Jan Geert Hiddink
Prof in marine ecology @sosbangor.bsky.social Ecosystem effects of fishing. I like sea kayaking in my #Klepper, wild camping, cycle touring, hanging out in my woodland. scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=XmYb…
- “Israel has taken some of the most extreme settlers, in some cases people who are even convicted of assault against Palestinians, and made them the IDF. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- We use the New Zealand Seafloor Community Classification to explore how representativity of benthic communities could be enhanced in MPAs. We found that a small increase in spatial protection (1.5%) can result in large increases in the representativity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkHealthy and sustainable fisheries have lower carbon emissions and fuel use, because fish are more abundant and easier to catch with less effort. Rebuilding fisheries and ensuring that fleet sizes are appropriate for catch level, are keys for CO2 reduction By Hilborn et al. doi.org/10.1111/faf....
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink🚨 Calling all marine science enthusiasts! 🚨 ICES's Annual Science Conference, cutting-edge research with a global community 15–18 September! 🌊✨ 📅 Deadline to submit abstracts: 17 March. 🌟 Don’t miss out— it’s going to be inspiring, interactive, and yes, always fun! www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink📊 Explore updated data on greenhouse gas emissions and their climate impacts— To limit and stop climate change, we need to greatly reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs).
- 🌊New paper🐚 Seabed status varied strongly across Europe: the Black, Baltic, and Aegean–Levantine Seas generally showed high seabed community status, while the Western, Central, Ionian and Adriatic Mediterranean were most severely impacted by bottom trawling. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Bottom trawling disproportionately reduced sensitive fauna: while total benthic biomass (RBStot) exceeded the “good condition” threshold (>75%) in over 79% of habitat–ecoregion combinations, sensitive-species biomass (RBSsen) met this threshold in only 46%.
- Mean trawling intensity was strongly correlated with both RBStot and RBSsen, enabling swept area ratio (SAR) to be used as a proxy for seabed ecosystem status and to estimate trawling reductions needed to achieve good environmental condition.
- This paper is a product of the @icesmarine.bsky.social working group on Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs (WGFBIT) ices.dk/community/gr...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkVery exciting preliminary findings at today's half-way meeting for @projectfishistory.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social Thanks to the team for great contributions! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social @leafyhistory.bsky.social @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
- Opportunities for Master of Science by Research (MScRes) study at the @sosbangor.bsky.social at Bangor University. Get in touch and I can send you the full descriptions.
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink🌊 New research out now in ICES Journal of Marine Science! Using #OneBenthic, we reveal large-scale spatial patterns in marine epifaunal communities. One of four #Cefas papers under OWEC POSEIDON. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ices... 🔎 rconnect.cefas.co.uk/POSEIDON/ #BenthicEcology #POSEIDON #OWEC #ICESJMS
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink📢New paper! 🐟📚Using fish stomach contents spanning over a century, we reveal long-term diet shifts (from larger bivalves to smaller opportunistic prey) in demersal fish species in the western North Sea. 🔗 Open access in Fish & Fisheries: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkYes! there is in situ degradation of #plastics trapped in #mangroves. These papers describe the mechanisms: doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
- Mangrove ecosystems are transient plastic sinks. Plastics are trapped, degraded and eventually flow towards the sea. authors.elsevier.com/c/1mIs0B8cd4...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkThe annual Reef Conservation UK conference was hosted by the School of Ocean Sciences @bangoruniversity.bsky.social over the past weekend (1/n)
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkBack from a very successful trip to the IOM speaking with locals and visiting archives to piece together historical accounts of the herring fishery. We stumbled across these beautiful title page illustrations of marine biological station reports based on Puffin island in the late 1800s
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkWebinar alert! Join us for a project introduction, some early findings & find out how you can get involved. When: Fri 5th Dec, 10am (GMT) Where: Online (Teams) Schedule: 20-30 minute presentation + Q&A Interested? DM for a link to join!
- If only @craptaxidermy.bsky.social was active here...
