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25.01.2022 Lucky shark! First class ticket to Papatura in the Solomon Islands. Did you know the Solomon Islands is home to 50 species of sharks and rays (http://www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC17012)? Maybe Stripey will make a friend or two....

25.01.2022 OCS is featuring members from our society to help us all get to know each other better. First up is our former treasurer & OCS champion Dr Cass Rigby (Twitter: @crigby4). Cass is currently working on the Global Shark Trends Project as part of The Shark Specialist Group reassessing Chondrichthyes for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

25.01.2022 REGISTRATION IS OPEN If you submitted an abstract for the 2020 OCS Virtual Conference check your inbox and make sure you register! Didn't submit an abstract but would like to listen in?... Become a member oceaniasharks.org.au/join-or-renew and join the 2 day conference. Student membership is only $20 and we also have a developing country membership too. See more

23.01.2022 Golden cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri) samples, collected in #Ecuador, have been listed on Otlet by Galapagos Science Center researchers. Do you know som...eone who could use these samples? They can access the database for free at https://otlet.io Please share with colleagues who might be interested in making use of these samples! . . . . Save Our Seas Foundation Grupo de Estudo de Elasmobranquio Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Deutsche Elasmobranchier-Gesellschaft e.V. See more

23.01.2022 Stripey has finally resurfaced! After escaping the kidnappers, Stripey returned home.... but where is everybody?! Looks like Stripey is now hitting the road....

22.01.2022 Over the next week we'll be introducing the 2020 OCS Executive Council and General Committee. Please welcome our new President Brit Finucci (Twitter: @BritFinucci)!!! Brit works in New Zealand and investigates the impact of fishing on bycatch species, particularly deepsea chondrichthyans.

21.01.2022 Here in Australia its the 17th of October which means its International Sawfish Day!!! Worldwide there are 5 species of sawfish. These animals can grow quite large with reports of some individuals reaching up to 7m in length

20.01.2022 Meet OCS general committee member Bonnie Holmes. Bonnie is based at the University of the Sunshine Coast where her work focuses on the biology and ecology of large sharks and fish. Her current work is investigating the key research priorities for fish and fisheries research in Australia.

20.01.2022 The 2020 OCS Virtual Conference is on next week (Tues & Wed)! If you'd like to hear plenary speaker talk on Tues about "Fact-Checking Shark Conservation Success" make sure you register! This talk FREE for anyone who would like to listen in!... Register here http://forms.gle/jsj7vUxUx9BJxqdTA #OCSVirtual2020

20.01.2022 How about this for #flatsharkfriday - new paper out by Samm Sherman (Twitter: @SammSherman27) and co: "When sharks are away, rays will play: effects of top predator removal in coral reef ecosystems". You can read the full article here http://int-res.com/articles/meps2020/641/m641p145.pdf

19.01.2022 OCS is proud to be organising the shark fisheries symposium at the World Fisheries Congress 2020 (#WFC2020) in Adelaide! The OCS session is titled: "Global Status, Recent Developments and Future of Shark and Ray Fisheries". Abstract submissions for the congress are now open but only until the 31st of Jan so if you're interested in going, get your abstracts in soon!!! Keep an eye out for travel grant announcements too!!! ... For more details visit: https://www.oceaniasharks.org.au/wfc2020 https://wfc2020.com.au/

19.01.2022 New biologging paper out yesterday by Samantha Andrzejaczek (Twitter: @DrSammyShark) and co: "Depth-dependent dive kinematics suggest cost efficient foraging strategies by tiger sharks". You can read the full article here royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.200789

19.01.2022 In Australia, yesterday was #InternationalWhaleSharkDay!!! These animals are the largest of all the sharks reaching up to 18m and can dive to depths >1000m. And Simon Pierce (Twitter: @simonpierce)(pictured), who works for the Marine Megafauna Foundation, is one of the lucky scientists who gets to study them!

19.01.2022 Attention OCS members Don't forget we have the OCS Monthly Chat ! This time we’ll be discussing Public perceptions of sharks with Justin Rizzari & Helen Armstrong.... Time: // : Check your inbox for the zoom link! See you there!

17.01.2022 Meet our Newsletter Editor Michael Heldsinger (Twitter: @MichaelHeldsing) Michael is currently finishing up a Masters degree with University of Otago in New Zealand. His research is investigating marine reserves in the South Island to understand their effect on the distribution of coastal sharks!

17.01.2022 Meet OCS Treasurer Asia Armstrong (Twitter: @AsiaArmstrong81) Asia is currently completing her PhD at the University of Queensland with Project Manta. Her work is focusing on the spatial, behavioural and feeding ecology of manta rays in Australian waters and beyond.

