Michael Anthony Bear

Ocean Sanctuaries (a registered 501 c3 non-profit)

Citizen science can be defined as the process by which any non-scientist collects data or uses the scientific method under the guidance or mentorship of a scientist. This article presents an overview of several marine citizen-science projects as practiced by three non-profit organizations.

Using pattern recognition algorithms to identify Sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus)

The HMCS Yukon is a 366 ft. long former Canadian warship that was sunk in about 100 ft. of water off the coast of San Diego, California ( 32.7800, -117.2853) in 2000 to act as an artificial reef. The first scientific study of the marine life on the Yukon was done in 2005 by the San Diego Oceans Foundation and Dr. Ed Parnell of Scripps Institution o...

"Given the current level of Galeophobia, or fear of sharks, that’s an excellent question. Most people will leave the water imme-diately if they think a shark is in the area. Oddly, the greatest number of those who fear sharks seem to come from those who rarely, if ever, go into the ocean—so, clearly, this is a primal fear, much like snakes or spide...

"Given the current level of Galeophobia, or fear of sharks, that’s an excellent question. Most people will leave the water immediately if they think a shark is in the area. Oddly, the greatest number of those who fear sharks seem to come from those who rarely, if ever, go into the ocean—so, clearly, this is a primal fear, much like snakes or spider...

"Two revolutions have been occurring at the same time in recent years: the citizen science revolution and the artificial intelligence revolution. And revolution is not too strong a term to use for either. Although one could say that citizen science has been around since the days of Darwin, since he had no formal degrees in his field and pursued hi...

Citizen Science and Sharks

Historically sharks have been seen either as a source of income through harvesting, or as a nuisance and danger. The economic value of sharks has traditionally been measured as the total value of sharks caught for liver oil, fins, or meat for consumption. Sharks have also been killed to near extinction in cases where they were seen as a threat to f...

Historically sharks have been seen either as a source of income through harvesting, or as a nuisance and danger. The economic value of sharks has traditionally been measured as the total value of sharks caught for liver oil, fins, or meat for consumption. Sharks have also been killed to near extinction in cases where they were seen as a threat to f...

Historically sharks have been seen either as a source of income through harvesting, or as a nuisance and danger. The economic value of sharks has traditionally been measured as the total value of sharks caught for liver oil, fins, or meat for consumption. Sharks have also been killed to near extinction in cases where they were seen as a threat to f...

Beginning sometime in 2017, Ocean Sanctuaries , in conjunction with another ocean citizen science nonprofit group, REEF.org, is planning to offer a basic (West Coast) Marine Citizen Scientist Certification course. Certifications for other parts of the US may come later.

http://www.speakupforblue.com/how-to-become-a-citizen-scientist-with-michael-bear Note: this link works best in iTunes

The Undersea Voyager Project and Luminox Watches is proud to present the Eco Laureate Award to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to ocean conservation. Individuals honored with this award have been nominated for their dedication to improving the oceans, and for their leadership in inspiring others to do the same.

"iNaturalist is a citizen science project and online social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations of biodiversity across the globe. Observations may be added via the website or from a mobile application. The observations provide valuable open data to a variety of scientif...

Sharks have diversified globally, and over 400 different species are recognized taxonomically. The majority of shark species inhabit warm tropical and sub-tropical waters. A few species have set up specific niches in cold temperate and polar latitudes. Most people imagine an encounter with a shark to be set in a tropical, clear water ecosystem, but...

10 marine genera/species confirmed photographically on the Yukon artificial reef in San Diego

How does this citizen science project work? Divers do their normal dive and if they observe a Sevengill shark and can take a photograph of the lateral view of the head and gill area without endangering their safety, they do so and then upload that photograph to the ‘Wildbook’ database at Sevengill Shark Sightings.org

Didn’t see any Sevengill sharks on your dive today at La Jolla Cove (or False Bay, Cape Town)? No problem – – we still need your data! ‘Zero data’ is an important concept in long-term population studies in a fixed location with a single species: it’s also called ‘Presence/Absence’ data, meaning, we still want to know when you did *not* see a certai...

Although this is an all-volunteer, long-term (5-10 year) populations dynamics study of the Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus) citizen science project, we want to keep the methodology as scientifically current and accurate as possible, while still keeping within the scope and means of a citizen science project. -->A peculiar bug causes the dow...

Ocean Sanctuaries, a San Diego NPO founded to support and create marine citizen science projects is using the pattern recognition algorithm in 'Wildbook,' a web-based application for wildlife data management, to identify Sevengill sharks in both California and South Africa. --See abstract #2 below.

Citizen science can be defined as the process by which any non-scientist collects data or uses the scientific method under the guidance or mentorship of a scientist. This article presents an overview of several marine citizen-science projects as practiced by three non-profit organizations.

Citizen science can be defined as the process by which any non-scientist collects data or uses the scientific method under the guidance or mentorship of a scientist. This article presents an overview of several marine citizen-science projects as practiced by three non-profit organizations.