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📢Today we celebrate Cefas' former Chief Scientist Prof Stuart Rogers

@stuart_ce

, who has been awarded an OBE for his scientific career tackling key marine challenges, including food security, climate change and pollution #KingsBirthdayHonours Read here➡️ bit.ly/465jEkq

We had a great time today at #FirstLightFestival2023! 🎉 Thank you for coming to the Planet Positive Tent. 🌏 If you missed us, we are here tomorrow! Dr Michelle Devlin will be discussing the value of corals & seagrasses on the bowling green in Kensington Gardens

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 9 others

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We are all set up in the Planet Positive Tent at #FirstLightFestival2023 and ready to meet you! 👋Head across today to hear from our team about the amazing work we do to help keep our ocean, seas and rivers healthy and productive. 🌊

The Blue Belt Programme Annual Update 22/23 is out today 🌊 Find out about our work over the last 12 months with the UK Overseas Territories to sustainably manage and protect marine environments. Read it here: tinyurl.com/2h3jw3u2

Oliver T. Hogg and 2 others

Jun 15

📣 THIS WEEKEND! First Light Festival returns to Lowestoft where we'll be sharing our science and how our research supports our oceans, seas and rivers. Find us in the Planet Positive tent on the bowling green Find out more👉 firstlightlowestoft.com #FirstLightFestival

Oliver Hogg from

is one of the speakers presenting today at the

@GovSGSSI

science symposium, outlining a range of recent research supported by

@ukgovbluebelt

🌊 Listen into all of the talks by clicking here 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-georgi

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Jun 13

Don't miss your chance to register for the upcoming

@TheFSBI

symposium co-convened by Cefas and

@Uni_of_Essex

@fsbi2023

Registrations close in one week, click the link to register now: fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2023/ #FSBISymposium2023 #CefasScience #RegistrationClosingSoon

We've had some exciting updates from our global #BRUVS network recently: 🦈A mako-shark spotted by the team in Tristan da Cunha 🐧 Adelie penguins swimming past cameras near Rothera base, Antarctica 🚢 In Bermuda, #BRUVS are shown to Her Excellency the Governor, Rena Lalgie

Blue Abacus and 9 others

It's great to see the Cefas supported Marine Litter school education packs in English and Arabic being used in Qatar to educate and inspire young people to tackle #marinelitter

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It is essential to educate children about the negative impact plastic and other litter has on our oceans and marine life. Proud to have been part of this important initiative to educate and inspire positive action towards reducing #MarineLitter @CefasGovUK twitter.com/ukinqatar/stat…

Jun 9

Cefas' marine litter experts have been meeting with colleagues from across the North-East Atlantic region this week in the Azores for the

@ICES_ASC

Working Group for Marine Litter, discussing all things macro and #microlitter #marinelitter

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On #WorldOceanDay, we discuss #microplastic pollution in marine environments. The #WGML @ICES_ASC focuses on monitoring efforts, data submission, policy, additives & environmental risks. The Azores is the perfect location to feel especially connected to the ocean @AzoMarineLitter

Jun 9

It was good to be part of this panel with Cefas'

@lisa_benson1

discussing the importance of protecting marine #biodiversity at the Blue Economies Symposium in Brunei. #BlueEconomy

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UK in Brunei

@UKinBrunei

Plenty of knowledge shared at

#MYCE on sustaining marine biodiversity through blue economy. Lisa Benson from

‘s @CefasGovUK was a panelist, speaking on the blue economy. Lisa moderated a session this on the importance of protecting our marine #biodiversity

@DefraGovUK

📣 New report: Evidence Needs Statement by the UK Blue Carbon Evidence Partnership calls on #bluecarbon community to fill critical evidence gaps to protect UK #bluecarbon habitats 🌊🌱. ▶ bit.ly/3N0A8l4

📣 Big news! We’re pleased to welcome Dr

@MattFrost2

@PlymouthMarine

as the new Chair of the UK’s National Decade Committee. Matt will inspire, coordinate and facilitate UK engagement with the

@UNOceanDecade

. Read more on our NEW website launched today ▶️ bit.ly/3WS7ozw

Great to see the publication of this report that so many partnered on!

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JNCC

@JNCC_UK

We recently published an Ocean Country Partnership Programme report on Recommendations for Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessments in Belize

working with Belizean Government & others to identify recommendations for future evaluations of the management of #MPAs

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On #WorldOceansDay let's celebrate #OceanScience!💙 Cefas,

@The_MMO

and

@JNCC_UK

deliver the

@DefraGovUK

Ocean Country Partnership Programme working with global partners on biodiversity, pollution and sustainable seafood #BluePlanetFund🌊 Watch our video➡️ bit.ly/3qgNvWO

Check out this incredible documentary from

@ukgovbluebelt

to celebrate #WorldOceansDay

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Blue Belt Programme

@ukgovbluebelt

Happy #WorldOceansDay

Our new #DY159 film is out today!

It tells the story of our latest research expedition to unexplored areas of ocean around @AscensionMPA and @sthelenampa

Introduced by @elliegoulding, watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=67mUxm @FCDOGovUK

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For #WorldOceansDay

is hosting a roundtable on how investors can join together to support the ocean, reefs, and climate-vulnerable communities 💙

@GlobalFundCoral

, which we help fund, is a great example: globalfundcoralreefs.org

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🌊🌍 It's #WorldOceansDay! Through innovative science and partnerships, Cefas works to tackle climate change, pollution, and promote sustainable practices💙🐬 Find out more 👇 cefas.co.uk/news/protectin #CefasScience #UNWorldOceansDay2023

It’s less than two weeks to go until #FirstLightFestival Cefas'

@ShellBell2227

is talking about #corals and #seagrass Sunday 18 June, 10:00🌊 🐠 Find out how these valuable ecosystems adapt to human activity pressures and what we can do to protect them. Hope to see you there!

