http://blog.ecocean.org Education, Research & Conservation Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:10:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2007/09/06/60-minutes-on-whale-sharks/ 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 http://blog.ecocean.org/2007/08/17/the-new-inventors-whale-shark/ 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, ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/10/26/ecocean%e2%80%99s-brad-norman-wins-rolex-awards-for-enterprise/ From our affilliate in Honduras, Steve Fox: Hi I 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 2006 As sent ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/09/12/whale-shark-conference-in-belize/ 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 ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/09/10/google-alert-ecocean/ 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. http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/08/23/whale-shark-movie-stars-of-the-ocean/ 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. http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/08/22/ecocean-honors-frequent-contributors/ 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 ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/07/17/google-alert-whale-shark-2/ 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 ... http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/07/16/ban-whale-shark-hunting/ 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. ... www.finsonline.com http://blog.ecocean.org/2006/07/15/google-alert-whale-shark/