
Sophy McCully Phillips
@sophy_phillips
Principal Fisheries Scientist @CefasGovUK, N.Europe Regional Vice-Chair @IUCNShark, Chair @ICES_ASC WGEF 🦈Elasmobranch biology, ecology, assessment and advice
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11-12-2019 09:12:06
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Identifying sharks is basically a puzzle - look for the key features (pieces) to complete the puzzle and ID the species Rima Jabado. Day 2 of Blue Resources Trust, Defra UK funded ID workshop starting 5am with a practical session at a local market. #BluePlanetFund #OCPP


Great to see the #BluePlanetFund Cefas Blue Resources Trust Rima Jabado supporting Sri Lanka to increase understanding around the impact overfishing can have on shark and ray stocks through species identification training, data collection and science-based policy support.




Great to catch up with @IUCN_Shark 🦈 colleagues @fsbi2023 and 👏to Nicholas Dulvy for winning the Le Cren fsbi Medal…very well deserved! David Sims Cefas





Congratulations Ross and Marine Institute team 👏 fantastic result!!

Excited to be on my way to 🏴 now to give my inaugural Buckland lecture 🦈 tomorrow with James Thorburn and also visit the home of the Buckland collection itself The Scottish Fisheries Museum

Just arrived in London for ‘For the Love of Sharks 🦈 2024’ from the The Shark Trust and super excited to be giving my next Frank T. Buckland lecture at such an amazing venue Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) tonight with some absolute legends inc. Steve Backshall


This really was the most awesome experience and what a night the The Shark Trust team pulled off 🤩 The audience were so warm and engaged and the other speakers were fantastic…a tough act to follow! It was an honour to be a part of it 🙏🦈


And it’s finally here 🙌🥳🙌! HUGE congratulations to all involved: Rima Jabado for leading, Alex for keeping us in check 😂, editors, contributors, reviewers etc.🙏 This will be an invaluable 🦈 resource for years and it was great to be a part of it IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Cefas



The next area of focus for the Important Shark and Ray Areas project is... the European Atlantic! We are seeking proposals for preliminary areas of interest to [email protected] by 18 April 2025. Please feel free to share this widely!


🐟 Fish tagging at #ICESSAC25 Discover how century-old fish tagging meets modern tech to unlock fish behaviour insights, best practices & how to integrate data in assessment models. Join Theme Session D👉ices.dk/events/asc/202… Sophy McCully Phillips Cefas Pia Schuchert AFBI
