Fiona Llewellyn

Marine conservationist at Blue Marine Foundation. Views my own.

[Fiona Llewellyn @fillewellyn]

Proud to have worked with @Jessicasavage29 and a wonderful team on this important work identifying polluting bottle brands in the Indian Ocean. https://t.co/WFS4bfmAp1 @AlChamberlain_ @JoneseyRM @HeatherKoldewey @TomLetessier1 @MarcusRowcliffe @ZSLScience

[The Commonwealth @commonwealthsec]

In celebration of #WorldOceansDay, join the Commonwealth #BlueCharter and @Bluemarinef on 6 June for an event that will highlight the contributions of women in protecting and preserving our oceans.

Learn more and register to attend 👉🏾: https//bit.ly/4dS55Vp

[ZSL @OfficialZSL]

Plastic is at the forefront of the 3 interlinked planetary crises that we currently face: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Over the next 18 months an international treaty on plastic pollution is being built at the UN to end the plastic pollution crisis.

[Government of Anguilla @GovAnguilla]

Anguilla has formally joined the Blue Belt Programme. A key to step to responding to marine challenges, managing our coastal & marine resources to spur economic activity while adapting to the effects of climate change. #growing #sustainably #together #anguillareimagined #bluebelt

[Lewis Pugh @LewisPugh]

One of these contains plastic bags, the other contains jellyfish. Now imagine you're a hungry sea turtle.

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

Today's @ukgovbluebelt symposium @IMPAC5Canada included representatives from the UKOTs such as Turks and Caicos, @AscensionMPA , @sthelenampa & South Georgia- sharing their experiences of managing large scale MPA's in remote locations.

[Communications INC @CommsINC]

The Comms Inc team on the move at @IMPAC5Canada supporting our clients and contributing to important #OceanLiteracy discussions with the goal of bringing the #OceanInTheRoom.
#OceanCommunications #IMPAC5 @NatalieGHart @travisaten @mvonlind

[Alice Chamberlain @AlChamberlain_]

Thank you to everyone that came to my talk on tackling plastic pollution in the Chagos Archipelago @IMPAC5Canada

Big shout out to the team who made all this work possible @JoneseyRM @EstebanNicole @fillewellyn @HeatherKoldewey @Jessicasavage29 @Levy_Em @hollystokes94 & others!

[Ascension Island MPA @AscensionMPA]

As part of the recently launched plastic project AIG’s marine plastic coordinator, @TobiasCapel, has been conducting a study with the #seabird team to investigate the prevalence and composition of #plastic #pollution found in brown booby nests on Ascension.
@ZSLMarine @EllermanUK

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

Can you help us identify this #plastic?
We've been finding these mesh tubes while conducting surveys of #brownbooby nests and shore surveys along Ascension’s coast. We need to know what they are to identify where they are coming from.

#smallislandBIGVISION
📷:@CapelTobias

[Surshti Patel (she/her) @SurshtiPatel]

Half way through our time on #Ascension 🐋🦀🐢. Alongside @AIGConservation we've been trying to understand #oceanplastic #pollution through the experiences of those that live on the island. We've met schools, waste mgmt teams, miltary, retailers, a social worker & many more!

[Fiona Llewellyn @fillewellyn]

The Ascension Island beach surveys for plastic continue! We’ve surveyed 7 beaches so far with 22 transects, recording 966 items on @DebrisTracker so far. Only 18 beaches left to go! 😬 @ZSLMarine @ZSLconservation @AIGConservation @AlChamberlain_ @SurshtiPatel @CapelTobias

[ZSLMarine @ZSLMarine]

A successful start to week two! A beach clean at Grubby beach, more shoreline monitoring and meeting more friendly faces around the island.

#Ascension #SmallislandBigvision #OceanPlastic

@OfficialZSL @AIGConservation @AscensionMPA

[ZSLMarine @ZSLMarine]

We’ve have arrived on #AscensionIsland in the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Brazil and Africa, with a population of 800 people!

We will be sharing updates throughout the expedition - stay tuned.

@AscensionMPA @OfficialZSL @CapelTobias @fillewellyn @SurshtiPatel @AlChamberlain_

[Alice Chamberlain @AlChamberlain_]

Super excited to be spending the next few weeks on Ascension, a remote island 1,000 miles from the coast of Africa.

We’ll be working alongside @AscensionMPA and local communities to understand and reduce the impact of plastic pollution on the incredible wildlife that live here.

[Fiona Llewellyn @fillewellyn]

Great first week on #AscensionIsland working with @AIGConservation on our new South Atlantic plastic project. Trying to get a handle on the #oceanplastic pollution here & it’s impacts on Ascension’s amazing marine life! @ZSLconservation @ZSLMarine @SurshtiPatel @AlChamberlain_

[Sammy Andrzejaczek @DrSammyShark]

NEW COLLABORATIVE PAPER: Our team, co-led by @DavidCurnick, compiled the first global synthesis of vertical habitat use by elasmobranchs.

For more info, check out the infographic and #openaccess article

https://t.co/VEjEhUlDpd

More tidbits in the 🧵below (1/4)

#VerticalSharks

[David Curnick @DavidCurnick]

Delighted to share our new #SharkScience paper in @ScienceAdvances

Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology

Available here: https://t.co/pOsI9VFo7k

A short 🧵on #VerticalSharks
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ps. thanks to Simon @MantaTrust for the infographic

[ZSL Conservation @ZSLconservation]

Want to grow your capacity to drive change?

@Marine_CoLAB’s guide to apply values & systems based approaches can help! @OfficialZSL is a member of this collaboration & has been working on this concept for 6 years

Read more here: https://t.co/ol8A0SK6rQ

[Fiona Llewellyn @fillewellyn]

@Victoria_hch @EstebanNicole @OfficialZSL Amazing work @Victoria_hch, @EstebanNicole and team! Big thanks!