Cassie Rigby

Fisheries biologist and Research Officer at James Cook University. Shark ray chimarea research.

[Cassie Rigby @crigby4]

New #OceanicSharkStatus ground-breaking study funded by @SharkRayFund serves as a #wakeupcall and calls for urgent conservation action across the globe: https://t.co/zrHRHvpGi9 #biodiversity #GlobalSharkTrends

[The Deep-Sea Podcast @DeepSeaPod]

⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️

This time we're talking about the underdogs (under-fish?!) of the cartilaginous fishes: the chimaera!

Dr Brit Finucci talks us through the biology of these little oddballs, and how they differ from sharks and rays.

Listen now: https://t.co/4LyAXgmdcQ

[Dr Michelle Taylor @Dr_MTaylor]

Most incredible science discovery this decade! Changes every textbook. Manganese nodules produce oxygen in the #deepsea!!? ⁦These are the nodules targeted for mining… they make oxygen… 😳🤯⁩ ⁦@DeepSeaPod⁩ ⁦@DSBSoc⁩ ⁦@BBCMorelle⁩ https://t.co/gQHO38D3v4

[Shark Conservation Fund @SharkRayFund]

IUCN provides updated risk extinction assessments for an additional 51 species of sharks and rays -

[TRAFFIC @TRAFFIC_WLTrade]

🦈 @CITES Animals Committee #AC33 adopted all the recommendations from a new review co-authored by TRAFFIC.

It finds inconsistent reporting by CITES Parties is a major problem in saving threatened #shark and #ray species.

Read the report 👉 https://t.co/8MrM9N3Xcf

[The Deep-Sea Podcast @DeepSeaPod]

❔DID YOU KNOW❔

One characteristic of deep-sea sharks is their 'glowing'
green eyes, but what causes this?
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Listen to our deep-sea shark episode now: https://t.co/FEuFod4f5P

📸@geeinthesea

[Kim Friedman @kimfriedmans]

Published today!
These new @FAOFish reports are a paradigm shift in how we understand #shark and #ray commodities through value chain analysis

These reports were put together with valued partners
#SDG14 #Shark #fisheries
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[Jordan Matley @JK_Matley]

Cool new research from @HuveneersSSEG led by TomClarke about effectiveness of personal shark deterrents (against the big 3).

https://t.co/j64doHKSrT

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

This @CITES #AC33 side event "Hidden threats beyond the fin trade: Ongoing trades impacting #sharks & #rays", co-hosted by #Maldives & #Senegal will discuss various trade streams involving these species, their uses and #CITES role. 🦈🌊

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

@CITES @TheWCS @MDVinGeneva @BritFinucci @MantaTrust @IUCNShark @globalfinprint @niwa_nz @WCSsharks @DalhousieU @FAOfish @IUCNssc @ElasmoProject Discussing the new phenomena of fishing in deep water #shark liver oil, used for boat maintenance, heating fuel, biodiesel, health supplements, beauty products & vaccine adjuvants, @BritFinucci stresses the practice is driving targeted fishing.

🦈 https://t.co/k0PECitrUr

[CITES @CITES]

Today! #CITES scientific experts continue their discussions on the international #trade and #conservation of #fauna species, including:

🦈sharks & rays
🪸stony corals
🐘elephants

Watch the #AC33🐾livestream 📺 https://t.co/RAY46fgnBt

[IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @IUCNShark]

Today is #SharkAwarenessDay ! This Shark Awareness Day, we're focusing on Gulper Sharks and threats facing deep sea sharks! Learn more about them from the graphics below, and please share! Images by Eloisa Pinheiro

Learn more about us and the work we do: https://t.co/Kk2Cd46xa1

[IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @IUCNShark]

Shark Awareness Day is coming... and this year we'll be discussing Gulper Sharks and the conservation threats facing deep sea sharks! Stay tuned!

[Brit Finucci @BritFinucci]

New #sharkscience for #FlatSharkFriday: Evidence of environmental niche separation between threatened mobulid rays #NewZealand

Open Access here: https://t.co/TuZOOFj3Bd

[Cassie Rigby @crigby4]

@LeursGuido @SharkColin Congratulations Guido!!

[James Cook Uni @jcu]

👏Congratulations to JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow @MickkGrant who has been awarded the Huntingford Medal by the @TheFSBI. The medal is awarded for the best research paper published in the Journal of Fish Biology by an Early Career Researcher.

📄👉https://t.co/qOcYPUTO7Q

[Cassie Rigby @crigby4]

@TheFSBI @MickkGrant Congratulations Mick!

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

The NDF tool, launched by @unepwcmc and @IUCN
provides easy-to-access key datasets for @CITES
Authorities also help decision-makers ensure that international wildlife trade is sustainable.

Learn more about the tool here: https://t.co/ogwnX0CBc6 @UNEP

[OceaniaSharks @OceaniaSharks]

To wrap up #OceaniaSharks2024 we had @samahoon5 give an awesome plenary on the PNG Shark and Ray project and her academic journey!

[LostSharkGuy @lostsharksguy]

Nice to see these two together at the OCS meetings

[Matias Braccini @Matias_Braccini]

The shark fisheries of Western Australia:
. Have fished for sharks since the 1940s
. It supplies local fish & chip shops & restaurants
. Revenue originates from the domestic sale of flesh
. Management measures translated in substantial reduction of vessels
https://t.co/3iZ1bIVfke