We report a 19-fold (!) spike in illegal fishing activity in the Chagos Archipelago, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. While the full picture is still emerging, the complex chain of event was likely initiated by C19 safety protocols by enforcement personnel...

🌊MEET THE TEAM🌊 Dr Kim Stokes, Post-Doc🐧 Kim is a marine ecologist specialising in sea turtles and movement ecology. Currently she is looking at the optimisation of swim depth to minimise cost of transport in sea turtles, penguins and whales! 🐋 tinyurl.com/3h2mys8d

🌊 MEET THE TEAM 🌊 Dr Holly Stokes, soon to be postdoc! Holly recently passed her PhD studying sea turtles in the Chagos Archipelago focussing on nesting ecology and the use of drone surveys and camera traps to facilitate research at remote sites 🏝️📷 tinyurl.com/46hptbw2

Join our team this week Thursday for our monthly fish surveys and an extra special World Oceans Day activity Swansea Marine Biology Swansea University

How the new Mumbles seawall will be a home for marine life. 🐚🌊 Good to see this Swansea project as top story in The Engineer ➡️bit.ly/3yPOqSo Swansea Council

🌊MEET THE TEAM🌊 Nupur Kale, PhD student🛰️ Nupur studies spatial ecology of sea turtles in the western Indian Ocean using satellite tracking and in-water observations 🐢 Link in bio to know more about Nupur's past research 🔗

It's hawksbill turtle day! Our work in the South-west Indian Ocean focusses on understanding the ecology of this critically endangered species. From migrations to monitoring, here's some of our recent papers:

Our new study published today in Nature Communications examined links between marine heatwaves (MHWs) and the health of foundation species (corals, kelps, seagrass) across the global coastal ocean rdcu.be/dKHfN (1/n)

Day 3 ISBW15 looking back at an excellent session: 19 presentations on global change and consumer effects from 12 countries/ 5 continents. A call to revise the ‘pristine’ for seagrass ecosystem. That includes consumers:tread x.com/FeeSmulders/st…

Is this the first sighting on Seagrass Spotter during ISBW in Napoli? Project Seagrass seagrassspotter.org/sighting/8269

Come work with us in Swansea! 3 fixed-term positions at Biosciences Swansea Marine Biology Swansea University: 1 Tutor in Marine Ecology & Climate Change (1 yr) 1 Tutor in Terrestrial Ecology & Conservation (1 yr) 1 Lecturer in Aquaculture & Fisheries (4 yrs)

🚨 New study reveals most EU Marine Protected Areas only provide marginal protection against destructive activities like mining 🇪🇺 This leaves the region struggling to meet its 2030 #biodiversity targets of protecting 30% of its seas by 2030 🌊 ⬇️ theguardian.com/environment/20… #CCT🐢

Today's spotlight is on the Pencilled surgeonfish. These reef residents are armed with sharp caudal blades and play a key role in keeping reefs healthy by grazing on harmful algae. #MarineLife #Surgeonfish #CoralReefs

🌍✨ Save the date ✨🌍 We are thrilled to announce that the 43rd International Sea Turtle Society Symposium will be held in Accra, Ghana from March 22-27, 2025. 🇬🇭🤩 The Symposium website will go live in early October, keep an eye out for the announcement 👀

Honoured to receive this ZSL Marsh award which would not be possible without amazing collaborators and support from my lovely family MarCEL Swansea Swansea Marine Biology

Check out our new paper in PNAS reporting that marine mammals, birds and reptiles swim at similar relative depths predicted from physics experiments, in the ‘sweet spot’ just deep enough to avoid making waves while minimising unnecessary vertical travel.m MarCEL Swansea

NEW PAPER 🐢🛰️ Sat tags can reveal so much about the hidden lives of turtles but what are the effects? By examining tagged turtles after 2-3 years of attachment, we found no damage to the carapace and no differences in growth rates compared to untagged individuals. 🔗👇/in bio