. Which good* fishy journal has the fastest handling/ decision time? Cheers Chris *As in reliable and you enjoy reading rather than inflated IF

Chris Harrod Surprised Eel Historian, PhD That 133 cm river eel was in 1996 (picture). A century ago, there were a couple of six-footers, 180 cm, reported around Western Europe. But that is over, now.

Forgotten wetlands 2: The humble farm #pond. There is no more important habitat for biodiversity in the farmed countryside. Happy to arm wrestle over it #WorldWetlandsDay

Today at the Aquatic Online Seminar Series of the Bournemouth Uni, I had a fantastic time sharing intriguing tetra fish stories! 🐟 Thanks to @TheBiologyBen and KratinaLab. #Teamfish #Aquaticecology

I am super excited to say that Dr Zach Boakes passed his PhD Viva today at Bournemouth Uni ! 🎉 Thank you very much to his examiners Bryce Stewart Pippa Gillingham Congratulations Dr Boakes 🍻🍾 #VeryProudSupervisor 👏👏 @rick7575

“Dr Zach Boakes”… !! It’s official, but still sounds weird. Passed my PhD today. Thank you to all those who have been there on this journey with me, what a journey it has been.

Saving the #Crucian Carp. One pond at a time Institute of Fisheries Management Will Millard Calverton Fish Farm Jack Perks Fish Health, Ageing and Non-Native Species Angling Trust #crucians24

At Zero Carbon Guildford launch day, learning from @TheBiologyBen talking about environmental stressors, specifically microplastics!

New open access in Hydrobiologia: Movements and habitat use of native and invasive piscivorous #fishes in a temperate and channelized lowland river doi.org/10.1007/s10750…

#FishSciJobs: Fish and Food Web Ecologist at UKCEH, Salary - £45,065 - £47,823 Permanent, full time. ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Care…

#JFB: Gordon H. Copp: An obituary doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15… #FishSci

Congratulations Morgan Piczak! Check out this #OpenAccess perspective led by Morgan in Environmental Reviews ➡️ "Protecting and restoring habitats to benefit freshwater biodiversity" doi.org/10.1139/er-202…

We'd like to congratulate Dr Erika Eliason who's been awarded this year's #FSBIMedal! 🏅 Erika's research has encompassed everything from tropical to polar fish biology - integrating physiology across disciplines. Some of Erika's most well known work involves salmonids & policy.

#JFB: Emigration of post-spawned twaite shad 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘹, an anadromous and iteroparous fish, in a highly fragmented river #FishSci doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15…

🚨My first, first-author paper fsbi We validated the performance of Innovasea miniaturized V3D predation-sensing transmitters. With Heather Bauer Reid silviya ivanova Fisk Lab @SJC_fishy Graham Raby onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Rob Britton Dagmara Błońska

Just under 2 months to go until our next #FSBITravelGrant deadline (2nd September 2024) - enables researchers to present their work at scientific meetings! Up to £1500. More here: fsbi.org.uk/travel-grants/

I couldn’t make ConservationOptimism this week in University of Oxford but in the spirit of #conservationoptimism see my article in The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #cosummit24

This is terribly, sad news. Keith was not only a pioneer and an isotope guru, but also a generous warm, funny and overall lovely person to be around, and a big part of what made stable isotope ecology a lovely place to be part of. Raising several glasses to you tonight, Keith

Check out our new study if you are curious to find out whether hybrids are more concerning than invasive parents 👇👇👇 Rob Britton