This #WorldEnvironmentDay we are reflecting on the urgent issue of #ClimateChange

have been working in partnership with

@ROPME

on understanding adaptation options in the gulf region. See the latest reports on building climate resilience here: ropme.org/?page_id=400

DiadES | Animated movie about fish migration

Jun 6

📢 NEW PAPER! Clinical and environmental isolates of #Vibrio parahaemolyticus from New Zealand differ in their population structures, ancestral profiles, genetic relatedness and virulence profiles which may influence #virulence of the clinical isolates 👉bit.ly/3WYZDYD

#DY159 was a brilliant opportunity to run several #BRUVS surveys across

@AscensionMPA

and

@StHelenaMPA

, as part of our wider #GlobalOceanWildlifeAnalysisNetwork. Hear from

@Shona__Murray

on what we found 👇🦈

@countingfishes

#WorldOceansDay More: tinyurl.com/3szcnra2

What are #diadromousfish, and how can we protect them? Find out more in this #DiadESproject animated movie, produced by

@ChocolateFilms

. 👉 tinyurl.com/25rnrmj9 Graphic design by Julien Dejaeger, illustrations by Amandine Julien, under the direction of Ludiconcept

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Animated movie about fish migration www.diades.euFor DiadESland, the graphic design was made by Julien Dejaeger and illustrations by Amandine Julien, under...

This #WorldOceansDay we'll be releasing a new short-film telling the story of our #DY159 expedition 🚢 As we build up to Thursday, each day this week we'll be highlighting some of the individual stories from onboard Discovery 📽️ Watch the first story below 👇

Cefas' Chief Scientist, Grant Stentiford, joins the conversation about sustainable seafood in the

@BBCFood

article ➡️🌊bbc.co.uk/food/articles/

@CefasChiefSci

#OneHealthAquaculture #sustainableseafood

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Prof Grant Stentiford

@CefasChiefSci

Jun 2

Is it possible to eat seafood in a sustainable way? - BBC Food ⁦@CefasGovUK⁩ bbc.co.uk/food/articles/

cefas.co.uk/news/student-p

Jun 2

Less than a year since signing the MOU between Cefas and

@Uni_of_Essex

to promote marine and freshwater science, the first paper from a co-supervised MSc student has been published!

Jun 2

Five messages for the sustainable management of #diadromous fish species: a new

@Parlimag

article on the outcomes of #DiadES.

We’ve been working with partners to develop our fisheries management plans to protect fish stocks and the marine environment whilst supporting the fishing sector. But what are fisheries management plans, and why are they important? Find out more: gov.uk/government/pub

#wearerecruiting Assistant Project Managers with great organisational and communication skills to work with us in supporting the delivery of marine and freshwater science-based projects. Further details on CS Jobs bit.ly/45Bss1b

May 31

Great to see continued coverage of the #DY159 survey to

and

as part of the

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Our #DY159 survey to @AscensionMPA and @sthelenampa was in the news over the weekend

Read all about the expedition, and how the specimens collected are now being analysed at @NHM_London

@beardiddley @JamesBellOcean @Paul_Whomersley @NOCnews independent.co.uk/news/science/s

Successfully completed my Sea Survival training today! Thanks to

@warsashmaritime

for a great course (though could have done without the realistic cold rain during the practical). The sort of training you hope never to have to use but could save your life when at sea.

May 25

📢We are #recruiting a Director of Digital, Data and Technology to lead the development and application of innovative, data-driven approaches to transform scientific monitoring and management of our marine and freshwater resources. Further details ➡️📢 bit.ly/3q7a6oy

This week is #InvasiveSpeciesWeek in the UK, raising awareness of the impacts of non-native species on our environment.

are working with partners in the Gulf on this topic: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14. #INNS Image: Invasive Lionfish ©Peter Randall, Cefas

The first Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code for England is live ✅ The Code will help you: Be aware of how you could disturb wildlife 🐬 Recognise when wildlife has been disturbed 👀 Take part in water activities responsibly 🌊 Read more: gov.uk/government/pub

#wearerecruiting Project Administrators. Cefas requires two motivated, pro-active and highly organised people with a proven administrative background, who wish to expand their existing skills and build their knowledge of project support. Details on CS Jobs bit.ly/3BVcS30

May 24

The new issue of Cefas Monthly News is out! 🎉 From a mega beach clean to a new #climatechange blog 🌊 Read all the latest updates here content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKCEF #newsletter #CefasScience

#wearerecruiting a Funding and Sustainable Finance Lead. We require a confident, proactive person to help us to identify new avenues of funding to support the origination and delivery of our UK and international cross-government strategy. Full details bit.ly/3Oxrqxa

Cefas'

Kirsty Clarke and

worked with

to set up the 1st Maldivian microplastics lab to produce environmental data It was great to work with MMRI and

@MNUedu

scientists as part of

@DefraGovUK

's Ocean Country Partnership Programme #BluePlanetFund

May 23

Cefas is hosting a workshop for Early Careers Scientists, Genomics of Fish Pathogens, an introduction to bioinformatics, at the European Association of Fish Pathologists (EAFP) conference in Aberdeen, 10th September. Sign up here➡️ delegate-reg.co.uk/eafp2023/works

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Chantelle Hooper

@ChantelleHooper

May 23

Please RT! We are hosting an in-person Introduction to Bioinformatics workshop as part of #EAFP2023 in Aberdeen on 10th September. Follow the link to find out more! delegate-reg.co.uk/eafp2023/works @CefasGovUK