Highlights from a successful OPXI Conference at @uvic.ca, 15-19 June, 2026. A huge thank you from the OPI Governing Board & Local Organising Committee to everyone involved this year, from our fantastic keynotes & ECRs, to speakers & attendees. What a fantastic week filled with fruitful discussions!

We are pleased to support ECRs in order to attend the Oceans Past XI Conference at @uvic.ca this week. Here are some words from those we have supported! 🔹 Irene García-Pérez  🔹 Lenin Alfonso Morales 🔹 Christina Treinen Crespo 🔹 Tessa Thomson 🔹 Lais Chaves 🔹 Wendi Coleman 🔹 Sabrina Schettino

We had a flying start to Oceans Past XI! 🐟 Carmen Dick from the Songhees First Nation generously welcomed all Oceans Past XI attendees to Victoria 🇨🇦 We also heard from our first two keynotes, Professor Daniel Pauly and Professor Cristina Brito.

ICES is committed to supporting early-career scientists. Meet some of the individuals we have supported at Oceans Past XI this week @oceanspast.bsky.social 🔷Madison Bowden-Parry 🔷Arlin Rodriguez 🔷Meaghan Efford 🔷Anna Guasco 🔷Hannah Kobluk

@oceanspast.bsky.social OPI conference is under way at Victoria University. Check all the talks and topics in #historicalecology and #marenvhist at oceanspast.org and project's mew results such as @erc4oceans.bsky.social

We are proud to support early-career scientists attending Oceans Past XI this week at the University of Victoria in Canada, hosted by the Oceans Past Initiative @oceanspast.bsky.social Meet our ECS here! 🔷@gwynchil.bsky.social 🔷Jannick Scheepstra 🔷Leah D. Rubin 🔷Jaime Ojeda

Attending Oceans Past XI with us at the University of Victoria this month? Find the draft programme here: oceanspast.org/conferences/... 📸 Throwback to a sunny Oceans Past X Conference in Cornwall, UK

We are looking forward to meeting you all next month at Oceans Past XI! Not registered for in-person attendance yet? You only have a few days left! 📣 The deadline for in-person full conference registration is Sunday, May 31st, at midnight British Summer Time.

Early bird rates to join us for OPXI in June end tomorrow! @icesmarine.bsky.social @unoceandecade.bsky.social @uvic.ca

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Join the Oceans Past Initiative (OPI) - @oceanspast.bsky.social for their next conference! Oceans Past XI June 15-19, 2026, University of Victoria, British Columbia Theme: Ocean-Connected Communities Early bird rate ends tomorrow. niche-canada.org/2026/05/14/c... #envhist #envhum #oceans

What questions were marine scientists asking in 1926? Are they still asking the same questions? A new paper has the answers! 📄One hundred years of topics and citations in ICES Journal of Marine Science doi.org/10.1093/ices... ✍️ Szymon Smoliński, Natalie Isaksson, Silvana Birchenough, Howard Browman

Early bird registration deadline coming up 🎟️🐦 Interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions❓ Join Oceans Past XI Conference on 15-19 June in Victoria, Canada. Deadline for early bird registration is 15 May: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oceans-pas...

Oceans Past Initiative@oceanspast.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Registration for the Oceans Past XI Conference is now OPEN! Early bird rates available until May 15! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oceans-pas... For more details and information on OPI XI registration, see the link above. We look forward to seeing you at the conference! 🐟

Joining us for Oceans Past XI this June? We'll be reducing the availability of discounted room rates at the University of Victoria from April 15. Book via our conference website 🔗 sway.cloud.microsoft/KADEy01cx1zB... Looking to split costs & share accommodation? Email us as info@oceanspast.org.

Oceans Past XI: June 15-19, 2026

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Registration for the Oceans Past XI Conference is now OPEN! Early bird rates available until May 15! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oceans-pas... For more details and information on OPI XI registration, see the link above. We look forward to seeing you at the conference! 🐟

Fish folk - have you ever heard of old (18thC) name Mylwell or Melvell?🐟 @oceanspast.bsky.social @thefsbi.bsky.social @projectfishistory.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social Apparently sometimes applied to cod, but not in this context (as named alongside, along with ling, conger, hake and bream)

Want to keep up to date with #MarineHistoricalEcology research news and more? Join our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org Missed our January newsletter? Catch up here: oceanspast.org/newsletter/

⏰ Last call! Abstracts for Oceans Past XI close tomorrow ⏰ If you're interested in past human–ocean interactions and changing marine systems, don't miss the deadline! Submit today 📩 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ Early career researcher? ✨ ✅ Don’t forget to request travel support in your submission

Oceans Past Initiative@oceanspast.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED! New closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit! 📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026

Don’t miss out! Abstract & ECR funding submissions for the OPI XI conference are still open.. for now! The deadline is approaching! Closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit 🐟 📍University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026

Want to share your work at Oceans Past XI? Want some funding to get to the conference as an early-career researcher? The abstract submission and ECR funding application deadlines have been extended! Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ for all the information!

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Oceans Past Initiative@oceanspast.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED! New closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit! 📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026

Our deadline for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions for the OPI XI Conference has been EXTENDED! New closing date: 15th January 2026 Visit oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to submit! 📍 OPI XI University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026

📅 Reminder: 19th of December is the deadline for the Oceans Past conference abstract and ECR funding submissions! 🐟 Conference dates: 15-19 June 2026 Location: University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada Further information at: oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/

Webinar alert! Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved. When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT) Where: Online (Teams) Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A Interested? DM for a link to join!

Early December and I am now 4 months into my project, FINS! It’s been a busy and AMAZING start to this project which is so dear to me! August included what would be my first of many visits up to @nhmdk.bsky.social to look at the elasmobranchs in their collections and attending @isba11.bsky.social !

Our call for Abstracts & ECR Funding Award submissions are OPEN for the OPI XI Conference! 📍 University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada 📅 15-19 June, 2026 Closing date for abstracts: 19 December 2025 See our website oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi/ to explore conference sub-themes & submit!

Very excited to share that I've been given a ECR Spotlight in Volume 34 of the @oceanspast.bsky.social Quarterly Newsletter to discuss my "Beyond Stockfish" project and research journey (so far 😊!) bsky.app/profile/ocea...

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Our latest newsletter is here 🐟 This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more! Keep up to date…

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Our latest newsletter is here 🐟 This month we're celebrating two decades of OPI, with special features & reflections from Prof. Cristina Brito and Prof. Daniel Pauly, plus lots more! Keep up to date with current research in the field by joining our mailing list 👉 info@oceanspast.org.

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce the Call for Abstracts and ECR Funding Award submissions are now open for the OPI XI Conference. Join us & our hosts at the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada 🇨🇦, 15–19 June 2026! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #marinehistoricalecology

Oceans Past XI: Abstract and Funding Award Submission

The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars and practitioners interested in documenting and understanding changes in marine systems and human-ocean interactions in past decades, centuries and millenn...

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Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century @ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt

We'll be visiting ports in Mid-South Wales e.g., Fishguard and Aberystwyth next week (2nd-4th September). If you're from the area and know anything about the Irish Sea herring fishery (past or present), or know someone who does, please get in touch here or at fishistory@bangor.ac.uk🐟

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social

Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries. University of Exeter researcher...

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