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We do accept volunteers on our
programmes throughout the year, however places are limited and vacancies
fill up quickly.
Duties will include supporting a number of the on-going programmes. Additionally we do offer a very limited number of internships for the whale shark monitoring project from August to October (see article). Applicants should be: Applicants should contact us with a C.V. for further details. |
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We are pleased to announce that we will be offering several one week courses in various topics focused on Seychelles marine life; the first of these is on whale shark biology, ecology and monitoring, See this page for details |
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Seychelles Whale Shark Monitoring Programme Internships 2010 A 10 week
internship programme is being offered on the MCSS whale
shark programme again this coming year, from 24th
August to 31st October. The first week will be an
orientation and training week, week two will hopefully be
getting some practice whale shark trips and helping the
pilots set up the micro-light aircraft, and as of week
three (Sept 6th) the monitoring activities proper will be
implemented. Please Note: Applications for the 2010 Internship Programme are now closed; if you would like to be considered for 2011 please send in the application form indicated above. You can also follow the activities on our monitoring blog
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Three weeks of scientific expedition are planned to study whale sharks in the waters of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti; the expedition is being jointly organised by DECAN, a Djibouti NGO and Megaptera an international NGO, in association with MCSS, who helped set up a whale shark monitoring programme in Djibouti five years ago. This is now an annual expedition to continue the work that MCSS helped implement in 2006 where this aggregation of whale shark was first scientifically documented and continued so successfully in 2009 & 2010. Participants will
assist in the collection of data on these sharks (through photographs or
videos for photo-identification, tissue sampling for DNA analysis, compilation of the data, photo-identification matching with previous years,
etc). Participants should be over the age of 21, in good physical condition and competent swimmers. On site training will be provided into the basic techniques necessary for the programme by the MCSS team. If you wish to participate please download the information sheet and application form.
<<Reports from the January 2010 expedition are on our
blog>>
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| Last updated May 15, 2010 |
Photos on this page by V. Iverson and D. Rowat |
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