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We are posting a series of recently surveyed dive sites in the Bird’s Head Seascape last frontier, Fakfak and the Bomberai peninsula. This is the second in the series, Batu Putih. To read...

Developing Fakfak: an Introduction by Burt Jones

31 Oct 2022

We are very happy to finally able to share the results of our twice-postponed voyage of discovery to the Bomberai peninsula. In 2018 the Fakfak’s regency government formalized the creation...

Introducing ReShark

15 Sep 2022

Those of you who follow the BHS know we have been frequently posting about a project called StAR, which is in the process of re-wilding the Leopard/Zebra Shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) to one of its...

West Papua Government Partners with Global Initiative to Restore Zebra Sharks in Raja Ampat

25 Aug 2022

Note: This article is the official press release composed and distributed by the West Papua Province’s Regional Research and Innovation Agency and its development partners. (And it’s our...

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Raja Ampat Marine Park’s Authority* Proposed Five Topics To Further Strengthen Its Management, by: Nikka Gunadharma and Allan Fredrik Ramandey*

08 Aug 2022

Waisai, 21st of July 2022. The ever-changing dynamics in managing protected areas inevitably needs adapting, without essentially deviating from the Management and Zoning Plans, set forth in the...

Rapid Coral Reef Assessment using 3-D modeling and acoustics by Peck, Tapilatu, Kurniati, Rosado

19 Feb 2021

Rapid coral reef assessment using 3D modeling and acoustics: acoustic indices correlate to fish abundance, diversity and environmental indicators in West Papua, Indonesia by Mica Peck*, Ricardo...