Matt Wall

Wildlife filmmaker and conservationist 📸 Fisheries Observer Cyprus Bycatch Project @spot_turtles 🐢🦈

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

Very fortunate to have documented and safely released two #AngelSharks with the @spot_turtleproject Cyprus Bycatch Project yesterday, collecting data to aid conservation of this critically endangered species #angelshark #squatinasquatina #smallscalefishery #bycatch #sonya7siii

[Ascension Island MPA @AscensionMPA]

Crab spawning season peaked over the weekend, with thousands of female land crabs making the long journey down from Green Mountain to Ascension's coastline. Each female releases between 36 000 to 109 000 eggs into the ocean.

#smallislandBIGVISION
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[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@SarahsElizabeth @ProfTerryHughes That's awful

[The Rock Pool Project @rockpoolproject]

Join marine biologists @HamletBen, @LColesmarine and the rest of the RPP team for a rock pool adventure this weekend! 🐟🦐

Made possible with kind support of @Cornwall_CF
https://t.co/lTYSWhgb0B

[The Rock Pool Project @rockpoolproject]

Take the plunge into the wonderful world of rock pools this weekend! 🌊 Don’t forget to book your FREE tickets for our #Bioblitz Battle
https://t.co/lTYSWhxMpb

[Alasdair Davies @Al2kA]

Open source satellite tags for megamouth sharks are in development thanks to Paul Clerkin who is using an @arribada_i Horizon kit

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@MarBioInes Thanks a lot Inês, definitely agree! 📸

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

Bycatch is globally significant and affects many species, but this means many of us can do our part to resolve the issue. Knowing where and how your seafood was caught are great places to start. If you know of any bycatch mitigation techniques/research feel free to comment.

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

The awards for this years Wildlife Photographer of the Year will be announced today, massive congratulations to those photographers on what I'm sure are some stunning images. Whilst this image wasn't awarded it did reach the final round of judging, so here's the story behind it!

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

The Cyprus Bycatch Project is working to understand bycatch of vulnerable species across the island, coordinated by @spot_turtles in NC. I've been lucky enough to volunteer for SPOT for 3 seasons, but this was the first time I had seen a turtle on the boat it was bycaught on.

[Ruth Thurstan @ruththurstan]

Interested in studying #marine #HistoricalEcology and working with an interdisciplinary team at the beautiful @UniExeCEC in #Cornwall? @ProfCallum and I have a funded #PhD opportunity as part of the @ERC_Research #SEACHANGE project! Deadline 21 July. See https://t.co/aeygx67dBW

[Lynne Sneddon @LynneUSneddon]

Ph.D position Refining the tagging of wild fish and sharks at Exeter University supervised by the excellent @DrMJWitt @DrLucyHawkes Greg Paull and me deadline 5th July 2021 #3Rs #fishsci #fishwelfare #PhD https://t.co/LJfxlbvhE8

[Dr Lucy A Hawkes @DrLucyHawkes]

PhD ALERT! Applications close 2nd June, APPLY HERE: https://t.co/qLsdSf9Pcd Seeking the best AND nicest people to come join us for some great science! #exetermarine #biologging

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@CetaceanBoy @ExeterMarine @MarineVertsMSc @StuBearhop @_KMETCALFE @VJHobson @BadBiologist @MarBioInes @Lu_Clementin0 @HannahM_Marine @WackerOnWater Thanks very much Harry!!

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@WackerOnWater @ExeterMarine Thanks very much Jake, well said!!

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

A great ending to the #FestivalofFieldwork today with boat trips around the Isles of Scilly! Basking sharks and dolphins on our way towards the islands and plenty of seabirds when we arrived. Big thanks to all the staff and speakers involved who made these trips possible!

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@HannahLightley @newquayseasafar @VJHobson @ExeterMarine @MarineVertsMSc Thanks Hannah!!

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

Fintastic morning with @newquayseasafar, incredibly lucky to see my first Basking shark as well as multiple Risso's dolphins! Also a number of divers (BTD, GND), Shelduck, Guillemots, Razorbill. Thanks to the crew and @VJHobson #FestivalofFieldwork

[Matt Wall @mattwall30]

@VJHobson @HannahLightley @newquayseasafar @ExeterMarine @MarineVertsMSc Thanks Vicky!!