17.01.2022 Reminder: student travel grants for the upcoming OCS conference in Dunedin NZ are due April 19th (today!)Reminder: student travel grants for the upcoming OCS conference in Dunedin NZ are due April 19th (today!)

16.01.2022 We missed it last week but here it is for #FlatSharkFriday!!! New work on #flatsharks by Joni Pini-Fitzsimmons (Twitter: @MotherOfRays) & co: "Heterarchy Reveals Social Organization of a Smooth Stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata) Population in a Provisioned Food Context" Paper here frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.641761/full

16.01.2022 Time to meet one of our New Zealand members - Rob Lewis!!! Rob completed his masters at the University of Otago looking at population demographics of broadnose sevengill sharks. He's currently working on a citizen science program called "Shark Spy" which works with local communities and school groups. You can find out more about Shark Spy here https://www.facebook.com/SharkSpyOtago/

16.01.2022 Up next is Dr Barbara Wueringer @BWueringer, the Director and Principal Scientist of Sharks and Rays Australia (@SharksAndRaysAu)!!! Barbara works in remote regions around QLD and is currently focusing on different aspects of sawfish biology and conservation, working with school kids, Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers and recreational and commercial fishers. If youd like to know more about SARA follow this link www.sharksandraysaustralia.com

15.01.2022 Are you on Instagram??? Well guess what?! So is OCS!!! You can find us under oceania_sharks or follow the link to our Instagram page instagram.com/oceania_sharks We'll be searching for some cool photos to post on the page in the near future so stay tuned and have your snaps ready!!!

15.01.2022 The second OCS member to be featured is Dr Matias Braccini. Matias is a senior research scientist at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development of Western Australia and is currently leading the shark and ray sustainability group.

14.01.2022 Meet OCS Vice President Justin Rizzari (Twitter: @MarineMinded) Justin is a Fisheries Scientist who joined Deakin University in 2018 as a continuing lecturer in Fisheries Science. He works on a diverse range of projects associated with ecology and fisheries across a range of species.

14.01.2022 Did you know? Ghost sharks are the oldest radiation of fishes and vertebrates! Pictured below: Longnose spookfish (Harriotta raleighana)... #InternationalGhostSharkDay

14.01.2022 The cultural importance of sawfish in Australia, written by Barbara Wueringer https://saveourseas.com//the-cultural-importance-of-sawf/

13.01.2022 OCS is very pleased to announce that Madie Cooper (Twitter: @MadieKCooper) from James Cook University has won the 2019 Passions of Paradise Student Research Award!!! Congratulations Madie and thank you to everyone who submitted an application. Madie will receive $3000 to assist with her eDNA research on sawfish

13.01.2022 Only 1 week left to get your abstracts in for the 2020 OCS Virtual Conference!!! - Abstracts due: 31st July - Conference date: 3rd & 4th Nov - Plenary speaker: Dr Shelley Clarke... - Student prizes $$$ Submit your abstracts to the email address listed in the flyer below

13.01.2022 OCS is exploring the idea of a virtual conference later this year in place of the postponed World Fisheries Congress. To gauge the interest of a virtual meeting we have prepared a survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/RCDWNBQ to guide our next steps and we would love to hear from you!

13.01.2022 This week we saw a fantastic number of OCS members attend the Sharks International conference in Brazil. Kudos to Lauren Meyer and Al Harry for taking home the top talk awards!

12.01.2022 We are excited to announce this years OCS conference will be held 3-5 July, 2019 in Dunedin, New Zealand alongside the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) annual conference (http://nzmss.org/events/). We will provide more information as it comes in. For now, save the date and stay tuned!

12.01.2022 Less than 1 week until #OCSVirtual2020!!! If you registered for ' talk or if you're presenting at the conference, keep an eye on your inbox for instructions on how to connect to the conference & view the presentations. We're looking forward to seeing you all there!!!

11.01.2022 You may not know but the 30th Oct is #InternationalGhostSharkDay!!! These unusual looking creatures are known by many names including chimera, rabbitfish, ratfish, elephantshark or spookfish. Pictured below is the Giant Chimera ( ) Brit Finucci

11.01.2022 Meet OCS general committee member Neil Hutchinson (Twitter: @Neil_On_Shore). Neil is based at JCU Singapore where he's currently investigating the movement behaviour and basic ecology of a number of small shark species, including bamboo sharks, in the surrounding coastal waters.

10.01.2022 The website for the upcoming NZMSS OCS conference is now live and is currently accepting abstracts. Registration will open 9 April. All information regarding the conference can be found here: https://www.nzmss2019.co.nz/... And students, remember to submit your travel grant applications to our secretary ([email protected]) by 19 April 5 pm AEST.

