The Ray Project

Introducing the new Ray Project Native ID Series Search Eggcases are most commonly found on the beach, amongst the seaweed. Identify Use our ID guides to help you: therayproject.org/resources Record Contribute to batoid science by logging your finds: therayproject.org/eggcase

Join us for a BRUV build from the very start to successful deployment! The @The_RayProject crew have been busy behind the scenes on some exciting trips 🥳 👀Stay tuned to see what we find!

#therayproject #eggcasesearch #batoidscience #nativespecies #irishnativespecies #skatesandraysofireland #mermaidspurse #sharkeggcase #rayeggcase #idguide

Introducing the new Ray Project Native ID Series Search Eggcases are most commonly found on the beach, amongst the seaweed. Identify Use our ID guides to help you: therayproject.org/resources Record Contribute to batoid science by logging your finds: therayproject.org/eggcase

In this new paper in Biological Reviews, Blackburn & Hughes look at the evolution of viviparity (live-bearing reproduction) and matrotrophy (maternal provision of nutrients during gestation) in chondrichthyan fishes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Working with the local communities of an elasmobranch nursery towards conservation and sustainability actions 💪🩵🦈⛸️🌊⬇️ #elasmobranchconservation #communityledaction #SDGs #voluntaryMPA

Happy World Seagrass Day from the Important Shark and Ray Areas project team! Seagrass meadows are critical habitat for many species of sharks and rays, and their prey. Learn more about us and our work: sharkrayareas.org

Check out this PhD opportunity with @MfrcATU and @MarineBEACON_EU

First observation of a skate egg case nursery in the Ross Sea - Finucci - Journal of Fish Biology - Wiley Online Library buff.ly/3Ijoq2V

The Explorers are Loving Sharks... Skates and Rays over Valentines💗💗 Our @explorersedu team is delighted to deliver the new #primaryschool class projects: Fin-tastic #sharks + this term, as well as launch the new educational resources online. 🦈bit.ly/42Dmf3E🦈

This Friday at 2pm! Shark & Ray Egg Case Hunt @CleanCoasts Beach Clean. Please bring Gloves! Location Grattan Beach, #Salthill

#FishFactFriday Unfortunately this week isn't a fun post, but it's important. This week the IUCN Red List declared the Java stingaree extinct. 💔 An assessment led by Julia Constance revealed this to be the first marine fish extinction caused by humans. iucnredlist.org/species/60095/…

By combining ultrasound images with hormone analysis, we were able to investigate the reproductive traits of the #flapperskate (D. intermedius).  This approach suggests females lay pairs of eggs over winter. #elevatetheskate #ScottishSharks bit.ly/esr_52_97

Skate escape! Trying out an underwater endoscope and the tail of a Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea) embryo emerged from its egg case (mermaid's purse). They start swimming young! 🦈🛼🥚 #skate #elasmobranch #babyskate

Good news: we have a nature restoration law. Bad news: it will be a very weak law due to amendments voted in to water it down. We must ensure that when it comes to Irelands Marine Protected Area Bill that we get the strongest bill possible for biodiversity & communities 💙🌍

#OceanAsGaeilge🌊🇮🇪 Inspired by @LucButtons comment about the "cosmic ray" last week, the Irish for the starry ray (aka thorny skate) is roc réaltach (literally "starry ray"). 🌟🤩

🤩 Still blown away by this encounter with a critically endangered female Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) - the worlds largest skate! During a shore dive at Macduff yesterday with @DiverChrisR 🤯 So so special!!! #flapperskate #elasmobranch #scubadiving

Successful start to the week with the first skate tagged in Courtmacsherry. Over the next 2 yrs we will be tracking its movements to identify residency within one of the last known refuges for this species in Ireland 🌊

Thanks Phillip and the team at RTE for sharing this most amazing encounter of a Critically Endangered Angelshark in Galway yesterday! Just fantastic to see! 😍⬇️

Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority Launches Skates and Rays of Ireland Guide 2023 sfpa.ie/Who-We-Are/New…

When something tells you to go back and walk one more time 😆. Possibly the first record of #WhiteSkate egg case since 2019 at #DerrymoreBeach #TraleeBay @IrishElasmos @MarineInst