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  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

    THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

    How would you define a perfect day for a volunteer? I think I’d start with an overnight stay on the local island of "Dhigurah” where the sun rises at 6:55am, and can be so spectacular that it can surpass a sunset.

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

    How would you define a perfect day for a volunteer? I think I’d start with an overnight stay on the local island of "Dhigurah” where the sun rises at 6:55am, and can be so spectacular that it can surpass a sunset.

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

    How would you define a perfect day for a volunteer? I think I’d start with an overnight stay on the local island of "Dhigurah” where the sun rises at 6:55am, and can be so spectacular that it can surpass a sunset.

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

    How would you define a perfect day for a volunteer? I think I’d start with an overnight stay on the local island of "Dhigurah” where the sun rises at 6:55am, and can be so spectacular that it can surpass a sunset.

  • Dec 27 A day in the life of an MWSRP Volunteer!

     

     

    THE PERFECT DAY OF A VOLUNTEER?

    How would you define a perfect day for a volunteer? I think I’d start with an overnight stay on the local island of "Dhigurah” where the sun rises at 6:55am, and can be so spectacular that it can surpass a sunset.

  • Oct 07 The MWSRP are looking for Volunteers!

     

    *****Volunteers Wanted! November 2011 - February 2012****

  • Feb 24 Support the MWSRP and WIN A LUXURY HOLIDAY IN THE MALDIVES!

    ****COMPETITION NOW CLOSED****

     

    The MWSRP's primary sponsor has generously donated a 5 night stay in the Maldives' most luxurious resort, CONRAD Rangali Island complete with sea plane transfers for 2 very lucky people!

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  • Feb 24 MWSRP will be at the London International Dive Show in March!

    Make sure you come and visit the MWSRP team at LIDS on the 26th and 27th March 2010! 

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    You will find us at Stand 405. Come and chat to the team about whale sharks, our work and volunteering opporunities. 

  • Feb 01 Whale Shark Guide Training Manual Goes Live

    A new online whale shark guide training tool written by the MWSRP has been launched. 

  • Jan 27 MWSRP team member Rory Moore departs on research expedition of a lifetime

    Beginning in January 2011, Rory Moore, a leading marine biologist and a professional underwater photographer who produces cutting edge images, will lead an 18 month expedition across the Pacific Ocean, aboard the marine research vessel La Cueca.

  • Jan 03 Ocean Dancer Competition - Winner Announced!

    The MWSRP would first like to wish everyone a very happy new year!

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  • Nov 25 Video of whale sharks in Ahe, Papua

    Check out this short video shot by the Scubasigns team in and around Ahe Island Papua, Indonesia. This was the island and extraordinary whale shark aggregation site that Morgan and Jen of the MWSRP visited earlier this year.    

  • Nov 24 The MWSRP and The American School of Doha Complete Successful Field Study in South Ari!

    We are very pleased to say that November’s week long trip to the Maldives was a resounding triumph, with a great time had by all who went! The idea was to allow the students from the ASD to experience and learn about the whale shark and its coral reef habitat, and with a bit of luck, swim with a whale shark (or two!).

  • Mar 14 South Ari Atoll: the sharks are back, but so are the tourist boats

    Most of the sharks encountered by the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme team are known individuals, however, a few have been new sharks.

    One individual is a new female, only the fifth female in the MWSRP database. She measured 4.3 metres and hung around for a very long and interactive swim with six members of the research team.

  • Mar 05 The BBC continues its interest in the MWSRP

    The MWSRP has been busy studying the whale sharks in the Maldives since 2006, and helping to provide additional education has always been high on the organisation's priority list.

    In 2009, the first stages of a foriegn student exchange programme were initiated with a Maldivian and a UK school as part of the new Marine Protected Area community focussed projects. The UK students are set to visit the Maldives in April 2010. With that in mind the BBC headed out to the Maldives to film the project.

  • Feb 16 A Butchery in Batangas

    An 18-foot long whale shark (Rhincodon typus), de-finned and fighting for life, was found floating belly-up amidst the rough waters of Bahay Kambing, a sheltered cove in the municipality of Tingloy. Its twin pairs of dorsal and pectoral fins were neatly and deliberately sliced off - the soft, white flesh glistening in the morning rays. Rope and knife-marks were evident all over its tail - mercifully too think to cut through.

