UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is working towards a world in which our freshwater and ocean systems are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. #UBCOceans https://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqtufimc2iThe public stranding of a young #humpback #whale exposes tensions between animal rights activism and other choices around #biodiversity https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/14/what-the-fate-of-timmy-the-whale-says-about-conservation15 May 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqtufimc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqpyumgc2nA viral video of a man attacking a #sealion has been circulating on social media over the past couple of days. https://www.ksbw.com/article/man-strike-sea-lion-monterey-pier-noaa-california/7129827215 May 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqpyumgc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqokwodk2nAuthorities say Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, is the man caught in a viral video throwing a rock that a witness described as the “size of a coconut” at Lani, a local monk #seal. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tourist-allegedly-hurled-rock-endangered-221043993.html15 May 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqokwodk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqmhjaas2nReports of grey #whales washing up along B.C.’s coast this spring have raised concern among #marine observers, as scientists examine whether changing ocean conditions are affecting migration patterns. https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vancouver-island/article/grey-whales-skipping-arctic-migration-studied-off-bc-coast/15 May 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqmhjaas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqkbb5rk2nHannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson warns Iceland could lose #fisheries control and pay ISK 30 billion yearly if it joins the EU. https://thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/icelandic-professor-warns-eu-could-seize-control-of-fisheries/15 May 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqkbb5rk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqhwmvx22nGlass sponge #reefs comprise just three different species – Heterochone calyx, Farrea occa, and Aphrocallistes vastus – which can merge their bodies together to form a #reef. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/glass-sponge-reef15 May 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqhwmvx22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlvqebkfbk2zChina and Norway are working to expand the Southern Ocean #krill #fishery, promoting a new management system for the fishery that would increase harvests while also establishing a long-sought marine protected area. https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/china-and-norway-push-to-increase-krill-harvests-around-antarctica/15 May 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqebkfbk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlttdbzyy226Thursday Teehees! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlttdbzyy226https://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltin7twk22nEXTENDED LEARNING: Join us for our two new online courses: Sustainable Blue Economy & Communicating Ocean Science. Start on June 8 and 9 respectively. https://oceans.ubc.ca/non-credit-courses/extended-learning/14 May 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltin7twk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltfw3ognk2u“Some of those #whales are starving & some of them are stopping to feed,” Dr. Andrew Trites said. “It’s unusual. They don’t come in here usually, but if they’re short of food, we start to see them showing up.” @ubcmarinemammal https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-whale-sighting-vanier-park14 May 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltfw3ognk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltchmuyrc2tRESEARCH: Synthetic pelagic biomass size spectra of the tropical and subtropical Atlantic. Co-authored by Dr. Florian Luskow @fluskow.bsky.social. @eoas.ubc.ca https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.70608 via @esajournals.bsky.social14 May 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltchmuyrc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltcbtxobk2tBy far the biggest threat to #seahorses is their incidental capture in bottom trawls. As such, seahorses provide an index of the tremendous intensity of bottom trawling. @amandavincent.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-280780 via @theconversation.com14 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcbtxobk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltbqghrd22tAndrew Trites said that this time of year is when both humpback and grey #whales migrate from southern waters up north to spend the summer feeding. “We gave nature a chance, and look how well it’s responded,” https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-whale-sightings via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca14 May 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltbqghrd22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltbknyf4k2tA company in Labrador wants a piece of the offshore northern #cod #fishery — five per cent to be exact https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labshrimp-northern-cod-proposal-9.719715914 May 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltbknyf4k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mltbicwlp22tThe return of the humpback #whale to greater numbers than observed in decades is part of a larger revival of marine mammals in the Salish Sea. It is an astonishing sight of life rebounding, with exception of the endangered southern residents #orcas. https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/how-the-humpback-whale-made-a-massive-comeback-in-the-salish-sea/article_973be2f6-f6c2-5d1c-af55-132c1167904b.html14 May 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltbicwlp22thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqvouvvv22xRESEARCH: Habitat Suitability for a Unique, Fully Marine American Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Population Primarily Depends on Presence of Submarine Freshwater Springs/ Co-authored by Dr. Carol Meirelles and Dr. Andrew Trites https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70194 #OpenAccess13 May 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqvouvvv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqtkadhws2zProfessor Emeritus Dr. Carl Walters has won UBC Emeriti's Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours. https://oceans.ubc.ca/2026/05/13/carl-walters-wins-ubc-emeritus-award/13 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqtkadhws2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqrneqym22lBottom trawling is widespread & problematic. Gears operate by dragging large nets across the ocean floor sweeping up most of the life they encounter along the way & destroying habitat. Excellent article by @amandavincent.bsky.social @projectseahorse.bsky.social https://theconversation.com/bottom-trawling-is-scraping-oceans-of-wildlife-28078013 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqrneqym22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqqr43fv22lWhen the #capelin roll in on Newfoundland beaches, they bring hungry #whales with them — but a scientist says these marine mammals can be spotted in our waters at other times of the year too. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/holyrood-whale-ian-jones-9.719644613 May 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqqr43fv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqqjjhy722lA Dutch court has ruled that bottom trawlers can no longer #fish the Dogger Bank marine protected area (MPA) without a permit https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2026/05/12/dutch-court-rules-in-favor-of-strict-trawl-rules-for-dogger-bank-mpa/13 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqqjjhy722lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlqqgew7h22cSurvey scientists captured some of the incredible sights and scenes from the @fisheries.noaa.gov 2026 Bottom Trawl Survey. Their year in photos highlights some of our region’s marine life and the work we do to support healthy, sustainable fish stocks. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/gallery/2026-bottom-trawl-survey-photos13 May 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqqgew7h22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlo5wyqnoc2pResearch published in the latest issue of Marine Mammal Science reveals an even grimmer truth. The freshly weaned animals were brutally killed by their own kind: adult male gray #seals. https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-id-corkscrew-killer-behind-gruesome-seal-deaths12 May 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5wyqnoc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlmdr2prlc2nAre you a #highschool student looking to make your summer more #marine focused? Dive into our Marine Science Mini-school! 2 weeks intensive learning, based at #UBC, open for students 15-18 from around the corner, or around the globe 🌍! https://oceans.ubc.ca/non-credit-courses/fisheries-mini-school/11 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmdr2prlc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlm7xgszuk2gRESEARCH: Pacific salmon and cumulative injustices in Canada and the USA. Co-authored by Dr. Sara Cannon @surlyscientist.bsky.social, Jared Connoy & Dr. Andrea Reid. (Online access has been shared by the author(s) via @springernature.com) rdcu.be/fgU5Y (art credit: movement74.ca)11 May 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm7xgszuk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlm3mcyf4c2vDr Bry Wilson discusses Chagos brain coral11 May 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm3mcyf4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlm33lc3fk2vDr Bry Wilson @MarineBryology being introduced by Dr. Curtis Suttle @Virosphere2012 @UBCeoas11 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlm33lc3fk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcoceans.bsky.social/post/3mlloh5sld22eDue to their beautiful, distinctive spotted pattern and gentle nature, these animals draw researchers and tourists alike. But increasingly, the eyes watching them are not human. They are mechanical, hovering quietly overhead. https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2026/05/09/do-drones-disturb-whale-sharks-new-study-offers-surprising-answer/11 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:r27vxjigzd7bny45fwsccdba/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlloh5sld22e