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink"Shocked but very unsurprised" Antony Loewenstein on the footage that shows Israeli forces executing two unarmed Palestinian men who've just surrendered
- In the thousands of locations sampled in this meta-analysis, the mean MP densities were high enough to expect fundamental biological processes, such as growth and reproduction, of marine fauna to be significantly negatively impacted. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Not a good experience trying to publish in this journal BTW, the slowest process I have experienced in >120 manuscripts.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkWe're currently visiting the Isle of Man and and hoping to speak with any active or retired herring fishers on the island 🐟Tomorrow we're diving into the @manxheritage.bsky.social archives! @georginahunt.bsky.social @emilyphilly.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkGenocide is niet alleen het doden van mensen, zegt Beshara Doumani. „Israël is bezig systematisch alles te vernietigen dat Palestijns leven mogelijk maakt.” buff.ly/8YvzKri
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkBalancing fisheries & seafloor health! 🪸 Our Working Group on Fisheries Benthic Impact & Trade-offs #WGFBIT met this week in Rome, hosted by ISPRA & chaired by @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social @marijasciberras.bsky.social & Tomasso Russo. 👀Find out more about the group www.ices.dk/community/gr...
- Last day of @icesmarine.bsky.social #WGFBIT. We've been assessing Fisheries Benthic Impact and Trade-offs and made some great progress on assessing ecosystem functioning and completed a new analysis for Nova Scotia. www.ices.dk/community/gr...
- • Typhoons can exacerbate plastics inputs from land to sea. • Mangroves can trap these plastics and delay the release of plastics to the sea. • Recovery of trapped plastics in mangroves can prevent eventual release to the sea. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody. 'Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHRI) tracked deaths from causes including physical violence, medical neglect and malnutrition'. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkFirst year students from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social School of Ocean Sciences were gaining practical field work skills (and how to keep dry) at Aberffraw beach today.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkExperiment complete, or so the @sosbangor.bsky.social students have declared! We are heading back into Menai Bridge on this glorious day
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkHeading out this morning on the Prince Madog with @sosbangor.bsky.social physical oceanography Masters students. On the hunt for SIPS in Conwy Bay!
- The @bangoruniversity.bsky.social research vessel #RVPrinceMadog steaming past Beaumaris with 2nd year @sosbangor.bsky.social students to undertake oceanographic observations.
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink📢Do you know an early-career scientist whose work should take centre stage? Nominate them to be our early-career scientist keynote speaker at ICES ASC 2026. Deadline for nominations: 2 November ⏰ ℹ️https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/ECSasc26Keynote.aspx #SIIECS
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink📢 JOB VACANCY Marine Ornithologist - Scottish Government Application deadline: 7 Nov shorturl.at/tXeHn #ornithology
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink#PhD Studentship - Marine Heat Waves & shellfish fisheries - informing future #marine policy. Join our team at the University of Essex, School of Life Sciences. All the details available here: www.essex.ac.uk/Postgraduate... START JANUARY 2026 - APPLY BY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkNew #PhD ad alert! Interested in wild #bee #cognition and #brains in different #bumblebees? Want to live in #Newcastle and the beautiful north-east of England? Check out this project with me, @lenariab.bsky.social and Sarah Scott. Contact me for further information. iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
- Bear and wolf in Devon! Ok, circus bear probably...
- Out now in the @sochistnathist.bsky.social journal, my article on the BERRY-POMEROY MANUSCRIPT! This is a natural history text from the year 1599 which lists 278 species of animals and plants living in Elizabethan Devon! There are some very surprising records here... 🐺🐻🪶🐀🐾🎣🍎🍐📗 (Thread 🧵...)
- Found some purple jellydisc (I think), with a nice reflection, in the woods this weekend. Also managed to fix the access track after a fallen alder destroyed some of it.
- Assessment of trawling impacts on 10 Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator taxa (e.g. cold-water corals) across New Zealand waters show that 30 years of trawling reduced VME area by 20.8 %, with losses up to 40.7 % in some bioregions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkAt least 135 Palestinian bodies mutilated by the Israeli army returned to Gaza. Yet there is infinitely more outrage over racist Israeli football hooligans being barred from Birmingham's streets. The world has been turned on its head.
