February 15th 2021: Whale Shark Research

Simon says:

‘I’m a co-founder and whale shark researcher at the Marine Megafauna Foundation, and an irredeemable wildlife geek at the new Nature Tripper Magazine (and website), which I operate with my wife Madeleine. ‘

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Simon J Pierce
Simon Pierce

17th February 2025: Ocean Wide photography for Science

We joined whale shark conservation biologist, Executive Director of the Marine Megafauna Foundation, and Sony NZ Digital Imaging Advocate Dr Simon Pierce for some tips and tricks on ocean wildlife photography, and to learn how scientists are using AI-assisted photo-identification to track endangered ocean animals across the world – including some of the NZ citizen science projects that wildlife photographers can contribute to,

Here’s the link to the slide show that Simon showed that evening