Mike Stokesbury
@Mstokesb
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Professor, Biology, Acadia University, Migration Ecology, Fish, Fishing, Tagging, @OceanTracking
Joined October 2013
I have two shows on National Geographic TV's SharkFest: RETURN OF THE WHITE SHARK premieres July 3 at 9/8c and SHARK BELOW ZERO on July 5 at 9:00 PM on National Geographic and will be available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu #SharkFest
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#whitesharks
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Footage of what is believed to be the first recorded sighting of invasive, non-native, Pacific pink salmon in UK waters this year recorded in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland on the 29th June 2023 @AST_Salmon @fms_scotland @ProfColinBean
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Warm Nova Scotian waters mean that sharks are here four weeks earlier than usual. ๐ฆ Read our recap of last Thursday's shark conservation and research panel discussion for more insights, as well as a recording of the entire event https://t.co/bpx6CQ2kRw
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How do ๐ respond to ๐ฃ & release? I use Fitbit-like tech #biologging to ๐ the effect of ๐ฃ & tagging on behaviour & energy of #bluefintuna. Why? Informing ๐ฃ practices & โ๏ธ welfare of wild fish #HSEAway23 #ExeterMarine @UoEBiosciences
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The new @NatGeoTV film, โReturn of the White Shark,โ produced by @Brian_Skerry with Sealight Pictures debuts this weekend and focuses on the great white sharks around Cape Cod Premiers: @DisneyPlus July 2nd National Geographic Channel July 3rd at 9pm ET
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This Arctic charr was acoustically and carlin tagged as 33 cm long in northern Norway October 2016, recaptured October 2017 and again yesterday, nearly 7 years later. Released every time. Pretty cool๐๐๐ @AquaticTracking @OceanTracking @NTNU_Museum @y_sindre @EvaThorstad
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Hey #FishTwitter! Looking to Fyne-d the owner of this acoustic receiver deployed in Loch Fyne (Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ) Got a local sailer who has found it ashore! Can anyone reach out if you know who it belongs to? @AquaticTracking @nature_scot @Innovasea #Fyne13
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Super proud of the work @jacobshaff2 put into last nightโs game for @CanadaSoccerEN ๐จ๐ฆ and so blessed to have been there! Love you sweet boy ๐ฅฐ๐
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New paper out from our man Raphael, he integrates Sea scallop seafloor habitat data in the Bay of Fundy directly into his spatiotemporal stock assessment modelling framework. The habitat data exists thanks to the wonderful SEAM lab run by @CraigBrown_Dal
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Abstract. Recent efforts in ocean mapping of seafloor habitat have made data increasingly available. For bottom-dwelling and/or sessile species, there is o
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โOur task is recognizing the resiliency of the ocean, but understanding that human beings can be part of the problem and the solution. We have to include more people in discussions about conservation. Thatโs the path forward.โ - Fred Whoriskey #oceanscience #sharkconservation
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I love this! Thanks South Africa!! Please stay safe!
#2023WoFCanadianDeployment Song and dance from #MZANZI1 as they arrive in Edmonton, Canada. #MZANZI1
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I went to Acadia University today, where a dorm was transformed into a home for seniors forced to leave their long-term care home due to fires. The school's football team helped swap out regular beds for hospital beds. https://t.co/m3UtppdSXZ
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Amazing experience at the XIV Brazilian Symposium of Pharmacognosy in Sรฃo Luis (Brazil) where I gave a plenary lecture on Natural Products, ticks, and psilocybin! Proud representing @AcadiaU abroad! @acadiaresearch
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Commonwealth Professor of Fisheries Oceanography Kevin Stokesbury was recently awarded four grants totaling $1,462,427 for sea scallop research through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Scallop Research Set-Aside Program. https://t.co/Io2PTSgfOD
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This funding will support four scallop research projects through the 2023-2024 Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.
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143 Atl. Salmon smolts/5 Kelts tagged in Conne River, and 77 smolts tagged in Garnish River, NL over the last few days as part of ESRF project. Excited to track them during their offshore migration, check out our project FB page https://t.co/2RYoFuBA2H
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Saturday morning field work on a low spring tide. Deployment of VR2 69 and 180 to track multiple species in Minas Basin including American Shad leaving the Kennetcook River.
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Beautiful video of bluefin
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