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One Week Eco-courses in Marine Biology Topics

MCSS are pleased to announce the launch of their first formal public courses focused on Seychelles marine life. These five day courses are aimed at giving people with an interest in the the marine world the opportunity to learn more about the ecology and biology of some of Seychelles emblematic species as well as some of the standard techniques used in monitoring them. 

The first of these courses is on the MCSS signature species, the whale shark.  This courses is organised by leading whale shark researcher Dr. David Rowat and is limited to seven participants per course, details are as below.

We will be organising several more Eco-courses on different topics during the coming year, please check back for details.

This courses is organised by leading whale shark researcher Dr. David Rowat and will include five mornings of presentations, tutorials and workshops with four afternoons spent putting the theory into practise with the MCSS whale shark monitoring programme and meeting these sharks up close and personal!

The programme has been set up by MCSS using the services of local hotels, boat/dive operators and ground handlers so that all participants have to do is sign-up and the rest will be taken care of! A standard six night package has been organised that includes accommodation at a local hotel on bed and breakfast basis, airport-hotel-airport transfers, the whale shark course and four monitoring trips from Euro 1575 per person sharing.

Three courses are planned this coming whale shark season for a maximum of seven persons per course:

In addition, extensions of the programme are available to extend your stay with a week’s diving or a learn-to-dive package with MCSS supporting partner the Underwater Centre. Further information can be downloaded here.

You can also follow the activities on our monitoring blog

Photos on this page by V. Iverson and D. Rowat  

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