Francesco Garzon
@garzonfrancesco.bsky.social
Ecologist and conservation biologist 🌊 PhD student at University of Exeter 🌊 2018 National Geographic explorer 🌊 Marine megafauna movement ecology 🦈🐢🐋
An exciting new project with a fantastic team!
Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe're excited to share that @exeter.ac.uk researchers have secured ~£1 million to protect England's vulnerable pelagic sharks! The project aims to bring together the angling community and science to address important knowledge gaps. Find out more – news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... 🦑🌎🦤🧪🌐🌊🦈
I missed World Sea Turtle Day while on fieldwork, but I am so happy to be part of this ambitious new effort!
Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday (World Sea Turtle Day) we’re proud to launch the Wilkes Atlantic Leatherback Turtle Alliance (WALTA). A growing collab of 50+ partners in 25+ countries, WALTA will build evidence needed to protect Atlantic leatherback turtles To find out more, visit savetheleatherbacks.org @exeter.ac.uk
New Pub 🚨🦈 🐠🧪 Pleased to share our paper on Eastern Atlantic tiger #shark movements that highlight a global first with a return migration from West Africa to Brazil. This was a labour of love with our now departed colleagues Zeddy and Ze Luis, who so loved these sharks💙 doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fewer shark deaths when fishing guidelines followed - study
Researchers tagged sharks caught in England, Scotland and the Channel Islands for the project.
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Tag placement matters! 🦈📡 A new study led by @exeter.ac.uk uses water flow simulations to outline the effects of tag placement on sharks. Full paper - www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15... @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social 🦑🐟🦈🌍🌐📡🌊🦤 #AcademicSky
For the past 4 years I have worked with a wonderful team of scientists and anglers to track sharks in recreational fisheries. With close to 70 tags deployed, we found that good angling practice can result in pretty high survival for sharks! 🦈🎣🌊
Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 10mo agoNEW PAPER: Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social 🦑🐟🧪🌐🌊🎣
Four years, many tags, and even more written words later, my PhD thesis is DONE! 🎉 #biologging for #shark and #turtle ecology and conservation 🦈🐢🦑🧪 i have had a blast these past years at @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
Today I know I need to post some more cool deep-sea science but am feeling very resistant today. The best I can do is combine the two. A thread.
Attention #shark folks! Very cool job opp to study sharks in Scotland with a fantastic PI 🦈🐟🦑🧪
James Thorburn@jathorburn.bsky.social · 2y agoWe're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis. Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r... #MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs
Insightful paper led by colleagues at @exeter.ac.uk on behaviour of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom www.nature.com/articles/s41... @exetermarine.bsky.social @twhorton.bsky.social @drmjwitt.bsky.social @garzonfrancesco.bsky.social @owenexeter.bsky.social #LucyHawkes
Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Annual migrations, vertical habitat use and fidelity of Atlantic bluefin tuna tracked from waters off the United Kingdom
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PLEASE REPOST: The fantastic conservation journal Endangered Species Research with all articles fully #openaccess has just arrived @esr-ir.bsky.social Please give it a follow. You wont regret it! www.int-res.com/journals/esr... #conservation #academicsky 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🦈🐟🐠🐡
Many air-breathing marine animals swim about three body diameters below the water’s surface, which reduces wave drag and saves energy during migration. The common pattern has implications for species conservation. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 2y agoWe have a new feed collating everything to do with the Exeter Marine research network! Make sure to tag us, or mention #ExeterMarine to appear on the list. 🦑🧪🌍 bsky.app/profile/did:...
We're wrapping up Year 1 of our UK Blue Shark Tagging Project (www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...), and here are some highlights! -2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers -1750 tag cards returned -17 recaptures reported to date, maps below. -Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
Gotta love sunset fieldwork. Looking for #sharks in UK doesn’t always mean rain and gray weather 🙌 #trackingNotSlacking 🦈🧪🐠🌊
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 10 springtails leaping, 9 dance flies dancing, 8 ants a-milking, 7 wasps a-swimming, 6 flies a-laying, 5 gold beetles! 4 buzzing bees, 3 French worms, 2 turtle bugs, And a painting of a small flea. 🦗🩰 🐡 #invertebrate #advent #ArtAdventCalendar
Emily Jane Foster@emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 2y agoOn the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me Nine dance flies dancing, Eight ants a-milking, Seven wasps a-swimming, Six flies a-laying, Five gold beetles! Four buzzing bees, Three French worms, Two turtle bugs, And a painting of a small flea. 🪰 🖋️ 🐡 #Invertebrate #advent #ArtAdventCalendar
When the weather keeps you from finding sharks, you find a distillery and paint the sharks instead! #shark #fieldwork #sciart 🦈🦑🌊
The awesome scientist and all-round lovely human behind this great paper is now on bluesky! @jlrudd.bsky.social give her a follow! #exetermarine 🦑🐠🧪🌊
Francesco Garzon@garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca
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I have eaten The tuna That was in The Atlantic And which You were probably Saving for your study Forgive me It was delicious So sweet And so cold
Francesco Garzon@garzonfrancesco.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What do you do when an orca eats your research project? Why, you continue tracking of course! #trackingNotSlacking 🌊 New paper describes how orcas catch bluefin tuna, and shows the longest high-resolution tracking of an orca ever! @exetermarine.bsky.social 🦑🐠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - High-resolution biologging of an Atlantic bluefin tuna captured and eaten by a supposed orca
nature.com
Yes, I love scallops, but I also love #sharks. Check out these movements of 'Tasha', the blue #shark whom we SPOT tagged off Cornwall in July. Huge thanks to Skipper Chippy, NOAA Fisheries, @exetermarine.bsky.social @bluedogfishing.bsky.social @hannahrudd.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social 🦈
New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇
Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north
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Today I am celebrating #worldfisheriesday an arena that has formed the basis of my career. Throughout this time I've been lucky enough to be involved in numerous #fishing industry - #science partnerships, a fantastic way to share knowledge, & to build trust & respect. It's also fun! #fisheries 🐟
If you're a fish or marine telemetry person, this is a great time to follow a few of the network accounts, like @glatos-fish.bsky.social , @factnetwork.bsky.social @aquatictracking.bsky.social , and of course my personal favourite @oceantracking.bsky.social . Let them know you're glad they're here!
I’m working on a starter pack of ocean science and conservation accounts who post regularly and cover a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives. Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠 go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn
What can turtles tell us about noise in the ocean? In our new paper in Biological Conservation, leatherback 🐢 collect underwater sound data to map natural and human noise in the soundscape facing critical nesting beaches 🚢🔊 authors.elsevier.com/c/1k2~j1R~eW... @exetermarine.bsky.social
