What do mantas eat? Our new paper reveals an insight into the food habits of mobulid rays.
We are delighted to announce a second publication this week: Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis.
Read MoreWhat do mantas eat? Our new paper reveals an insight into the food habits of mobulid rays.
We are delighted to announce a second publication this week: Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis.
Read MoreFeeding the world largest fish: impact of provisioning on whale shark presence and migration
A new paper from the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines and the Centre for Integrative Ecology of Deakin University in Australia describes the effect of provisioning (attracting wildlife with food to facilitate human interaction) on the presence and migratory behaviour of the whale shark in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines.
Read MoreSmile!
Walking in the street by my home in Mexico I can be as lonely as in a misty forest. Things are different here in the Philippines; everyone says ‘hello’ or calls my name. When I first arrived in Donsol local people commented that I never smiled, that I was lulong (crazy). But I am shy! It’s not so easy for me to talk with people. However, I’ve never seen a group of guys trying so hard to make you feel happy…
Read MoreCrossing the Sulu Sea to the Island of “You will enjoy”
The next stage of the BRUV project for the LAMAVE team was to survey a small group of islands in the center of the Sulu Sea under the Cagayancillo municipality. The islands consist of Cagayancillo, where we are based and the largest of the three, Calusa and Cawilli.
Read MoreDuck-diving with giants
It’s an overcast and breezy, yet warm, morning. I’m standing on the sea’s edge, looking out across the water imagining and anticipating what’s to come - I’ll be swimming with whale sharks for the first time today. This amazing revelation doesn’t quite hit through – my alarm woke me at 6:30 in the morning, after which I staggered around the house looking for breakfast before being gently herded into town, bundled onto a jeepney (public bus) and deposited on site, all in a state far from wakefulness.
Read MoreFabien Vivier, giver you the break down on LAMAVE’s whale shark project in Southern Leyte
Ever wondered what the daily life of a researcher/volunteer is? Let me briefly explain to you how our days are conducted…Every day before going in the field, we need to coordinate with the community to know whether a boat is coming our way or not as well as the time of the meeting…
Read MoreMovie Night!
Who does not enjoy a good nature documentary? Nobody! At least this is the case on Saturday nights at the project site of LAMAVE’s Bohol fisheries project. Every Saturday we erect our home-made screen and set up a projector to show a documentary to the local community and thank them for their kind assistance in our fieldwork….
Read MoreTop gear crossed with science and national geographic
I joined the LAMAVE BRUV Project sometime near the end of March after a friend (out here on the Otter Project) messaged me on Facebook telling me of a last-minute space on the project if I was interested, it took all of 2 seconds to make up my mind so I quit my job and in 2 weeks just about managed to get myself ready for the biggest and most spontaneous trip of my life so far.
Read MoreThe one, the only, the mother
Thank you for stopping by. What I am going to discuss next may shock and astound you. The faint of heart are advised to take their seats now. The ocean holds many mysteries, mysteries we have not even begun to unravel. One of those mysteries has captured everyone’s attention at LAMAVE: whale shark biology…
Read MoreShark Tagging Expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park a Success
The study, which is the first of its kind in the country, is a collaboration between Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) and the Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) as part of their on-going work to study the sharks and rays of Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park; a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest no-take marine protected area in the Philippines.
Read MoreShark tagging expedition to Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park hailed a success
Researchers from Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) and Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) have successfully tagged nine grey reef sharks and one tiger shark with acoustic tags in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, Philippines, a continuation of a study started in 2016. The tiger shark was also fitted with a satellite tag.
Read MoreHow the oceans, and I, struggle with plastic
Of all the places that I have lived the most, loved the most, the Philippines holds a special place in my heart. In a provincial seaside town in Southern Visayas, I spent 2 months as a volunteer studying whale sharks with LAMAVE.
Read MoreLAMAVE join Sustainable Seafood Week Philippines 2017
LAMAVE is proud to be one of the new partners of Sustainable Seafood Week Philippines – an open and dynamic platform for interested stakeholders to discuss the status, challenges and awareness for more sustainable seafood in the Philippines.
Read MoreLAMAVE attends ADEX China!
We are delighted to announce that Josie Yang, will be representing LAMAVE at this years ADEX China in Beijing. Josie, a local Beijinger and trained graphic designer currently works at the Western Academy of Beijing, however it is what she does in her free time that makes her such a passionate conservationist...
Read More1000th Whale Shark Identified in Philippine Waters
The 1000th whale shark has been identified in Philippine waters, making the Philippines the third largest known aggregation of whale sharks in the world and the biggest in South East Asia, according to the online library Wildbook for whale sharks.
Read MoreResearchers tag the first tiger shark in the coral triangle in ground breaking research in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park
Researchers from the Tubbataha Management Office (TMO) and Philippine-based marine conservation NGO the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) have deployed the first ever satellite tag on a tiger shark in the Philippines…
Read MoreWhen Blood Red Design Meets LAMAVE Conservation the Result equals Protection All Round
Blood Red Clothing and the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) are excited to announce their latest collaboration. Working directly with LAMAVE’s field researchers the Blood Red team have designed and created an exclusive free-diving fin bag perfect for the needs of LAMAVEs ocean loving volunteers.
Read MoreDonsol whale shark guides call for no feeding of wildlife
Today sees the release of the fourth campaign film from Their Future Our Future - this one starring the Butanding Interaction Officers (BIOs) and tourism staff of Donsol, Sorsogon, the Philippines first whale shark tourism destination. Their message is clear “Do not feed wildlife”.
Read MoreResearch Unites: Taiwan Whale Shark Seen in the Philippines Becomes First International Photographic Match in Asia
P-545 known as “Pasipiko” is the first whale shark in Asia to have been identified in 2 different countries. This whale shark was caught in a fishing net in Taiwan in 2012 and successfully released. Less than one year later “Pasipiko” was photographed by the researchers of the Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE) in the waters of Southern Leyte. P545 made a 1600km+ journey between countries…
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