News

24 July 2018

How to photo-identify a whale shark

17 May 2018

Press Release: our first publication reveals Madagascar is a whale shark feeding hotspot

Truckee (California), May 17, 2018. A new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research has revealed that juvenile whale sharks swim to Madagascar, a newly-identified hotspot for these huge fish, to feed. Eighty-five individual sharks were...

27 February 2018

2017 Season: Results

Since 2015, the Madagascar Whale Shark Project has been collecting data on whale sharks in Nosy Be. The aim being to understand the ecology, behaviour and conservation issues that whale sharks face in the Nosy...

31 December 2017

Season Highlights

The end of field seasons always bears a bittersweet feeling, relief mixed with sadness. Here is a summary of the 2017 season…and our favorite pictures. This season saw a few new developments, which we were...

7 November 2017

Launching the Code of Conduct

After meeting with operators and discussing together what guidelines need to be followed in order to ensure better behaviour on the water, minimise the impact on whale sharks and heighten customer satisfaction, Stella delivered 5...

28 September 2017

2017 Season, bring it on!

The first two weeks of the season have flown by ! A lot is planned this year, starting with the Festival de la Baleine, a series of events bridging the gap between the end of the humpback whale season...

18 September 2017

Code of Conduct Training sessions

Following the first meeting on July 1st 2017 held by our Partner Mada Megafauna, about the need to implement a code of conduct to monitor whale shark interactions, the Madagascar Whale Shark Project and its...

6 March 2017

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...

13 January 2017

The End of our First Season

A month ago the Madagascar Whale Shark Project’s first season came to an end. After completing all the end of season reports to funding bodies, I now can focus on data analysis and processing all...

27 November 2016

2016 Season – Sustainable Tourism & Tracking Sharks

Two months into the season already! For those who haven’t been able to follow our project updates on Facebook, here is our latest news. A full summary will be published at the end of the season....