@elasmopoulo
Marine Biologist, Spatial Ecologist 🦈 | PhD candidate at The University of Vigo, exploring the distribution, temporal patterns, and behaviour of elasmobranchs in the Ría de Vigo 🦈 https://kennpapadopoulo.com/
Fieldwork plot twist ❗ ❗
When nobody told you the USS Enterprise would fly over your study area 🛸
T. marmorata incoming 🥞 🦈 💨
Science, but make it cinematic.
#BRUV #BELAS #MarineScience #FieldworkMoments #FishOnCamera 🎥🐠
(listen with sound 🎼 )
📰 📰 Hot from the press ❗
We’re excited to share our new article documenting the northernmost record to date of the Senegal seabream (Diplodus bellottii). 🐟
🔗 Read the full article:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#BELAS #BRUVs @csic.es @uvigo.bsky.social
📣 Abstract decisions for Sharks International 2026 are now available! Authors can view the status of their abstract and confirm intent to present, by logging into their dashboard on the conference website (si2026.org).
Bending back the biodiversity loss curve of sharks and rays. The loss of sharks and rays to date has involved serial depletion of the largest, most evolutionary and functionally distinct species, and the increasing prevalence of smaller-bodied species that have benefited from release from predation.
New paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com by the #GlobalSharkTrends team: Bending back the curve of shark & ray biodiversity loss;
Read the paper here: rdcu.be/eZ9n9
@sfu.ca
@sfubiosciences.bsky.social
@earth2ocean.bsky.social
New paper out! 🦈🥞📡
Using 4 years of acoustic tracking on 179 undulate skates (Raja undulata), we show that fine-scale movement traits (activity + space use) vary consistently among individuals but don’t align with broader philopatry patterns.👀
Full paper 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#BELAS News❗❗
A new species joins the crew. Yesterday we tagged our first blue shark in the wild! 🦈
That makes it species number 8 in the “blue” waters of Galicia! 🌊🟢 Still chasing one more elusive species… but we’re out there, ready! 🦈🔍🤿
Tagging season never stops!! 💪
youtu.be/jmmILoVI9_c
Happy that my shark data contributed to this collaborative paper brilliantly led by @gfalbery.bsky.social on animal social networks. Out in @natecoevo.nature.com
If density drives greater network connectedness, >80% of relationships are nonlinear (75% with saturating trends).
Read: rdcu.be/eD6eB
#BELAS❗❗
I hope you are going through your week like this small spotted catshark interacting with a sea lettuce 🦈 🥬
youtu.be/U35_d0I1sQM?...
#BRUVS 🦈 🐟 🦀 🦞
More to come in and outside the Ría de Vigo 👀
#BELAS news‼️
Thrilled to see our project featured in #LaVozdeGalicia! 🦈✨
The article showcases the behaviour of sharks and rays in the Ría de Vigo, with a stunning underwater montage by #JoseIrisarriCastro 👏
www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/vigo...
#BRUVs 🦈🐟🦞🦀
#BELAS News❗❗
We’re back in the blue! 🌊
Our third BRUV season has officially kicked off, and it’s already looking promising:
63 deployments ⛵
73 hours of underwater footage 🎥
4 elasmobranch species spotted 🦈
More to come in and outside the Ría de Vigo 👀
#BELAS News❗❗
We would like to extend a big thank you to Biologging Solutions Inc. for their support and collaboration on this project. Your technology makes our research possible. 👏
Stay tuned, more to come from in and out of the Ría de Vigo! 🌊 🦈
🔗biologging-solutions.com
#Biologging #LoggLawCAM
Great work🦈‼️
Always a pleasure to spend some time underwater 🦈🐙🎥
Galicia 🤿🤿
Beautiful video about Octopus vulgaris filmed in the Cies islands! 🐙🐙
#Cephalopods #Octopus
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmsm...
Nice feature of the incredible work done by Jorge Urcera on octopus arm regeneration featured in @science.org! 🐙🐙
A bifurcated limb showing signs of autonomous behaviour. Another example of octopus complexity.
#Cephalopods #Octopus @csic.es
www.science.org/content/arti...
Amazing!
Will it be on a "first come first served basis"? Or can we apply later without the risk of not having places left? 😀
mort: An R package to conservatively identify mortalities and shed tags in passive telemetry arrays. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00, 1–13. doi.org/10.1111/1365...
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Can we apply for posters and presentations already? 👀🦈
🦈 Blotched Fantail Ray (Taeniurops meyeni)
Interested in learning more about chondrichthyan research, management advances, and explore new opportunities for collaboration? Join us at the world’s largest shark, ray, and chimaera conference from 4-8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka!
#BELAS News!! ❗❗
A new species joins the crew. Yesterday we tagged our first Raja montagui in the wild! 🦈🥞
That makes it species number 7 in the “blue” waters of Galicia! 🌊🟢 Still chasing two more elusive ones… but we’re out there, ready! 🦈🔍🤿
Tagging season is in full swing!! 💪
Congrats!!🥳🥳
We’re back at it! 🎣🦈
Tagging season is officially underway again in the Ría de Vigo 🌊🌞
Kicking things off with the same mission: understanding movement, behaviour & connections of our elasmobranch friends.
Stay tuned for more field updates, fins, and (hopefully) successful recaptures! 💪
#BELAS
Do you work with skates or rays? 👀
Go and check out the freshly published review paper, led by Danielle L. Orrell, about the best practice recommendations for capture, handling, anaesthesia, euthanasia and tag attachment!🎣✋🏼💉🪡
Amazing❗❗
I will check it out 🦈🦈
Wow👀
Very interesting and nice blog‼️
Looks like I have my plan cut out for tomorrow 😀
Thank you so much for sharing this
Thank you so much!
I will give it a try 💪
Will be there! 🦈
