May 19, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Mary Lee has recently attracted a lot of attention on social media through her @MaryLeeShark Twitter account. This 3.500 pound white shark was tagged two years ago by Gregory Skomal, Senior fisheries biologist with Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, with an Argos...
Apr 28, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Movebank help animal tracking researchers to manage, share, protect, analyze, and archive their data. Movebank is an international project used by research and conservation groups around the world. Movebank users retain full ownership of their data and can choose...
Apr 28, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The project is implemented for a period of 2 years by the MIA – Mediterranean Association of Producers Organisations – as part of development actions and support of French Mediterranean fisheries, with the support of the France Fishing industry (FFP), the...
Sep 8, 2014 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Qatar is home to a great diversity of marine animals. Each year, hundreds of whale sharks return to the Qatari waters near the Al Shaheen oil field, in the north of Qatar. To protect the whale sharks and help preserve this endangered species, a research project was...
Sep 25, 2012 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Sharks are currently threatened all over the world, and the general public does not enough about their behavior and evolution. For the past 12 years MCSI (Marine Conservation Science Institute) scientists have been studying the behavior and migratory patterns of...