Dr. Kent E. Carpenter not only made significant contributions to our knowledge of understanding of marine shorefishes in the 🇵🇭 Philippines, he also helped solidify our claim on and sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea. www.rappler.com/philippines/...

American biologist who testified for PH in South China Sea arbitration killed

(1st UPDATE) Dr. Kent Carpenter provided expert written records on the environmental harms of China’s reclamation and destructive fishing practices in the West Philippine Sea

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The news hit me hard as I was preparing for my Ichthyology class, reviewing my students' fish IDs using some of the FAO guides co-authored by Dr. Carpenter.

Lionel Dabbadie @dabbadie.bsky.social · 3w ago

💐 @fao.org - Philippines (PH) mourns the sudden passing of Prof. Kent E. Carpenter, one of the most influential scientists associated with our work on fish taxonomy and species identification. He was the co-editor of our landmark publication in Asia-Pacific. openknowledge.fao.org/search?query...

Oh...The Ocean Clean Up which 100s of global ocean scientists have criticised just signed a 5-year Memorandum of Agreement with the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources to clean up Manila Bay.

There are just a few days left to submit an abstract to my IMCC: International Marine Conservation Congress symposium “ocean science communication: what’s new and what’s next?” #SciComm 🧪🌎🦑

Here’s how to join my IMCC8 symposium, “Ocean Science Communication: What’s New and What’s Next?”

I am pleased to announce that I’ll be leading a symposium at the upcoming 8th International Marine Conservation Congress in Scotland! We’ll be discussing new developments and emerging t…

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Jabado @iucnshark.bsky.social at #SI2026 - we have enough science to start conserving lots of species of threatened shark and ray, and lack of data can’t be an excuse not to act. We need political will.

If you lost a bracelet at Hall A during #SI2026, come claim it at Lost and Found!

Pilaut is setting sail at #SI2026 ⛵️ Come to Poster Session B in Hall A today and tomorrow (May 6-7)! Follow @wildlifecoexistencequest on Instagram for more updates on our board game for shark and ray conservation 🦈🦈🦈

Happy to meet @emerythos.bsky.social – a fellow 🇵🇭 #PinoyScientier and @misselasmo.bsky.social at #SI2026!

If you're at #SI2026 and want to learn a bit about some of the work I do with @mwwphilippines.bsky.social ⬇️

I don't want to be the bad guy but I also can't help it if people keep messaging me to fact check a post about someone claiming to be the first to do something in my field 🦈 and/or country 🇵🇭 [FYI they're usually not]. My fellow researchers, pls fact check these before promoting your work. #scicomm

Would I cite "a jerk" in my work? Maybe, but after much consideration ⬇️

Jean Utzurrum@jean8rum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It comes down to - Is there another published paper that could be cited intead of their work? - If no to above question...Will deleting the statement I'm citing them for significantly change my work?

Need advice on #AcademicPublishing — if you were a journal reviewer and came across an article that cited a reference w/c you confirmed to be made up (non-existent/fake) would you... ? A. still finish reviewing the manuscript; B. consider for acceptance with revision; or C. reject the article

I ended 2026 with a series of unexpected twists to my masters thesis saga. I chose not too dwell too much on the "if onlys". After some reflection, I finally sat down to tackle this new development on the first day of the new year but... my laptop died.

Just a reminder that 1) science can co-exist with indigenous beliefs, 2) indigenous beliefs sometimes (if not often) are rooted in science. PS. Maybe things got lost in translation but Sierra Madre does indeed protect the east coast of Luzon in its own way, by lessening the impacts of typhoons.

Life updates: - marked safe from typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi - marked safe from last night's deadly 6.9M earthquake in Northern Cebu - not marked safe from thesis Diving into the last quarter of the year, and into typhoon season...

This past week and a half, I subbed for a teacher. Today's sked: 💪🏽 9AM-12PM lab learning applied physics through a game of tug-o-war and Giant Jenga 🧠 1-3PM lab playing Pilaut, a behavioural research game I co-created with Wildlife Coexistence Quest last year. Tired, but in a good way.

People who don't have airconditioning, how do you stay focused and working in this °C heat? 🥵

Cool new paper about terrestrial vertebrates endemic to the 🇵🇭 Philippines ⬇️

Kier Mitchel Pitogo@kmpitogo.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out in @envconsjournal.bsky.social! I reviewed availability of genetic data for all 769 endemic vertebrate species in the Philippines.
Read: doi.org/10.1017/S037...

I've been working in conservation for 22 years. It's disheartening to see there are still foreigners conducting one-off trainings in the Philippines 🇵🇭 with little to no Filipino participants and *zero* Filipino experts as resource persons or facilitators. Seems very 🚩 #ColonialScience 1/2

Yesterday, I learned cake icing decoration. I probably failed at techniques, but I managed to make a whale shark. #SharksNearMe

To celebrate #SharkAwarenessDay here is a snippet from my talk last Saturday at #PAMS18. As of 2023, the 🇵🇭 Philippines has 166 species of sharks and rays and 95 of these are IUCN Threatened Species. However, only 45 species are protected nationwide. Still lots of work to do to #ConservePHSharks

ATM at #PAMS18 — one of the largest gathering of marine scientists and conservation workers in the Philippines! I'll try to post live updates over the next 3 days.

Where my #PinoyScientists at? If you're heading to Cebu for #PAMS18 be sure to bookmark these talks by yours truly and colleagues from @mwwphilippines.bsky.social! See you soon 🌊🦈

#FlashbackFriday to last week's training in Bohol 🇵🇭 with colleagues from BALYENA.ORG 🐳 I talked about marine ecosystems and ofc #sharks! It was especially meaningful to see participants from LGUs with emerging whale shark tourism so eager to learn proper guidelines 🦈

Happy Pride Month! You know who doesn't change their brand image to rainbow just for June? Ctenophores. They make their gay little rainbows all year. It's a Pride parade in the ocean every day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 366 every four years. 🦑🐙

Today is 🪸 Coral Triangle Day! DYK the #Philippines is one of 6 countries in this global epicenter of marine biodiversity? I was lucky to see this pair of mating Olive Ridley #seaturtles during a survey of Iliana Bay (a.k.a. Iranun Bay) 🇵🇭 last April with BALYENA.ORG

New #sharkscience Megamouth shark babies

Jean Utzurrum@jean8rum.bsky.social · last yr.

Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!

So cool! 🐟 🦑 🦈 🧪

Jean Utzurrum@jean8rum.bsky.social · last yr.

Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!

Remember that first global record of megamouth shark pups? It's finally published in a scientific journal! Read all about it here: doi.org/10.31398/tpjf This study was partly supported by @mwwphilippines.bsky.social #AtingPating grants. Congratulations to the authors!

#NewPaperAlert 📣 — out now in Coral Reefs, a research paper on Benham Bank 🇵🇭 #MCEs that our Life Begins At 30 Deep team collaborated on using #BRUVS data we collected in 2019. We are happy to finally see this published! 1/4 #MesophoticPH #LifeBeginsAt30Deep