Denise Risch

@denrisch.bsky.social

This looks bad @fisheries.noaa.gov Amendments to the North Atlantic #RightWhale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule "The goal of this initiative is to reduce unnecessary regulatory and economic burdens on the regulated community by replacing current seasonal speed restrictions with... 🐳🌍🦑🧪 1/2

Amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule

NOAA Fisheries has announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking considering possible deregulatory action to modify the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Speed Rule.

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We are hiring: #PhD fellow in Ecosystem-based management and marine connectivity🐋🧪🛰️ Want to work with tracking data from migratory species to identify ecological corridors and help inform biodiversity conservation priorities? Apply by Dec 7th! @bioprotectproject.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ytfmfhfc

PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Job title: PhD Fellow in Ecology/Ecosystem-Based Management (289259), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025

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🐋 Registration Deadline Extended 🦭 We've extended the deadline for registration until the 21st November, so there's still time to sign up if you thought you'd missed it! Head to our website or scan the QR code in the poster to get to the form. Hope to see you all in January!

UKIRSC Marine Mammals@ukirsc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below #UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals

Interesting development in the whales-and-wind saga. Someone's playing this one very smart. Repeating - anyone who tries to shut down offshore wind for right whale conservation and does nothing about entanglements is either a fool or has a motive other than whale conservation. 🐳🌍🦑 1/2

Green Oceans and Three Tribes Petition NOAA to Revoke Offshore Wind Companies’ Authorizations That Harm 61% of the Critically Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales While Building their Projects

Three Native American tribes, the Shinnecock Nation, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah, the Narragansett Tribe, ACK for Whales, and Green Oceans have ...

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Interested in biology and comparative psychology, and working in an interdisciplinary project and research team? I’m advertising two PhD positions on the evolutionary origins of cooperative sociality and communication (start 1.10.) at the University of Konstanz👇 links below!

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Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social) has just unveiled field recordings (and compositions that incorporate them) for 270 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and one of mine is included (responding to Horses at Machu Picchu). There's a lot to listen to! citiesandmemory.com/heritage/

Sonic Heritage - the sounds of the world's most famous sights

Sonic Heritage is a global tour to examine the role sound plays in the UNESCO-listed spaces deemed the world’s most culturally significant.

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Please join us for the upcoming Open Forum Session by the Marine #AI Forum! The session titled Understanding the Current State of #SouthernOcean #Benthic Ecosystems Using #DeepLearning Computer Vision with Dr Cameron Trotter (@bas.ac.uk) will be taking place online on Thurs 3 Apr at 10 am UTC.

MASTS Open Forum Session "Deep Computer Vision & Benthic Ecosystems" - MASTS

MASTS invites everyone to this free Open Forum Session hosted by the Marine Artificial Intelligence Research Forum.

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Meanwhile, in the world of #whales - Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded ~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species 🐳🌍🦑

Endangered Rice's Whale At Risk As Protection Efforts Are Rescinded

After BOEM rescinded its protection efforts aimed at slowing ship traffic, there is little to save the whale from extinction.

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Small things we can do to help US gov scientists Journal editors - how about we don't ask US gov folks to referee manuscripts now. They have more than enough to deal with. Other scientists - pick up that refereeing to help out. When asked, please agree to review. One idea 🐳🌍🦑🧪