Ireland, United Kingdom
Samantha Andrews
The Shark Trust Angling Project
The Shark Trust Angling Project
Global
Samantha Andrews
SeagrassSpotter
SeagrassSpotter
Spain
Samantha Andrews
Observadores del mar: Jellyfish Alert
Observadores del mar: Jellyfish Alert
United Kingdom
Samantha Andrews
National Whale and Dolphin Watch
National Whale and Dolphin Watch
United Kingdom
Samantha Andrews
Marine Conservation Society: Big Seaweed Search
Marine Conservation Society: Big Seaweed Search

Zegen in de delta

Location: The Netherlands

Topics include: Marine Life

RAVON onderzoekt de kraamkamerfunctie van de Zuid-Hollandse delta vanuit het project “Een Zegen in de Delta”. Zo brengen we in kaart welke jonge vissen gebruik maken van welke gebieden en welke eisen ze stellen aan hun opgroeigebied. Een belangrijk onderdeel van het project is om te kijken óf en hoe de samenstelling van de visgemeenschap en de kraamkamerfunctie verandert nu de Haringvlietsluizen op een kier staan en er weer zout water het Haringvliet in mag stromen. Onderaan deze pagina is een videoserie te vinden over dit project.

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Walking on the sea traces

Location: Global

Topics include: Seafood; Litter

We propose 3 themes:
1) Water at Home deals with the topic of domestic use of drinking water,
2) The Sea at the Table allows us to better understand your consumption of fish and sea products, and
3) SOS Plastic at Sea offers you an opportunity to reflect on the environmental impact of plastic material and waste.

Participation is simple and fun!

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Wakame Watch

Location: UK

Topics include: Seaweed

Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) is a large species of seaweed originating from the Pacific and is considered by the IUCN Invasive Specialist Group to be one of the 100 'world's worst' invasive species, due to its potential to impact ecological and economic interests. Scientists do not currently believe that the true spread of the species is known for Great Britain and North West Europe and producing an accurate distribution of this species is important in terms of managing and controlling spread. Wakame Watch has been established in order to generate an up-to-date picture of the distribution of the species, by encouraging recording of sightings from the public, in particular, we are asking divers, snorkelers, recreational boat users, fishermen and environmental surveyors to let us know when they encounter the species.

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The SIREN Project

Location: Online

Topics include: Ocean Conditions

The collection of hydrological data in Italy has been managed at the national level by the National Hydrological and Mareographic Service (SIMN) since early 1900. The dismantlement of the SIMN, performed about 30 years ago, resulted in data collection being transferred to a regional level. This change has determined problems in the availability of complete and homogeneous data for the whole country. Historical hydrological measurements are usually available only in the printed version of the Hydrological Yearbooks and limited efforts have been spent to digitize this collection. Within the SIREN (Saving Italian hydRological mEasuremeNts) project we aim to digitize these data by crowd-sourcing the recovery of hydrological measurements from historical Hydrological Yearbooks to produce a consistent dataset.

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The Shark Trust Angling Project

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Location: UK; Ireland

Topics include: Sharks; Skates and Rays

Anglers are uniquely placed to record a wide range of information on sharks, skates and rays, improving our understanding of their movements and population trends. In time, this could feed into more effective management of commercial fisheries and protection of those species under greatest threat.

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The Seawatchers

Location: Denmark

Topics include: Litter; Oil; Marine Life

The Seawatchers (DK) 31,000 civilians have voluntarily signed up to help the Royal Danish Navy protect Danish waters and coasts. The Seawatchers know where and how to report oil sightings, and they contribute to keeping the coast clean of marine litter. Occasionally, they report observations of, for example, rare animal species to scientific institutions

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The Rock Pool Project

Location: UK

Topics include: Marine Life

We are a not-for-profit community interest company, passionate about connecting people of all ages and backgrounds to the incredible wildlife found around our coastline. Our mission is to bring people together, connect with our nature and collect data on biodiversity. We have three survey options that can suit people of all abilities: BioBlitz; Mini-Biodiveristy Survey; Crustacean Survey

