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Boating may be fun, but it’s wreaking havoc on our local fish populations and aquatic plants—could regulations be the answer to saving our lakes?

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#SalemLakesKenoshaCounty #WI #SalemLakesEnvironment #EcosystemBiodiversity #AquaticConservation #RecreationalBoating #CitizenPortal
Local experts warn about boating impact on lake ecosystems
Boating waves threaten fish nesting and aquatic plant health in local lakes.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The 2026 Annual Meeting website is your go-to source for information about the Georgia AFS meeting. georgiaafs.my.canva.site/gaafs-2026-a...

#fisheriesmanagement #FisheriesResearch #fisheriesscience #AquaticConservation #ConservationLeadership #sciencepolicy #ProtectOurWaters
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#FreshwaterMussel lovers! New Pimpleback Baseball hats are live on my website! Based on my digital design, they feature a Pimpleback mussel on the front and the words “I filter out negativity” on the back! 🌎🐚🦪

#SmallBusiness #AquaticConservation #SciArt

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An Olivia baseball cap with an embroidered pimpleback freshwater mussel. An Olivia baseball cap with the words “I filter out negativity” on the back An Olivia baseball cap with an embroidered pimpleback freshwater mussel. The back of an Olivia baseball cap with the words “I filter out negativity”
August 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Five years ago, my first paper on the coastal breeding aggregations of threatened stingrays and guitarfish in the Levant was published! 🧵

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#MarineBiology #Conservation #Mediterranean #Batoids #AquaticConservation
April 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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South Carolina has 28,000 miles of streams and scientists are still discovering what lives in them. A new GIS tool models aquatic biodiversity through the year 2100—protecting species before we know everything we'd lose. #AquaticConservation #GIS www.esri.com/about/newsro...
February 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Congrats #TomClarke for your PhD paper being one of the 2024 top viewed article in #AquaticConservation #Wiley
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
andydnunn.bsky.social
Our paper in #AquaticConservation using the IUCN's Red List categories and criteria to assess the extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain is now open access, thanks to Natural England! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @profcolinbean.bsky.social
Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain
Extinctions occur naturally in all environments, but rates have accelerated rapidly during the Anthropocene, especially in fresh water. Despite supporting many fish species of conservation importan...
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January 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Carmel's council is taking bold steps to safeguard the Monterey Bay by proposing a ban on architectural copper gutters to combat toxic stormwater pollution.

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#MontereyCounty #CA #StormwaterManagement #CitizenPortal #AquaticConservation #WaterQuality
Council directs staff to draft ordinance limiting architectural copper to protect stormwater
Staff briefed the council on monitoring data showing elevated dissolved copper in local outfalls and proposed a policy to prohibit architectural copper gutters/downspouts on new work. The council asked staff to pursue a codified ordinance, preserve exemptions for designated historic resources, and return with planning-commission review and draft
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November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Oregon is taking a bold step to protect its waterways with a new bill that establishes a fund aimed at combatting invasive aquatic species, but will increased enforcement measures raise concerns among boaters?

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#OR #AquaticConservation #InvasiveSpecies #EcoEducation
Oregon establishes Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund for wildlife protection
Oregon's updated law creates a fund for controlling aquatic invasive species.
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March 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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🐟💙 Coalition Member Spotlight: Shedd Aquarium is igniting compassion, curiosity, and conservation for the aquatic animal world. Dive into their world at SheddAquarium.org. Join the Coalition at HealthyLakes.org/get-involved. 🌊🌐 #AquaticConservation #HealthyLakes #CleanWater #GreatLakes
Shedd Aquarium logo next to text: Coalition member spotlight: Shedd Aquarium. Sparking compassion, curiosity and conservation for the aquatic animal world. Location: Illinois. Founding year: 1929. SheddAquarium.org. Facebook, X, LinkedIn: @SheddAquarium
April 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Great paper! It is always good to remember how exhausting (and expensive) can be studying the demographics of such mobile species.

I really admire each paper that I read unravelling those essential info's for conservation!

