In our first 2 weeks of recruitment we have received applications from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Africa, Canada, United Sates and Argentina! The enormous response in our initial recruitment has been such a success we are discussing adding a second Komodo expedition for August 2018, potentially doubling ourContinue reading Green Light on Komodo Expedition 2018 →

  4 times a week our research team heads out to collect data for the REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project. REEF’s mission is to educate and enlist divers in the conservation of marine habitats, and is accomplished primarily through the Volunteer Fish Survey Project. The IOP research team collects and reports information on marine fishContinue reading REEF Survey’s and Experience Levels with IOP →

One of the databases we contribute to is Dr. Ryan Kempster’s SharkBase. SharkBase is a global shark encounter database helping to map the distribution and structure of shark* populations worldwide. Please get involved and become a Citizen Shark Scientist by submitting your past, present, and future shark* encounters to SharkBase. Even if you have neverContinue reading Shark Base Citizen Science →