- The talk is about to start, please join if you're interested.
- Join the @sosbangor.bsky.social seminar on Friday 17 October at noon by Prof Lloyd Peck from @bas.ac.uk, for a talk about "Life in Antarctic seas: unique adaptions and vulnerability to change" teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkStudy after study, data proves again and again that bike infrastructure saves lives.
- Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
- 🌊 🎓Apply for a PhD to assess spatial and temporal approaches to managing scallop fisheries to achieve good environmental status with a viable commercial fishery. 🪸🐙 @sosbangor.bsky.social @em-oyster.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Join the @sosbangor.bsky.social seminar on Friday 17 October at noon by Prof Lloyd Peck from @bas.ac.uk, for a talk about "Life in Antarctic seas: unique adaptions and vulnerability to change" teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink🌍🐧 PhD: Study how Adélie penguins reveal Antarctic ecosystem resilience. (based in FR+UK) Use AI + bio-logging (GPS, video, sensors) to link climate change, fisheries & conservation. 👉 Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114 #PhD #Antarctica #Ecology #AI #ClimateChange @sosbangor.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink📢📢 The website of the Marine Top Predator group (School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University) is now live! Discover our activities, know our study species, our papers, meet lab members and collaborate with us! @alecbmmoore.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkRuth Clarke, a third year Marine Biology and Oceanography student at SOS, is currently doing a placement year with @seatrustwales.bsky.social in Pembrokeshire to gain wider skills in conservation related topics.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkSOS 3rd year marine biology students enjoyed their fieldwork at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science earlier this month. The weather was almost as good as in North Wales at the time...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkChloe Macleavy and Jasmine Scott-Dickins are both studying Marine Biology at SOS and are currently doing their placement year as research officers with Trashfree Trails (TFT). At the moment they are planning a litter research fieldwork day which will take place in Newborough Nature reserve.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkA great day for the annual SOS beach trip with the new undergraduate students @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. Sandcastles were built, beach pictionary played, and much fun had by students new and old, and staff.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkAs Welcome Week, in great weather (the sun always shines in north Wales!), is drawing to a close we thank the SOS peer guides for their efforts. They are the friendly faces behind Welcome Week and put a lot of work in to make the freshers (aka The Peerlings) feel at home.
- Supervised by @marikimient.bsky.social
- 🌍🐧 Fully-funded PhD Opportunity joined between La Rochelle University (France) & @sosbangor.bsky.social (UK): Understanding Antarctic Ecosystem Resilience through Penguin Energetics ❄️🎓 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
- who needs to put her full name in her bio, because otherwise nobody can find her 😆
- 🌍🐧 Fully-funded PhD Opportunity joined between La Rochelle University (France) & @sosbangor.bsky.social (UK): Understanding Antarctic Ecosystem Resilience through Penguin Energetics ❄️🎓 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380114
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkHas Israel stopped starving & murdering Palestinians? Have all the Palestinian hostages been released? Are the settlements being dismantled? Is the occupation over? Do Palestinians have the right to return to their homes? Do we have accountability &justice for Israels war crimes?
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkThis is an incredible opportunity to showcase the talent and creativity of early-career researchers in marine science! Previous keynote speakers have told me it was one of the highlights of their careers — a chance to share their work on an international stage.
- It was nice to see the progress of the participants during the @icesmarine.bsky.social training course on assessment of the seabed impacts of bottom trawling. Some participants even completed a first draft assessment for their own region using new data!
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Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit. - Started my travels to teach an @icesmarine.bsky.social training course on the bottom trawling risk assessment method that we have been applying in WGFBIT. Currently cruising through Belgium on the Eurostar, continuing tomorrow to Copenhagen after a night at my parents. www.ices.dk/events/Train...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkThe “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. E-bikes support fewer car trips. V @lloydalter.bsky.social
- Images of wood #fishweir wicker fence 2 meter tall on the shore #RhosonSea #ConwyCounty Borough, #Wales. Historical sources indicted used for seasonal fisheries for herring and mackerel late 19th century. 1/6 #maritimeheritage #oceandecadeheritage #coastalhistory
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkHey, members! Are you currently a #DeepSea student or ECR researcher without permanent employment? We can help provide up to £750 for your participation in an in-person or remote conference. Deadline Oct. 4th, apply here: dsbsoc.org/conferences-.... Questions? Contact awards@dsbsoc.org. Good luck!
