60 Minutes on Whale Sharks September 6, 2007
60 minutes (Australia) this Sunday night (9/9/07) has a story on whale sharks:
It includes the Atlanta Aquarium, which keeps whale sharks (a little unsuccessfully), Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd), Dr Mark Meekan (AIMS) tagging program, and WA’s own Brad Norman plus the ECOCEAN Photo-ID Library.
Please advise others you think might be interested.
So .. that’s Ch9 on the 9th of the 9th at .. um .. 7.30!
Dennis Beros
The New Inventors: Whale Shark August 17, 2007
The ABC programme New Inventors recently featured the Ecocean Photo-identification Library. Winner of episode 28/2007 the public is now invited to vote for the People’s Choice Awards. Just one more day to go: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s2002049.htm
ECOCEAN's Brad Norman wins Rolex Awards for Enterprise October 26, 2006
Marking three decades since the inception of its international awards programme, Rolex today named the winners of the 12th Rolex Awards for Enterprise. The Laureates – three women and two men – hail from Australia, France, India, Thailand and the United Kingdom. They join the 55 Laureates who, since 1976, have been singled out by the Swiss watchmaker for their innovative projects to change the world and make it a better place to live.
Each Laureate will receive a cash prize and a personally inscribed gold Rolex chronometer on the 26th October)\ at a ceremony at …
Whale Shark Conference in Belize September 12, 2006
From our affilliate in Honduras, Steve Fox:HiI know that most of the people registered on this site at the moment are not from the Caribbean region, but just to let you know that there is a Whale Shark Conference in Belize on the 25, 26, 27, 28 September 2006As sent to me today here are the details, if anyone would like anymore information please feel free to contact me, I am based in Utila and will be going to it.WorkshopWhale shark tourism management: developing guidelines for best practices in the Mesoamerican Reef RegionPlacencia, BelizeSeptember 25-28, 2006RationaleDespite the surveys and other research studies conducted on the whale shark aggregation in several sites along the coast of Belize and Mexico, the information gathered is not enough to understand the dynamics of the whale shark feeding aggregations and the impact of observation by tourists or researchers on its site fidelity.The expansion of whale shark observation tourism, the potential threat of inadequate practices or unregulated operations to its sustainability, and the increasing importance of these operations to facilitate the transition of fishers to less impacting and more profitable economic activities, have made all stakeholders interested in developing guidelines for best practices.
ECOCEAN in the News September 10, 2006
A week’s worth of science news
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Spotty animals underwater
Sophisticated pattern-recognition software originally developed for deciphering telescope images is now being used to help protect the whale shark, an endangered species.
The outer-space software works as well underwater, because every whale shark is effectively branded at birth with a unique pattern of lines and spots that doesn’t change during its lifetime…. spot patterns. A complete photo gallery is available online (http://www.ecocean.org) along with tips on taking new ID pictures. Don …
Whale Shark - Movie Stars Of The Ocean August 23, 2006
Donsol - Love is an ocean of emotion features our favorite creatures prominently. Talk about Stars Beneath The Waves! A film by Adolfo Alix Jr, now considered for the Australian International Film Festival.
Also see the trailer at YouTube or Google Video.
ECOCEAN honors frequent contributors August 22, 2006
ECOCEAN is pleased to recognize the most prolific contributors to the Whale Shark Photo-ID Library. In this first batch we would like to present four of them: Jasmine & Steve Fox, Annie Strachan, Leith Holtzman and Robin Hughes. For more information see our Contributor’s page.
Re: Conservation of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef July 17, 2006
Re: Conservation of Whale Sharks at Ningaloo Reef - Western …
… There were 8 boats and every one was moving in fast to “drop”
their guests so they could watch the whale shark. …
Without protection from abuse, divers may actually chase off whale sharks from their existing feeding grounds, denying the experience of a whale shark encounter to future diver. …
rec.scuba.locations
- Apr 29, 02:03pm by Marco van Berkel - 2 message - 2 author
Ban whale shark hunting! July 16, 2006
Whale shark hunting has been banned in Taiwan - but only for the rest of
2006.
This is a great development in one of the main locations where whale shark
hunting continues, but it’s still permitted in 2007 and beyond. Most
countries have stopped legalised killing of this threatened species.
International pressure is needed to make this as global ban.
Please air your views / send through comments.
Taiwan Cuts Whale Shark Hunt July 15, 2006
FiNS Magazine - Singapore
The Fisheries Administration under the Council of Agriculture in Taiwan
sets a limit on the number of whale sharks Taiwanese fishermen can hunt
each year. …