2013 Seychelles Whale Shark Monitoring Programme
The dates for the 2013 Seychelles
internship programme have now been confirmed, the core internship programme
will last for 8 weeks from Monday 26th August to Sunday 20th October. The first
week will be an orientation and training week, week two will be getting some
practice whale shark trips and helping the pilots set up the micro-light
aircraft, and as of week three the monitoring activities proper will be
implemented. Additionally, there will be an additional two ‘Bonus’ weeks from
October 21st to November 3rd that will be run if there are still whale sharks
around at this time.
Snorkellers following 2 feeding sharks as seen by interns from our microlight aircraft
We take 6 interns on the
programme each year and there are still a few internship places available; please
visit our web page for further details and to download application forms.
3rd International Whale Shark Conference
The dates and venue for the 3rd International
Whale Shark Conference have been announced; the conference will take place at
the Atlanta Aquarium, Georgia, USA on October 6-10th 2013. Please
visit the official web site for full details of the programme and activities.
The closing date for ‘Early Bird’ registration is May 31st so you need
to hurry to get the reduced price, and closing date for abstract submission is
July 1st.
2014 Djibouti Whale Shark Monitoring Programme
This is now an annual expedition to continue the work that
MCSS helped implement in 2006, when this aggregation of whale shark was first
scientifically documented, and has continued very successfully every January
since 2009.
Due to popular demand, the 2014 Djibouti whale shark monitoring programme
will take place over four weeks in January instead of the usual three weeks.
There will be four seven day departures aboard the MV Deli starting each Saturday
so 4-10th, 11-17th,
18-24th and 25-31st of January 2014. Final costs are
still being confirmed but interested parties should visit the Djibouti page on our
web site for further details which will be posted there as soon as possible.
Last But Not Least... Our Web Site & Facebook Page
A long overdue revamp of our web site has just been completed;
the site now includes details of all the current MCSS programmes and projects
as well as information about MCSS and also ways in which you can help… Please
feel free to drop by and visit on www.mcss.sc
. Project Coordinator Georgia French is looking after a Facebook page to help
keep people up to date with our activities, do drop by and Like us!