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkIsraeli quadcopters shooting children. And our government continues to materially supporting Israel every day. Even as Israel rejects a two state solution, votes to fully annex the West Bank, and murders more doctors, nurses, journalists, children. And our government continues to assist it.
- Cool PhD on Arctic benthos with @nadescha.bsky.social
- Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍 phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink@icesmarine.bsky.social's journal, ICES Journal of Marine Science, is turning 100! After an inspiring week at #ICESASC25, and to celebrate this milestone, submit your paper to an upcoming themed set highlighting the evolution and future of marine science. academic.oup.com/icesjms/page...
- Another critique showing that the Sala et al. 2021 estimate of carbon release by bottom trawling is ridiculous. It estimates an increase in NW European shelf OC mineralization of 0.27 Mt C yr−1, which is an order of magnitude smaller the previous estimates. academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkNew @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING - however had you think things are in Gaza, they’re worse. We speak to James Elder from @unicef.org who has worked in crisis zones all his life and says he has never seen anything as bad we this “war on children” alastaircampbell.org/2025/09/152-...
- Starting the last day of my travel back from the #ICESASC25 in Lithuania (train ferry combo). The travel was fairly cheap with interrail with the ferry was only £126 return. But it does take 3 days 🙂 @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jan Geert Hiddink#ICESASC25 was a game-changer! Stepping outside of my usual research into the world of #fisheries has been valuable. Understanding where #GreatCormorants fish is a priority to manage interactions with human activities. New connections and prospectives! @icesmarine.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkIt was great to present about our @projectfishistory.bsky.social research at #ICESASC25 and an honour to be on the shortlist for the best presentation! What a great week! @sosbangor.bsky.social @icesmarine.bsky.social
- And she was shorted-listed for the best presentation award! @sosbangor.bsky.social
- Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.
- Great presentation by @lornamckellar.bsky.social from @sosbangor.bsky.social on how to distinguish between good and degraded state in marine ecosystems #icesasc25
- Great to meet lots of collaborators again at #icesasc25. I'm looking forward to the excursion on the Curonian spit today, we'll almost get to Russia.
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkNew paper! ‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’ Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... ⬇️🧵
- #ICESASC25 forgot the hashtag again
- Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.
- Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.
- We're using a very wide range of sources to patch together maps of where and when herring used to spawn.
- Great talk by Daniel van Denderen showing that fishing had resulted in an explosion of small pelagics #icesasc2025
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkCongratulations @hbrowman.bsky.social - winner of the @icesmarine.bsky.social Outstanding Achievement Award! #ICESASC25
- Great talk by Daniel van Denderen showing that fishing had resulted in an explosion of small pelagics #icesasc2025
- Reposted by Jan Geert HiddinkMARINElife SURVEY OPPORTUNITY: CEFAS PELTIC RESEARCH CRUISE 2025 Cetic & Irish Seas, Western Channel 2-20 Oct From Falmouth Meals & cabin provided Requirements: ENG1 medical certificate & Personal Sea Survival Certificate email tom.brereton@marine-life.org.uk if suitable @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social
- I'm getting closer, about 6h to go. Practising my talk for tomorrow.
- Started my journey to the @icesmarine.bsky.social science conference in Lithuania (2 days of train plus the ferry from Kiel, hence the early departure 🙂). I'm giving a talk on Monday in session R on 'Assessment of bottom trawl impacts on the status of seabed communities in European Seas'. 🌊🦞🪱🪸
- Started my journey to the @icesmarine.bsky.social science conference in Lithuania (2 days of train plus the ferry from Kiel, hence the early departure 🙂). I'm giving a talk on Monday in session R on 'Assessment of bottom trawl impacts on the status of seabed communities in European Seas'. 🌊🦞🪱🪸
