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Important new study highlights that there is no silver bullet to #shark bite mitigation: we have to use multiple techniques to help protect beach users

Back in the field this week for @SydneyMarine Living Seawalls. Thank you to Tegan Furchert, Sydney Striowski and Alyssa Luongo for being the best shore support!

Such a great experience helping out in the field for this research! :)

Thank you to Alyssa Luongo Tegan Furchert Casey Forster Connor Gervais Alice Howie Sydney Striowski and Jasmine for being incredible!!

Today, the conservation status of the #giantmanta has been uplisted to #endangered by the IUCN Red List. This confirms what we have long suspected: this gentle #oceangiant is finding it hard to cope with intensifying human pressures around the globe. Read: marinemegafaunafoundation.org/blog/giant-man…

Alyssa Luongo Jorge Rodriguez Jane Williamson Thank you for all your help!

My first first author paper is officially published!! This is chapter 1 of my master thesis covering the literature of natural products in polyclads. Thank you to supervisors Jane Williamson Jorge Rodriguez and Peter Karuso for making this possible. doi.org/10.3390/md1902…

A lovely few days in the field with Steph Bagala and Living Seawalls for fish sampling! 🐠

#Sharks are #WorthMoreAlive! Did you know a single live Caribbean reef shark in #TheBahamas is estimated to be worth $250,000 over its lifetime for tourism versus a one-time value of $50-60 when fished?! RT if you ❤️ 🦈s!

Thanks so much to everybody who helped🤎. Especially the best team ever Brie, Alyssa Luongo , Talia Stelling-Wood, Chris, and my wonderful supervisors Prof Emma L Johnston AO FAA FTSE and @CariocaMayer.

Today we finally have submitted our manuscript “Oyster reefs as fish habitat: a seascape perspective” to a journal. Super excited about it and crossing all my fingers for the process to be smooth. To celebrate it here’s a sneak peak of the upcoming results... 😜

Some great times out in the field #fail

Here's a throw back to one of The Fish Lab MQ biggest field seasons for AMSA-NSMSS 2024 Conference #AMSA21Contest! Featuring Culum Brown 🇺🇦 Sherrie Chambers Tegan Furchert Emma Petrolo Alyssa Luongo Josh Reed Steph Bagala @catarina_vp Julianna Kadar Connor Gervais Dr. Rob Perryman +co doing their best(?) sharkies

I got accepted for my Masters of Research, unfortunately, I have to pay 80,000 to do so. It’s quite unfortunate giving the current situation as I do not have that kind of money, but cannot find a job. I am so passionate about marine science, but feel like I’ve hit a wall. Ugh.

Have been spending quite a bit of time underwater with Aria Lee Alyssa Luongo @DrNinaSchaefer lately! Exciting to see all the growth on the panels. Just hoping for sliiiightly warmer water when we head back out to this site to conduct fish surveys in a few weeks😉🌞🐟

Super excited to announce our first public information session for our Oyster Reefs Restoration project in the Botany Bay estuary! Join us on the 10th Nov to hear how we plan to bring back the degraded shellfish reefs of Australia!! RSVP on the link below! eventbrite.com.au/e/botany-bay-g…

Today we had an amazing day out in the field with the Gamay Rangers visiting the glorious remnant oyster reefs along with The Nature Conservancy Asia Pacific #oysterreef restoration sites in Botany Bay and Georges River. Thanks @MQBiology and Melanie Bishop for the support!! Awesome pictures here👇🏼

Finishing the week with another high, our paper: Remnant oyster reefs as fish habitat within the estuarine seascape, has just been accepted for publication! Thanks to the amazing team Melanie Bishop Brendan Lanham Dr Ian McLeod Alyssa Luongo, Matt Taylor & Steve McOrrie