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11 Dec 2018

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Oslob’s community dive tourism delivers profits to fishers and their communities unlike expatriate and national elite owned models that often undermine local livelihoods.

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The Conversation – Oslob Whale Sharks and Conservation The Guardian reports on our Oslob research Turtles as food Local fishers of Oslob Research starts at dawn
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21 Sep 2019 The Conversation – Oslob Whale Sharks and Conservation
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The Conversation – Oslob Whale Sharks and Conservation

Our article in The Conversation, covering the release of our new research paper on the conservation effects of Oslob Whale Sharks. A group of the world’s poorest fishermen are protecting endangered ...

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11 Dec 2018 The Guardian reports on our Oslob research
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The Guardian reports on our Oslob research

The Guardian – Oslob Whale Sharks and livelihoods Fishermen-turned-entrepreneurs who have been financing the protection of endangered whale sharks in the Philippines have hit on a successful sc...

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09 Dec 2017 Turtles as food
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Turtles as food

  Raja Ampat. Scrubbing algae off the shells of captive turtles, caged until they grow to eating size, then sold. A common sight water villages. Taking turtles is illegal but overlooked. ...

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09 Dec 2017 Local fishers of Oslob
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Local fishers of Oslob

Traditional non-motorised banca Field work blog – Post 6 A local fisher heads out at dawn with his traditional banca with simple fishing gear – a gill net and hook and line. Oslob, the Ph...

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29 Oct 2017 Research starts at dawn
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Research starts at dawn

Field work blog – Post 5 Marine biologist Ma. May Saludsod watches Oslob fishers survey weather and tide conditions before launching their small banca (traditional outrigger canoes), for mornin...

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18 Aug 2017 Oslob: Bubbles, baby!
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Oslob: Bubbles, baby!

Field work blog – Post 4 Bubbles = divers below. Photographic imperfection meets dive tourist Heaven (taken by a failed underwater photographer on field work, who is much better at research. Bi...

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16 Aug 2017 84% of dive operators in tropics have dive sties in marine protected areas
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84% of dive operators in tropics have dive sties in marine protected areas

84% of dive operators in the tropics report that they have dive sites located within marine protected areas (MPAs). This is no surprise because MPAs are designed to protect the coral reefs, fish stoc...

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16 Aug 2017 Oslob Whale Sharks: bright spot in community based dive tourism
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Oslob Whale Sharks: bright spot in community based dive tourism

Field work blog – Post 3 Fishermen paddle dive tourists in small, unmotorised banca (outrigger canoes) out to snorkel with whale sharks in barangay Tan-Awan, Oslob, on the island of Cebu in the...

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