PRESS RELEASE

Feeding 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.

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Smile!

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…

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Crossing 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.

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Duck-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.

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Fabien 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…

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Movie 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….

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

Top 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.

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VOLUNTEER BLOG

The 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…

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Press Release

Shark 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.

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NEWS

Shark 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.

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NEWS

LAMAVE 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...

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PRESS RELEASE

1000th 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.

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PRESS RELEASE

Researchers 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…

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Press Release

When 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.

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PRESS RELEASE

Donsol 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”.

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