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The FSBI would like to welcome you to its Mastodon server!

The FSBI is an international, non-political, learned society based in the United Kingdom, that supports scientific activity in fish biology and fisheries science through charitable activities including grant funding, travel awards and conference sponsorship, and through the publication of the Society’s official journal, the Journal of Fish Biology.

Although hosted by the FSBI, this server is open to anyone interested in science and the natural world, however, you may find there is a distinctly fishy flavour!

As a Society, we felt that it was important to provide an online platform for people to gather and exchange ideas in an environment that was free from spam, adverts and malicious content, as well as escaping the influence of billionaire tech giants. We therefore established this server based on the Society’s commitment to principles of knowledge, learning, collaboration, transparency, open access, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Code of conduct We ask that you familiarise yourself with our server rules, which aim to build a community based on respect and inclusion. The administration of the service reserves the right to revoke any user's access permissions, at any time, for any reason, except as limited by law.

Reporting harassment To report harassment, please send an email to mastodon@fsbi.org.uk. If you believe anyone is in physical danger or doing something against the law, please notify appropriate emergency services first by calling the relevant local authorities.

Policies Your continued use of this server implies your agreement with our policies. For further details about how we manage the data related to this server, please refer to our privacy policy.

1. Please be kind and courteous. There’s no need to be mean or rude.
2. Hate speech, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fatmisia, xenophobia and/or violent nationalism, or the advocation of any of the above will not be tolerated and any account engaging in such acts will be suspended immediately.
3. No sexually explicit or violent content and media of any type are allowed on server.
4. Please avoid using overtly sexual aliases or other nicknames and sexual avatars/banner images that might detract from a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all.
5. No posting or promotion of content (and/or any link to content) that is illegal in the UK or the EU is allowed.
6. No incitement or promotion of violence will be tolerated.
7. No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users.
8. No spam behaviour is allowed on this server.
9. Likewise, any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behaviour, or communication that is not in the spirit of the server, is not welcome.