David Righton

@martllewellyn @FishEcoEvo @IBAHCM @ProfColinBean @WillieYeomans @KPraebel @DTUtweet Good news!

A rapid, non lethal, in situ test for invasive parasite Anguillicola crassus of critically endangered European Eel. Sensitive, specific, cheap. Preprint online biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @FishEcoEvo @IBAHCM @ProfColinBean @WillieYeomans @KPraebel @DavidRighton @DTUtweet

Skandinavian Bluefin tuna tagging is of to an amazing start. Follow the updates here: fiskepleje.dk/Fiskebiologi/t… @kbg_conserv @t__horton @DavidRighton

phys.org/news/2018-04-e… via @physorg_com

Smart monitoring allows us to understand more about our seas, how they are changing and the impacts caused by human activities. Explore our WaveNet smartbuoy network! cefas.co.uk/cefas-data-hub… cefas.co.uk/cefas-data-hub…

And here they are in all their finery. #SUMiE @ktquaeck @SharkDevocean @rui_pedro19 @OceanEarthUoS

We find on average 1.5 pieces of plastic for every 1m^3 of sea surface. @Seamoht and colleagues both in Cefas and UK/International collaborators are assessing the pervasiveness, analysis and impacts to inform action. twitter.com/BBCEarth/statu…

Climate change is impacting marine environments already... & there will be further impacts! Cefas & partners across the @MccipOrgUK network produce report cards on marine climate change impacts. 10 years in UK and now being produced internationally! #BluePlanet2 #Cefas20 4of20

She is rdy to be tagged. 95 cm beauty. @kbg_conserv @DavidRighton @alanwal50912551 @EvaThorstad

Latest migration study. pDST tags from CTL will log European eel movements in detail. Wish them well! @CefasTechnology @AarestrupKaa @ElsaAmilhat

Tagged and rdy for release. @DavidRighton @CefasTechnology @kbg_conserv @alanwal50912551 @EvaThorstad

Master Håkan Westerberg preparing the acc tags to be put on Silver eels. @DavidRighton @CefasTechnology

And the mrPAT are getting prepared too. Now it's about getting the attachment ready.@DavidRighton @CefasTechnology

Tags and attachment rdy. Now tagging the eels. @DavidRighton @CefasTechnology @BaktoftH @EvaThorstad @HellstromKGV

Our marine environment is pressured by a whole range of human activities. We work with @DefraGovUK, @JNCC_UK, @NaturalEngland and others to protect biodiversity in UK's marine conservation zones #MPAs #Cefas20 3 of 20 #BluePlanet2

The technology is ready! Five pDST tags from CTL are finished and on their way for deployment on European eels. @CefasTechnology @AarestrupKaa @ElsaAmilhat

Plastics are prevalent in our marine environment. #BluePlanet2 viewers will have been shocked at the impacts they and other marine litter have on our marine environment. Our new #Cefas20 infographic summarises what we have found and what we are doing to help.

Disturbed by reports of litter on our beaches theguardian.com/environment/20…? 76% of the seafloor’s litter is made of #plastic, posing dangers to our oceans and the life it supports. Learn about prevalence, impact and what we are doing in our second #Cefas20 infographic! @Seamoht

To celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay , we are releasing the first of our #Cefas20 infographics. The series reflects on the past 20 years of #CefasScience and how it has shaped the work that we do now. Here is infographic number 1 - Otoliths: Listening in on the past

Our #UKBluebelt colleague Vladimir Laptikhovsky is undertaking a data collection survey around Tristan da Cunha. Vladimir is based on board the MV Edinburgh and his research will help determine the sustainability of blue-nose fishery around Tristan da Cunha.

bit.ly/2iDZ8kR Absolutely delighted to receive @NewtonFund #NewtonPrize Chairman’s award today @ukinthailand for our work on #healthy #shrimp #aquaculture with brilliant Thai colleagues @BIOTEC_NSTDA @MahidolU @CefasGovUK