Marine ecologist & co-founder of @reeflifesurvey
Hobart, Tasmania
Joined December 2018
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Scientists are working hard to ensure the red handfish has a future. They hope a new captive-rearing program is the answer
australiangeographic.com.au/…
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From a secret location in southern Tasmania waters, UTAS alumna Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith is leading the charge to save the Red handfish from extinction.
"Personally, I feel a sense of responsibility; we can’t just watch them pass into oblivion.” @IMASUTAS bit.ly/JeminaStuart-Smith
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We’re excited to announce our @HandfishProject team have joined the prestigious @InsideNatGeo Explorers, with funding for vital ongoing conservation work for critically endangered #redhandfish. Congrats to proj coordinator, Jemina Stuart-Smith & the dedicated IMAS @UTAS_ team!
ALT Handfish Conservation Project coordinator, Jemina Stuart-Smith 📸 Peter Mathew
ALT Critically endangered Red handfish 📸 Tyson Bessell
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We recently re-sighting some of our captive-raised red handfish juveniles in the wild (2 months post release) #conservation #criticallyendangered #handfish (📷T. Bessell)
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The krill of the reef! Basal #invertebrates show remarkably consistent secondary production across #temperate & #tropical reefs @IMASUTAS @UTAS_
royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Unifying #size #spectra for reef invertebrates from #coral reefs to #kelp forests! 🦀🦞🦐
New PhD article by @KateFraser18 @IMASUTAS supervised by @RickStuartSmith @gedgar33 @ScottDLing @ReefLifeSurvey
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… – at Australia
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The Teenager Model of Behaviour:
Crown-of-thorns starfish party all night, sleep-in til midday & only find way home if near a well-stocked larder of #Acropora #coral !
@IMASUTAS @JCU @CoralCoE @MorganPratchett @pratchettlab @ZLCowan @jordiocean #CoTS
royalsocietypublishing.org/d… – at Queensland, Australia
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The RLSF 2020 Annual Report is now available! 🙌
Massive thanks to all the organisations and individuals who contributed to another hugely successful year for RLS! 💙
reeflifesurvey.com/rlsf-annu…
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Red #handfish juveniles released to boost #endangered wild population | MARINE BIODIVERSITY HUB shar.es/aoaiYa Image: Rick Stuart-Smith
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New paper out today in #BiologicalConservation on all things #ReefLifeSurvey: our origins, our methodology, our strengths & limitations, our scientific & management outcomes, our successes & our big plans for the future!
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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After 7 months enforced break, our #LapofAus voyage continues.
Central Great Barrier Reef today.
Northern GBR next week.
Central inshore reefs have survived this year's bleaching.
Yesterday's transect pics - Brook Is.
@Reeflifesurvey
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World, meet Froggy! Froggy was named by the @echoview team in memory of Chris Bellears, 'a dearly missed colleague and friend who had a soft spot for the charismatic handfish'. We're sorry for your loss, but we appreciate the gesture and support (📸 Tyson Bessell)
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For the first time in modern history, a marine fish species has been declared extinct on.natgeo.com/32DuoXo
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Grateful to @NatGeo for this feature on #handfish
@IMASUTAS @CSIRO @NESPmarinehub @gedgar33
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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@IUCNRedList updates for handfish includes the first marine bony fish listed as Extinct - Smooth handfish
New by me in the July print edition (online paywall) of @SciAm ! A tragic milestone in ocean conservation. For the first time, the @IUCNRedList has a declared a marine fish that was alive in modern times extinct. scientificamerican.com/artic… Please RT!
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Red #handfish raised in captivity at @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ as part of a #conservation strategy to bolster wild populations: 7mo old, 20 mm long. (📷 J. Stuart-Smith) #endangeredspecies
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You can learn more about the findings in this short video vimeo.com/404576159
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The RLS Summer/Autumn Newsletter is now available!!
mailchi.mp/06914a4815ec/rls-…
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Mean density of red velvetfish per UW transect since 1992.
From 38 sites where recorded, across full distributional range.
Only species in family.
Not on any threatened species list.
No public interest because temperate not coral reef.
Huge genetic diversity about to disappear
Cool-water reef fishes: a tour
#20 Pt 1 Tasmania
Best for last.
Also most threatened (incl recent extinction); trapped, nowhere south to retreat with warming.
Handfishes (both CR), red velvetfish (1 species family), prowfish
Brachionichthyidae, Gnanthanacanthidae, Pataecidae
