Echelle Burns
echelleburns.bsky.social
Echelle Burns
@echelleburns.bsky.social
Ocean & Fisheries Researcher @emlab.ucsb.edu
🚨New paper in Ecology and Evolution🚨! Super thrilled to share the paper that highlights a new #rpackage called `oceandatr`, developed by my colleague and me @emlab.ucsb.edu! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
<fi>oceandatr</fi>: An R Package to Acquire and Process Geospatial Ocean Data
We introduce the oceandatr R package, an interface that provides functions for acquiring and processing marine data sources—including bathymetry, geomorphology, ecological, and human use data—and ret...
doi.org
August 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Reposted by Echelle Burns
The demand for shark fins has placed an incredible threat on the species. A team led by #UCSB researchers took a deep dive into a new database highlighting the intricacies of the global market for shark products.

Full story: https://ow.ly/w7ex50Zvaps

#SharkWeek
Combining fishing regulations and trade data reveals the complex global market for shark products
An international research team found that shark-finning regulations did not have a significant impact on the trade of shark products, highlighting the complex dynamics between fishing and trade.
ow.ly
July 31, 2026 at 6:54 PM
🚨New paper in Nature Communications🚨! We find that shark finning regulations have little impact on the global trade of shark products in the short-term, but might lead to more noticeable changes several years (7+) after regulations are implemented. doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Global trade responses to shark finning regulations - Nature Communications
The study finds limited evidence that shark finning regulations alter global shark trade volumes. While overall effects are not significant, long-term trends suggest gradual trade shifts, including de...
doi.org
July 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM