a brief
Let’s take some times and try to understand & listen to their needs. In this project, our objectives is to record all the whale shark sighting along the east coastal of peninsular Malaysia, by working with as many as dive instructors/dive pro/operators that we are able to reach.
A few details will be needed:
- Location
- Date/ Time
- Photo/short video
- sizes(estimation)
- Time of stay(in minutes)
- Water temperature
By having the details, we will integrated with Lunar calendar (based on the moon) to determined the best possible timing of the migration that reaching to perhentian island(specifically) and reaching our east coastal line of Malaysia(generally), up to the southern part of Tioman island.
Our volunteers/staffs will be required to verified the details and keeping an up to date record. If we are talking on why, by learning this migration accurately, we may be able to propose to the authority for the sustainable ‘whale shark sighting’ which in return controlling the numbers of tourist to certain spots and avoiding direct contact to their habitats.
As we are not so experience on this matters, we are also hoping to get some advices from the professionals, namely the scientist and marine biologist to make the research more useable.
Includes in the the records will be the condition of their mouth(lips), fins, and skin. Some addition will be updated from times to times.
How you can support
Become data contributor
Share your sighting of whale shark via info@thesharkfriend.com or WhatsApp with the details mentioned above
Sign up for the course or program
We have couple of programs offered to suit your activity, from shark dive to coral gardener course, project aware of just a simple beach clean up count toward the project.
Support school of hope
Beyond sharks and corals, the organization also would like to do something for the children. Yes, there are stateless kids.
Follow us on IG or FB
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Share our awareness
Letting people know of what we are doing is part of big contribution to the shark friend.
Purchase our souvenirs (only if you need to use)
Honestly, we didn't manage to find the recycling materials yet, if you do have suggestion, do please let us know. We are avoiding the single use plastic items and is a NO-NO for adding artificial structures to the ocean floor.