  • Jan 20 Ocean Dancer, the MWSRP's newest sponsor

    David Mensard, owner of the luxurious 110' Ocean Dancer, has lived in the Maldives since 1990. He has witnessed dramatic changes to the marine environment. Changes that made him realise he needed to do something to help the oceans flourish again. http://www.oceandancer-maldives.com.

  • Jan 15 Trip Update

  • Dec 27 MWSRP: Community Focused Whale Shark Conservation Initiatives in the Maldives

    The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme (MWSRP) (http://www.mwsrp.org/), as its name suggests, study whale sharks in the Republic of Maldives. However, that aspect of their work is merely the tip of the iceberg.

  • Dec 19 Initiatives introduced to help fund conservation of unique whale shark habitat

    Luxury resort Diva Maldives has become a flagship supporter of the recently designated FenMaaDhiguRan, the Maldives' largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) - home to a globally significant population of whale sharks, not to mention some of the world's finest dive sites.

  • Dec 15 EU Ends Fisheries for Endangered Sharks

    Brussels 15.12.09: The Shark Alliance applauds the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers’ decision to end all fishing for porbeagle sharks and reduce by 90% fishing quotas for spurdog, in line with scientific advice and proposals from  the European Commission.

  • Dec 13 The first 2 and a half days are sharky!

    The MWSRP team's first two and a half days on the reef prove to be very sharky.

    Two sharks were encountered on the 10th December afternoon, six the following day and six on the 12th December also.

  • Dec 07 House Clover becomes MWSRP's logistical sponsor

    House Clover, a guest house in Male, has joined the cause and become the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme's logistical sponsor in the capital Male.

  • Dec 02 The MWSRP gives presentation in Qatar

    The MWSRP's December field trip period kicked off with a visit to Qatar after being invited to present the MWSRP's findings to the Qatar Natural History Group: http://www.qnhg.org/files/wpro_shared/docs/MWSRP_Flier_December_2009.pdf

  • Nov 26 Cameras Underwater continue to support the MWSRP

    Cameras Underwater continue to support the MWSRP and its work by sponsoring some of the organisation's camera equipment, essential to developing the whale shark database further. 

    Visit Cameras Underwater at http://www.camerasunderwater.co.uk/

  • Nov 22 Thank you to various businesses in Folkestone

    The Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme is hugely grateful to a number of businesses in Folkestone, Kent, for their generous sponsorship.

  • Nov 17 MWSRP's Scientific Advisor, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, receives knighthood in the Order of Saint-Charles

    On 17 November Tethys' founder and honorary president, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, received a knighthood in the Order of Saint-Charles by H.S.H. the Prince Albert II of Monaco, for services rendered to the Principality in his quality of Chair of the Scientific Committee of ACCOBAMS.

  • Nov 09 Upcoming December '09/January '10 Trip

    The team will be back in South Ari on the 10th December 2009 to continue the MWSRP's pioneering whale shark research. Also high on the priority list is the development of the new FenMaaDhiguRan Marine Protected Area (MPA).

  • Oct 18 Naiade's resort, Diva Maldives signs up to sponsor the Marine Protected Area

    FenMaaDhiguRan (English translation - Water Flower Long Sun) - Announced on June 5th 2009 by the Maldivian Government is the largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Maldives. It finds its home at the southern tip of the South Ari Atoll, Republic of Maldives, home to some of the most superb dive sites in the World and a globally significant whale shark aggregation. The area is forty two square kilometres of coral reef and turquoise waters bordered by idyllic palm fringed, white sand islands.

  • Oct 12 UK Acts to End Shark Finning

    The Shark Trust marks European Shark Week 2009 by heralding a UK decision to lead in the battle against shark "finning" (slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea) with a complete ban on removal of shark fins at sea.  The Shark Trust, a founding member of the Shark Alliance, has campaigned against finning and for this groundbreaking policy for years.

  • Oct 10 European Shark Week

    European Shark Week Spotlights Need To Reform EU Shark Finning Ban