Marine ecologist & co-founder of @reeflifesurvey
Hobart, Tasmania
Joined December 2018
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Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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…
Incredible tool that will continue to get better with time as we add more monitoring data (GBR coming too) @bluecology @sussanley @SenatorSurfer @AmandaEBates @thebiteslab @LazzariNatali @DrEmmaLJohnston @adriatix @JoshuaCinner @SylviaEarle @ReeFishNews @FishGuyKai @AndySHoey
REEF LIFE EXPLORER is LIVE!
A first-of-it’s kind interactive digital tool – displaying data collected by hundreds of #CitizenScience divers – REEF LIFE EXPLORER tracks the health of vital reef ecosystems all around the world.
Dive Deeper: reeflifeexplorer.com
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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…
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
Red #handfish juveniles released to boost #endangered wild population | MARINE BIODIVERSITY HUB shar.es/aoaiYa Image: Rick Stuart-Smith
I still think this is the best photo ever taken of a Ziebell's handfish - taken on film camera (by RLS diver Andrew Green)!
Paper on #handfish #conservation effort & challenges published in #BiologicalConservation in light of recent @IUCNRedList updates that reveal them as the most threatened marine bony fish family: bit.ly/3lfjC1B
(📷 Andrew Green, Ziebell's handfish, last seen ~2005)
A great summary of the #threatened #handfish published today sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @HandfishProject @IMASUTAS @CSIRO
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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…
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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)
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
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…
Rick Stuart-Smith retweeted
@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!
