Madagascar Whale Shark Project -

Education

19 septembre 2021

Seeking support to cover schooling costs

Nosy Be, the tourist capital of Madagascar, is currently experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis. Since March 2020, the borders are closed. The inhabitants have lost direct and indirect jobs, and are switching to other activities. The...

Season update

13 novembre 2020

An update on our 2020 season

Sadly, due to the pandemic we couldn’t return to Madagascar to run our field season like every year from September to December. While we had big plans for this year (acoustic tagging, community projects…), the...

Research

14 avril 2020

Results from the 2019 season

Version Française ci-dessous. After a lot of work, we can finally unveil the figures from the 2019 season, our biggest season yet in terms of effort and collected data! 97...

2019: Our biggest season comes to an end

Season update

11 janvier 2020

2019: Our biggest season comes to an end

This year, again, was rather unusual. Unlike last year when they arrived in October, this season whale sharks started showing up in August already. This shift is probably due to warming sea surface temperatures, meaning...

Season update

26 octobre 2019

The 2019 season: a mid-season update

Whale sharks everywhere ! This season has been incredibly busy, as whale sharks started showing up in August already! This meant a very short season preparation window for us, and lots of data to collect...

Season update

26 août 2019

Latest news before the season starts

In the last few months we have been busy working on many things, and are excited for what is looking to be our biggest season yet ! Here is an update from the last few...

Research

10 mai 2019

Final results from the 2018 season

While the first whale sharks are already flaunting around the Nosy Be area and I am fully preparing for this year’s promising season, it’s time to take a final look back at last year’s results....

Season update

24 janvier 2019

2018: What a season !

Our team has now left Nosy Be in anticipation of the usual leaving date of the whale sharks but it seems this year whale sharks are spending the holidays in Nosy Be ! Needless to...

Education

22 décembre 2018

Launching our crowdfunding campaign !

Today’s the day! After many years in Madagascar and a lot of hard work this year, I am happy to unveil “The Guardians of the Ocean”, our crowdfunding campaign aiming to fund the Madagascar Whale Shark...

Season update

12 octobre 2018

The Start of the Season

Sorry it’s been a while, we have been incredibly busy! While the whale sharks were initially late, they have arrived ‘en masse’ to Nosy Be this year since the start of October, with more than...