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Welcome to the October 2025 edition of The Marine Biologist.

Put your paws together for our cover story, which celebrates a successful sea otter conservation programme.  

In this edition of The Marine Biologist, we ask how far can artificial intelligence (AI) extend our knowledge of marine life? Dive into our special AI section to find out.  

Back in 2001, experimental ecologist Professor Stephen Hawkins and colleagues drew on decades of experience to predict the future for rocky shores. Twenty-five years later, Professor Hawkins looks back at how those predictions unfolded and discusses the changing pressures on rocky shores.  

The UK’s inshore fishing fleet is in trouble. We need to value and support our fishers or risk losing generations of knowledge and the heart of many coastal communities.

Meanwhile, in the clear waters of the eastern Aegean Sea, the local knowledge of small-scale fishers is put to the test, where protecting the right areas of the seabed is critically important.  

There is much more in this edition plus the usual roundup of the latest developments in marine biology, news from the Association, and reviews of books.  

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