Handfish Conservation Project@HandfishProject

The Project will coordinate work by the Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies CSIRO, & partners, under the direction of the National Handfish Recovery Team.

 Hobart, Tasmania
handfish.org.au
Joined December 2018
Prioritising #conservation actions for red #handfish - article by PhD student Tyson Bessell & colleagues bit.ly/3Ch4REG
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It's national #ThreatenedSpeciesDay. Half of all known handfish species are considered threatened with extinction (@IUCNRedList), and for another 5 species we do not have enough data to know their status. @TSCommissioner #BiodiversityCrisis #conservation #extinction
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Excited that our project leader Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith is taking part in this year's @InsideNatGeo #NatGeoFest this week! Huge thanks to @InsideNatGeo for supporting our #handfish research and conservation ❤
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Resighted 681 days after first being observed, this once 3cm little red handfish named Irwin is now double the size & very much an adult! Thanks to generous sponsors who named this Critically Endangered handfish in honour of Steve Irwin. handfish.org.au/meet-the-fis… 📸 Tyson Bessell
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Not so 'red' red #handfish found recently at one of our monitoring sites as part of regular @IMASUTAS surveys to estimate population size & track growth/movement/habitat preferences for this #CriticallyEndangered species. (📷 Jemina Stuart-Smith)
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Meet 'Hope'! This little red handfish has been named by the Hope-Suds team in Hobart - a volunteer-run social enterprise selling hand-made soap & donating proceeds to charity. #grateful #hope #conservation #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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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)
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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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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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Search effort for Red & Ziebell's #handfish in #Tasmania. 7653 surveys over 28yrs via Australian Temperate Reefs Collaboration & RLS. No new populations found. #conservation #endangeredspecies #ExtinctionRisk
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"One of the main things about fish...is the swimming": @hankgreen on #handfish youtu.be/q4F8KrrsfHw (Handfish 📷🎥 @AntoniaCooper @RickStuartSmith)

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Please keep (the equivalent of) 22 Red Handfish between you & the next person re COVID-19 #SocialDistancing guidelines (Australia). Noting that 22 Red Handfish represents almost a quarter of the entire population left #handfish #Tasmania #conservation #PhysicalDistancing
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@IUCNRedList has updated listings of all #handfish (Family Brachionichthyidae). Includes the first ever marine bony fish to be listed as #extinct (Smooth Handfish, Sympterichthys unipennis). bit.ly/2QxGfB7 #conservation #extinction (📷Red handfish, J. Stuart-Smith)
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Red Handfish conveniently poses near @ReefLifeSurvey transect line - ensuring it's counted in data collection @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ @IMOS_AUS @NESPmarinehub #handfish #conservation #marine #endangeredspecies #CitizenScience (📷 @RickStuartSmith)
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Thou shall not pass! Ziebell's Handfish (Brachiopsilus ziebelli) - last seen in 2007 (📷 Andrew Green, Tasman Peninsula 1997) #conservation #handfish #marine #rare #endangeredspecies
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Shhhhh! Baby handfish growing! Red Handfish hatched in captivity at @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ as part of a head-starting #conservation strategy through @NESPmarinehub Juvenile #handfish are ~3.5months old ~1.5cm (📷 J. Stuart-Smith).
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Ziebell's handfish: not seen since ~2007. 📷 Andrew Green (SE Tasmania 1997). Report sightings: handfish.org.au #handfish #extinction #rare #conservation #biodiversity #marine #Tasmania
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Spectacular shot of a Red handfish (Thymichthys politus) recorded on recent surveys in SE Tasmania (📷 @RickStuartSmith) @ReefLifeSurvey @IMASUTAS @UTAS_ @NESPmarinehub #conservation #handfish #EndangeredSpecies #mohawk
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Spotted handfish monitoring with @thegingerfish_ @CSIRO @NESPmarinehub @IMASUTAS #handfish #conservation #marine #tasmania #research #monitoring handfish.org.au/handfish-mon…
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Everyone, meet “Irwin”. A Red Handfish named as a tribute to Australian icon Steve Irwin for his work on conservation. #handfish #ExtinctionMatters #gratitude #crikey #CrocodileHunter Pic: Alex Hormann @AustraliaZoo @BindiIrwin @TerriIrwin @IMASUTAS @utas @NESPmarinehub @UTAS_
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Celebrating redheads (& red hands)– this red handfish has officially been named ‘Ginger Ninja’! We think @thegingerfish will approve. Name a red handfish: handfish.org.au/meet-the-fis… #handfish #conservation #extinction #gratitude @IMASUTAS @NESPmarinehub @UTAS_ 📷 @RickStuartSmith
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This Red handfish is called “Uncle Marty”. Named by human Uncle Marty’s family for his 50th birthday today! Name one of the few remaining Red handfish: handfish.org.au/meet-the-fis… #handfish #conservation #extinction #gratitude 📷Tyson Bessell @IMASUTAS @ReefLifeSurvey @UTAS_
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"With its grim expression, cocked illicium and helmet-like crest, this little gladiator looks set for battle" - perfect description for red #handfish in their fight against #extinction Via @NESPmarinehub: nespmarine.edu.au/news/one-p… 📷 @AntoniaCooper / @ReefLifeSurvey
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Know your handfishes #handfish #tasmania #conservation
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Seems about right... #handfish #conservation #Tasmania #UnscienceAnAnimal
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Grateful for the support of the @TasGov_Media in taking steps towards #handfish #conservation premier.tas.gov.au/releases/… @IMASUTAS @CSIROnews @UTAS_ @ReefLifeSurvey 📷@RickStuartSmith
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Terrific turn-out for the Handfish Conservation Project launch yesterday! Go to handfish.org.au to find out more @IMASUTAS @CSIROnews @ReefLifeSurvey @ShereeMarris @RickStuartSmith @WWF @UTAS_
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The Handfish Conservation Project has officially launched! Find out how you can help #conserve Tasamania’s unique #handfish species at handfish.org.au @Imas @WWF @csiro @reeflilfesurvey @defenders @natgeo @ABChobart @UTAS_ @ShereeMarris
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