#marmam #aquaticconservation

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Abundance and Residency Patterns of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Freshwater‐Influenced Estuaries of the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Multiple stressors are affecting common bottlenose dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including two embayments in Alabama, Mobile Bay (MOB) and Perdido Bay (PER), where no comprehensive abundan...
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March 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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#LargemouthBass #AquaticConservation #Aquaculture #BabyBass #FishHatchery #LargemouthBabies #AquaticLife #Hatchery #SustainableFisheries #FisheriesScience #AquaticResearch #FarmRaisedFish #FreshwaterFisheries #FishFarming #FishProduction #EcoAquaculture

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We supply largemouth bass fry to fisheries across Kentucky—and to ensure accuracy, we use a specialized counter. As the tiny fry swim through, they pass a light sensor that tracks each one, giving far...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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New study supported by #GuardIAS uses #eDNA to uncover how #InvasiveSpecies are spreading—offering a powerful tool for early detection and smarter management. 🧬 🌍🌐
#InvasionBiology #AquaticConservation
#bioinvasions
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
hlburdett.bsky.social
Very nice to be in Montpellier this week for #BioMonWeek26!

📝 Talk on Wed about high frequency coastal monitoring, Session MR05

📚 #AquaticConservation Editor-in-Chief hat: if you have any watery work that you are interested in submitting to #AQC reach out!

#BiodiversityMonitoring
#BioMonWeek2026
May 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Feb issue of #AquaticConservation
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📸 Settlement tiles in Isfjorden, see Sowa et al. Photo credit: P Balazy / IO PAN Diving Team
Also: frogs, corals, seaweed, whales, turtles, fishing, eels, crabs, seals, (e)DNA, dolphins, pike, crayfish, sturgeon
#AQC
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journal front cover with AQC title on the top and an image below of a diver underwater looking at settlement tiles covered in pink coralline algae
March 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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#AquaticConservation January issue
📸Fishers navigating an Amazonian estuary, see Marques et al. Credit: Dayse Marques
Also: manatees, MPAs, water lillies, fish, crustaceans, mangrove, molluscs, streamflow, seals, eDNA, mucilage
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journal front cover with the AQC title and image below of people in a small boat in a river surrounded by trees
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
hlburdett.bsky.social
Nov issue of #AquaticConservation!

📸Dam removal in Sweden; Watz et al. Credit: Johan Watz

Also: eels, seahorses, turtles, catfish, sharks, urbanisation, seaweeds, management, oysters, reef fish, mangar, tilapia, microplastics, riverscapes

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journal front cover with the AQC title at the top, and an image below of a digger removing a stone dam at a lake edge, surrounded by swedish pine forest
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
hlburdett.bsky.social
A bit late, but October issue of #AquaticConservation #AQC 💙

📸Seagrass surveys in Zanzibar. Photo credit: @researchlina.bsky.social

Also: Whale sharks, crocodiles, turtle hatchlings, freshwater mussels, coralline algae and seagrass restoration
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journal front cover with the AQC title at the top and an image below of a person crouching in shallow water with a quadrat and tape doing a seagrass survey
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Sept issue of #AquaticConservation
📸Cetacean conservation, Ghana; photo credit: Everlove Asante
Also: Arctic, eDNA, Himalyan rivers, tilapia invasion, sturgeon, birds, turtles, urbanisation, wildfire, seagrass, trout, ostracods, seaweed
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October 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Aug issue of #AquaticConservation!
📸Mangrove wood market in Ghana. Photo credit: One Tree Planted
Also: cetaceans, freshwater fish, agricultural streams, litter-vs-invasives, seals, mussels, trout, turtles, MPAs, fish farming & insect bioindicators!
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journal front cover with the AQC title and an image below of piles of mangrove wood next to a river surrounded by mangrove forest
September 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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July issue of #AquaticConservation!
📸Oyster farming in China. Credit:Qing Liu
Also: eDNA, frogs, sharks, coralline algae, blue carbon, eels, river modelling, genetics, MPAs, petrels, crayfish, dolphins, wind farms, mangroves, whales, & management
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August 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Join us at #OSM26!
Session on: Advances in Marine Conservation for Local-to-Global Sustainability
Submit abstract here: agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...
Abstract deadline: 20 August!
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#MarineConservation #AquaticConservation #AQC
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Special Issues in #AquaticConservation
🌍Frontiers in African Marine & Aquatic Conservation
🌿Rugulopteryx okamurae (seaweed) invasion
🦑Cephalopod conservation
⚖️Aquatic Conservation in a Wellbeing Economy
🌊Marine Conservation for Sustainability
🥵Climate Change
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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems is an international journal focusing on the conservation of freshwater, brackish or marine habitat.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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May issue of #AquaticConservation!
📷 Spiky sea cucumber, cf Job & Mishra. Credit: Amrit Kumar Mishra
Also: sharks, molluscs, eco-engineering, fish diversity, rhodolith diversity, seal by-catch, sticklebacks, dolphins, dugongs, MPAs & urchins!
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journal front cover, with Aquatic Conservation title and an image of a spiky sea cucumber in seagrass
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM