Dr. Ciara Willis
@seawillis.bsky.social
https://ciaraswillis.wordpress.com Biological Oceanographer, 🐟 & 🎣 | Investigating migratory top predators in the open ocean 🌊 | Postdoc at MBARI | 'keer-ah' | 🍁
What happens when swordfish are on the hook? Using #biologgers on recreational fishing gear, we: 🎣Identified distinct stages of the fight 🌡️Examined how swordfish use vertical ocean structure 🔍Developed a new tool to track shifts from fish-driven movement to angler control doi.org/10.1093/ices...
Piscivore Project Update 🐟🤖 Our @mbarinews.bsky.social Career Pathways Interns Addison & Luis have been hard at work annotating! Huge thanks for the sharp eyes and dedication - including spotting a new species, the Rhinoceros auklet 🦏 Every annotation helps improve our understanding of the big blue
📢 New paper out in Marine Policy! Co-designed with stakeholders 🤝, we simulate how harvest strategies shape outcomes in SE Asian & Pacific #tuna fisheries - highlighting key trade-offs at the fleet, national, and regional levels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Simulating harvest strategy trade-offs for tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
The Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) is home to the world’s most productive tuna fisheries. The responsible regional fisheries management orga…
sciencedirect.com
New barracudina just dropped 🎉 We see a LOT of these long, toothy deep sea fishes in our swordfish stomachs - exciting to be able to ID them more accurately in the future! www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
Ferocious Predator and Important Prey: New Barracudina Species Named for Smithsonian Biologist
Fisheries biologists recently described a new species of barracudina found in U.S. waters in the North Atlantic. Although understudied, these small fish may play a big role in their ecosystems.
fisheries.noaa.gov
FRIDAY: Join us online on March 27 at 11 am PT as Dr. Ciara Willis @seawillis.bsky.social of @mbarinews.bsky.social discusses "Connecting Pelagic Ecosystems through Top Predator Ecology". RSVP required: oceans.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...
Excited to be in Glasgow this week for #OSM26 w/ @mbarinews.bsky.social & @whoi.edu 🌊 Let's chat predators 🐟, mesopelagic ecology 🌌, and emerging fisheries 🎣 - swing by the poster on Tuesday or shoot me a message to meet for ☕️!
Could #deepsea fishing put tuna on the hook? 🎣 Our latest research led @whoi.edu (current: @mbarinews.bsky.social) suggests harvesting #twilightzone fish may weaken tuna stocks and existing fisheries. Check out the paper to explore ecological 🐟 and economic 💵 trade-offs phys.org/news/2026-01...
Deep-sea fishing could undermine valuable tuna fisheries
A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that proposed commercial fishing in the deep ocean could have serious consequence...
phys.org
Come ☀️ or 🌧️, a great first month @mbarinews.bsky.social working with the Piscivore system to autonomously observe marine predators and their environment ... stay tuned for 🐟🦈🐋🦭 & more!
Current status 🤓 : Wrapping up an amazing 5mo @imas-utas.bsky.social in Australia, then it's on to 2y @mbarinews.bsky.social in California! 🐟🎣🤖 Love working on top predators across their ocean ranges 🌎🌏