08.01.2022 New shark paper in Nature: "Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks". This is Global FinPrint's first global analysis assessing the status of reef sharks. Well done to all of those involved (including some OCS members)!!! http://nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2519-y

08.01.2022 Over the next week well be introducing the 2020 OCS Executive Council and General Committee. Please welcome our new President Brit Finucci (Twitter: @BritFinucci)!!! Brit works in New Zealand and investigates the impact of fishing on bycatch species, particularly deepsea chondrichthyans.

08.01.2022 Up next is the OCS Secretary Samantha Sherman (Twitter: @SammSherman27) Samm recently completed her PhD at @jcu and is currently working as a post-doctoral research fellow at Simon Fraser University where she is assessing the efficacy of elasmobranch management in fisheries globally.

08.01.2022 We would like to congratulate the following winners of this year's OCS student travel grants: Samantha Sherman Asia Armstrong Shiori Kanno... Danielle Davenport Karla Garcés-Garcia We look forward to seeing you all in Dunedin!

06.01.2022 Meet the OCS Social Media team Lachlan (Twiter: @LWGeorge6) & Sushmita (Twitter: @sush_mukherji) Lachlan is a PhD student IMAS/UTAS studying the fine-scale behaviour of elasmobranchs while Sushmita is an independent researcher looking at the life history of small Carcharhinds from fisheries in West Bengal, India.

05.01.2022 We would like to congratulate the following winners of this years OCS student travel grants: Samantha Sherman Asia Armstrong Shiori Kanno... Danielle Davenport Karla Garcs-Garcia We look forward to seeing you all in Dunedin!

05.01.2022 The OCS is happy to announce that our 2020 meeting will occur at the World Fisheries Congress in Adelaide next October! The conference will span five days (11-15th October) and the OCS will be running a session called Global Status, Recent Developments and Future of Shark and Ray Fisheries. The WFC will likely be the largest conference that OCS has been a part of. It occurs every 4 years and has not been held in the southern hemisphere since 1996 when it was last in Brisban...e. It will be a conference that likely attracts over a thousand attendees. Our symposium will aim to bring together scientists from our society and around the world to discuss all things related to shark fisheries. This will be a great session to attend and present research looking at Oceania shark fisheries, or population biology that may be relevant to them. Abstract submission is now open and will close on January 31st 2020. Early bird registration will start in early February. To submit an abstract head to https://wfc2020.com.au/callforabstracts/ and submit an abstract for our session. The full registration fees for the conference have not been announced yet. However, we expect them to be ~$600 for students and ~$1000 for non-students, as is typical of larger conferences these days. Once again the OCS intends to provide five student travel awards which we will announce once the registration details are confirmed. Students are encouraged to submit an abstract now as acceptance of an abstract does register you for the conference. Student prizes will be announced and awarded prior to early bird registration closing (date TBC). Information on the WFC can be found at: https://wfc2020.com.au/ Information on our session is available on our website and will be updated as things progress: https://www.oceaniasharks.org.au/wfc2020

05.01.2022 Here in Australia it's the 17th of October which means it's International Sawfish Day!!! Worldwide there are 5 species of sawfish. These animals can grow quite large with reports of some individuals reaching up to 7m in length

04.01.2022 Attention OCS members Don't forget we have the OCS Monthly Chat this week! This time we’ll be discussing Public perceptions of sharks.... Time: // : Check your inbox for the zoom link!

04.01.2022 Introducing our 2020 OCS General Committee We are lucky to have an incredible group of scientists from around the Oceania region supporting OCS. You can learn more about each GC member as we feature them throughout the year.

02.01.2022 OCS members save the date!!! On the 3rd & 4th of November, OCS will be hosting a virtual conference for its members with plenary speaker Dr Shelley Clarke. Abstracts due by 31st July ... Not a member? If you would like to join you can become a member here http://oceaniasharks.org.au/join-or-renew

02.01.2022 JOB OPPORTUNITY: Fisheries Scientist (IMAS/UTAS) Looking at target and bycatch species in the toothfish and icefish fisheries at Heard Island and McDonald Islands and in Antarctic waters. Full time position based in Hobart, Tasmania. Application closes: 23/09/2019 ... For more info https://careers.utas.edu.au//job/493910/fisheries-scientist

02.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our student travel grants for the upcoming NZMSS/OCS conference in Dunedin, NewZealand. Applications due 19 April. For more information, see https://www.oceaniasharks.org.au/conference-grants

01.01.2022 We are excited to announce this year's OCS conference will be held 3-5 July, 2019 in Dunedin, New Zealand alongside the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) annual conference (http://nzmss.org/events/). We will provide more information as it comes in. For now, save the date and stay tuned!

01.01.2022 We're only week out from the 2020 OCS Virtual Conference!!! Remember if you want to hear plenary speaker talk about "Fact-Checking Shark Conservation Success" you need to register here http://forms.gle/jsj7vUxUx9BJxqdTA