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.
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.
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).