I had the privilege to present at the 19th annual FishBase Symposium in Stockholm, held at the Swedish Museum of Natural History on the 16th of October, 2023. With 180 attendants, I and six other speakers gave presentations on tracking fishes. In addition, I had a great time visiting colleagues and giving a talk at Uppsala University on Gotland the week prior.
UMass Amherst Press Release: On the Trail of the Silver King: Researchers At UMass Amherst Reveal Unprecedented Look at Tarpon Migration
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/trail-silver-king-researchers-umass-amherst-reveal-unprecedented-look-tarpon-migration
Received The Early Career Researcher Excellence Award at The 10th World Recreational Fisheries Conference, Melbourne, Australia - February 2023
Turtle research referenced in A Perfect Planet, presented by David Attenborough
David Attenborough references our Griffin et al. (2019, PloS one) study on how warming seas increase cold-stunning events for the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay. Our co-author Bob Prescott is featured.
Tarpon research appeared on Fox13’s Mark Wilson’s “Mak’n Waves” Special 2022
World Recreational Fishing Conference Presentation June 2021
As unfortunate as it was to not be able to attend WRFC in the Netherlands. It was great to attend this well organized virtual conference. See below for a talk on our collaborative Giant Trevally research in the Alphonse Island Group, Seychelles, titled: “To Fish or Not To Fish: Giant Trevally management informed by stakeholder engagement, post-release activity, and spatial ecology”
Dr. Lucas Griffin - Presentation for WRFC 2021:
To Fish or Not To Fish: Giant Trevally management informed by stakeholder engagement, post-release activity, and spatial ecology
Giant Trevally research and conservation at the Alphonse Group
Appeared in The Seychelles Nation newspaper, written by Gail Fordham.
Article on our most recent work in the Seychelles involving Giant Trevally and improved fisheries management.
https://www.nation.sc/articles/6655/giant-trevally-research-and-conservation-at-the-alphonse-group
All Hail the Silver King
Article written by Dr. Lucas Griffin and Dr. Andy Danylchuk for Texas Fish and Game Magazine (November/December 2020)
https://fishgame.com/2020/10/all-hail-the-silver-king-november-december-2020/
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s Tag Tarpon: Multi-Year Study Aims to Better Understand Tarpon Movement and Habitat use.
Appeared in The Virginia Sportsman Magazine
https://thevirginiasportsman.com/2019/bonefishandtarpontrust
Trouble with Tarpon, an Early Riser Coffee Roasters video
Insights on the tarpon fishery and conservation needs, an Early Riser Coffee Roasters and Bonefish and Tarpon Trust collaboration piece.