SharkPulse is a smartphone application developed to involve citizen scientists in monitoring global shark populations. Use #sharkPulse to tag us in sightings!
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Are you wondering how you can use the sharkPulse website? Check out these infographics to learn more about how you can interact with us!
Congratulations to our winners from the 2022 Shark ID Hunt! 🏆
First Place: Adam Goatley
Second Place: Beatrice Pellegrino
Third Place: Matthew Pasier
Stay tuned for future competitions, and thanks to everyone who participated! 🦈
Have some extra time this #weekend? Participate in our Shark ID Hunt 😊 Submit #shark sightings and identify sharks in photos for a chance to win these prizes🏅Check out more info here ➡️ sharkpulse.cnre.vt.edu/shark… 🦈
3 days left to participate in our Shark ID Hunt during #SharkWeek! 🦈 Submit #shark sightings and identify shark photos 📸 for a chance to win these prizes! Find more info here ➡️ sharkpulse.cnre.vt.edu/shark…
It's day 3 of our Shark ID Hunt 🦈Head to our website (linked in our bio ↖️) and test your identification skills and submit #shark sighting photos 📸Compete to earn our grand prize of a #GoPro Hero10 Deluxe Kit 🏆 Only 4 days left! #SharkWeek
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During #sharkweek you can express your love of #sharks by watching TV or actively participating in a shark photo hunt to help research. You can win great prizes by submitting original shark pictures to #sharkPulse or validating web-mined images!
sharkpulse.cnre.vt.edu/shark…
‼️Do you have what it takes to be a top #shark identifier? #Compete in our Shark ID Hunt, starting in just ONE WEEK, for a chance to win the grand prize of a #GoPro Hero 10 Deluxe Kit and Underwater Housing! 🏆 Check out our website at sharkpulse.cnre.vt.edu for more details. 🦈
COMPETITION COMING SOON ❗️How good are you at recognizing the various species of #sharks and #rays in the world? 🔍 Test your skills during our "Shark Hunt," an ID #competition of our many shark sightings! More details coming soon 🦈
#sharkPulse Five broadnose sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus) were seen while diving near Simon's Town, South Africa on April 3, 2022 🦈Photo by Andy Murch.
Help us track #shark populations by submitting #photos of your shark sightings to our #database! Link in our bio📊
#sharkPulse Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) photographed by Evan Dalessandro in August 2013 in Key Largo, FL! 📸
Globally, Great Hammerhead #sharks have a critically endangered IUCN Red List Status. If you have any shark #photos, submit them to our #database! 🦈
#sharkPulse Lucky #divers got a great look at this Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) while diving near Punta Maroma, Mexico in November 2021! Photo by Dennis Rabeling. 🦈
If you want to help us be eyes underwater, submit #photos of your #shark sightings to our #database!
#sharkPulse In December 2021, this white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was seen on a dive near Ile Montmorency, Australia by Dr. Elodie Camprasse! 🌊 We use #datascience to track global #shark populations and so can you! Tag us on posts of #shark sightings to help 🦈
Small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) seen on a dive off of St. Abbs Head, Scotland on July 16, 2021 by Tony Gilbert. 📸 We need #divers, #photographers, and beachgoers who can submit #data on when and where they spot #sharks. Submit photos to our sharkPulse #database 🦈
This graph represents the number of #shark sighting records submitted to sharkPulse over time. A lack of historial #data makes it difficult know the amount and rate at which that these populations are declining. This is essential for informing #conservation efforts 🦈
Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) photographed near Broughton Island, Australia on January 30, 2022 by Lee Emery. 🦈#sharkPulse Tag us in your #shark sightings to help us track global shark populations! We use this information to inform #conservation decisions and #research 🔎
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Great to finally see this published! A collaborative effort to identify emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation. int-res.com/prepress/n01169.… Salvador Jorgensen @FiorenzaMicheli @timD_white @brendandshea @Bertarelli_fdn @vt_cnre @vt_fishwild
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New paper "Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation", a truly collaborative effort among current and former members of several labs at @HopkinsMarine and other collaborators around the globe, just published in @ESR_IR!
Full text:
int-res.com/articles/esr2022…
2.2m white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) seen by @SharkSpotters research team on December 6, 2021 in False Bay, South Africa. #sharkPulse
The team was on an expedition to tag bronze whalers sharks and caught this lucky sight! 🦈#datascience #research #shark
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) seen in Jupiter, FL on October 31, 2021. #sharkPulse Photo by John Borys 🌊
Tag us in your #shark sightings to help us track global wild shark populations. 🦈
#datascience #conservation #research #science
