• Donate
  • Become a partner
  • Adopt
  • English
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Impact
    • Our Team
    • Our Base
    • Our Partners
  • Mission
    • Scientific Research
    • Code of Conduct
    • Environmental Education
  • Join us
    • Science Day
    • Science Week
    • Freediving X Science
    • Internships
  • Support Us
    • Adopt a whale shark
    • Become a partner
    • Donate
  • Newsroom
    • News
    • In the media
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Impact
    • Our Team
    • Our Base
    • Our Partners
  • Mission
    • Scientific Research
    • Code of Conduct
    • Environmental Education
  • Join us
    • Science Day
    • Science Week
    • Freediving X Science
    • Internships
  • Support Us
    • Adopt a whale shark
    • Become a partner
    • Donate
  • Newsroom
    • News
    • In the media
  • Contact
  • Research

    How to photo-identify a whale shark

    How to photo-identify a whale shark
    Categories: Research

    You might also like

    Seeking support to cover schooling costs
    Education

    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 priority is to work the […]

    Learn more
    The 2019 season: a mid-season update
    Season update

    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 and process without volunteers, as […]

    Learn more
    2016 Season: First results are in!
    Research

    2016 Season: First results are in!

    Since the New Year I have been busy with many aspects of the project, such as designing a logo… …and processing the large quantity of photo-IDs from the 2016 season. Photo-identification, a powerful tool to measure population size and structure, basically means […]

    Learn more

    Get updates form our team

    The Madagascar Whale Shark Project (MWSP) is now a registered private foundation (# 0724.642.161). Founded by Stella Diamant, the Foundation aims to further study and protect whale sharks in Madagascar, while raising awareness and empowering local communities.
    Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube
    • FR
    • EN
    • About
      • Our Partners
      • Our Impact
      • Our Team
      • Our Base
      • Our Story
    • Mission
      • Scientific Research
      • Environmental Education
      • Code of Conduct
    • Join us
      • Science Day
      • Science Week
      • Freediving X Science
      • Internships
    • Support Us
      • Adopt a whale shark
      • Become a partner
      • Donate
      • Contact
    • Updates
      • News
      • In the media
    1% for planet
    © Madagascar Whale Shark Project Foundation 2025 • Propulsed by www.romaincariou.com
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy (UE)

    Get updates
    from our team

    We respect your privacy.
    ✅ You have successfully subscribed!

    Donate

    to support our project
    Donate Adopt a whaleshark
    Manage consent

    To provide the best experiences, we use technologies such as cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent may adversely affect certain features and functions.

    Functional Always active
    Technical access or storage is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or solely for the purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
    Préférences
    L’accès ou le stockage technique est nécessaire dans la finalité d’intérêt légitime de stocker des préférences qui ne sont pas demandées par l’abonné ou l’internaute.
    Statistics
    Technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Le stockage ou l’accès technique qui est utilisé exclusivement dans des finalités statistiques anonymes. En l’absence d’une assignation à comparaître, d’une conformité volontaire de la part de votre fournisseur d’accès à internet ou d’enregistrements supplémentaires provenant d’une tierce partie, les informations stockées ou extraites à cette seule fin ne peuvent généralement pas être utilisées pour vous identifier.
    Marketing
    Technical access or storage is required to create user profiles in order to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites with similar marketing purposes.
    Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
    View preferences
    {title} {title} {title}