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The Great Shark Snapshot

Location: Global

Topics include: Sharks

Take part in our community science project and help us gather vital information about global shark distribution. During the Great Shark Snapshot we want buddy pairs, dive centres, clubs and boats to join us and record as many shark, ray and skate sightings around the world as possible. We will come together, go diving, and record all the sharks that we see in a global Great Shark Snapshot event. Over time, each Snapshot will build a clearer picture for shark scientists and conservationists. A picture of species distribution around the world and population changes. 1/3 of sharks and rays are threatened from destructive fishing, climate change and habitat destruction. The data collected will help scientists put effective conservation plans in place to help species.

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The Big Beach Biodiversity Survey

Location: Ireland

Topics include: Marine Life

Record marine species found cast up on Irish beaches. The remains of species cast up by the tide can be a really useful indicator of what is living beneath the adjacent waves. It helps us map the distribution of marine species around the Irish coastline, and to find out what species occur at different times of year.

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Surfing for Science

Location: Spain

Topics include: Litter

Surfing for Science is a pioneering initiative to assess the level of microplastic pollution in shoreline waters. Citizens participate in the project by collecting scientific samples whilst paddle surfing. The final objective is twofold: knowing how much and what type of microplastics are present in coastline waters will help us find solutions to reduce their impact; we would also hope that society becomes more scientifically aware of the problems that plastic pollution generates.

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Spyfish Aotearoa

Location: New Zealand

Topics include: Marine Life

Spyfish Aotearoa is a newly launched collaboration between DOC and Wildlife.AI, a charitable organisation applying artificial intelligence to conservation. The team deploys baited underwater cameras in marine reserves all over Aotearoa New Zealand to monitor the abundance and diversity of marine life. The underwater videos are hosted online for citizen scientists to identify and count the fish species present in the footage.

This project is also being used to train artificial intelligence software. In the future, the software will automatically process the footage and reduce the need for citizen scientists to manually classify the information.

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Spot A Shark

Location: Australia

Topics include: Diving/Snorkeling; Sharks

Spot A Shark is a citizen-science program that engages anyone who spends time with Grey Nurse Sharks in the water and can assist our research along East Australian coast. Divers, snorkelers, and others are asked to photograph encounters with Grey Nurse sharks and post their images to the Spot A Shark website. Scientists then use unique spot patterns visible along the sides of the photographed sharks to identify individual animals. Identifying individual Grey Nurse sharks helps track shark movement, monitor overall health of the population, and help monitor behaviour and changes at local aggregation sites over time. This information is used by Spot A Shark researchers, as well as international partners, to facilitate management decisions aimed towards conserving our Critically Endangered population of Grey Nurse sharks. By supporting this project, you are helping researchers gather valuable data, which may help provide long-term protection for the Grey Nurse sharks and their habitats.

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Sea Watch Foundation whale, dolphin, and porpoise sightings

Location: UK

Topics include: Whales; Dolphins; Porpoise

If you live or work on the coast or at sea, then you can help the Sea Watch Foundation with its valuable work. If you sight whales, dolphins and porpoises and want to submit your sightings and recording forms, please return them to Sea Watch – every bit helps!

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Seasearch Ireland Adopt-a-Site

Location: Ireland

Topics include: Marine Life

In order to better monitor inshore biodiversity the an effort based monitoring scheme – Adopt-a-Site was launched in 2016. The Scheme consists of 17 sites monitored once a month over 5 months (May-September) and to the end of 2017 has collected 2,652 records of 209 species. The Adopt a Site scheme is aimed at clubs, dive centres and individual divers and training is organised locally on request.

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Seal Spotter

Location: Online

Topics include: Seals

Australian fur seals play an important role in Australia's marine ecosystems, particularly around Phillip Island. To better understand them, we need your help. SealSpotter allows anyone with a computer to help with the management and protection of our oceans by counting seals in images captured with a UAV (a.k.a 'drone'). This allows Nature Parks scientists to analyse seal population and marine debris entanglement data faster and more accurately, leading to a greater understanding of their world and the threats they face.

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