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On June 7, 2024, two permanent mooring buoys for liveaboard dive boats were deployed by RAMS (Raja Ampat Mooring System). These two moorings represent an important milestone. While the...

First Documented Courtship Behavior between Mobula birostris and M. alfredi at a Coral Reef Cleaning Station in Misool, Raja Ampat

14 Jun 2024

Administrator’s Note: This paper was published in the Diversity Journal on 27, May, 2024 by Dr. Edy Setyawan, Shawn Heinrichs, and Dr. Mark Erdmann. The video (and images) were captured by...

Empowering Conservation through Local Engagement by Stephen Frink

10 Jun 2024

Administrator’s Note: This post is for everyone who does not receive DAN‘s (Diver’s Alert Network) Alert Diver Magazine. (For those that are DAN members this article can be...

Study: Mining could disrupt (Raja’s) Manta ‘Superhighway’ by Conservation International’s Mary Kate McCoy

08 Jun 2024

Administrator’s Note: This blog post by Conservation International‘s Mary Kate Mc Coy was originally posted on May 30, 2024. It is shared with CI’s kind permission. “If...

Expedition North Stradbroke: Sampling and Tagging Leopard Sharks in Moreton Bay, Australia

06 Jun 2024

Administrator’s note: This blog post is shared from ReShark’s Indonesia StAR Project May 30 Expedition North Stradbroke: Sampling and Tagging Leopard Leopard Sharks in Moreton Bay,...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, diving, Indonesia, photography, scuba, shark, tourism, triton bay, underwater photography, West Papua, whale shark

Eric Eckes visits Triton Bay’s Whale Sharks

05 Jun 2024

Administrator’s note: Eric Eckes, is a professional photographer from Southern California. He recently visited the Bird’s Head’s Triton Bay for the first time. Eric has kindly...

Conservation, Coral Triangle, diversity, ecology, education, environment, Indonesia, initiatives, raja ampat, sustainability, West Papua

RARCC’s Tambrauw Kebar Agroforestry Project

30 May 2024

Many of you may not be familiar with the Raja Ampat Research and Conservation Centre (RARCC). If you peruse their website, however, you will find they are the “good guys”, aiding the...

Excerpts from “The ReSharker”, the quarterly newsletter of the ReShark/StAR Project

23 Apr 2024

The “The ReSharker” is a quarterly newsletter designed to update ReShark/StAR Project partners on the project’s most recent activities. Because the newsletter includes internal...

Congratulations to Edy Setyawan, our “Manta Man”, on earning his PhD!

02 Apr 2024

Administrator’s note: Some of you may not recognize his name but if you love mantas you have probably read one of his many posts on the BHS site. Dr. Edy Setyawan, from Boyolali, a small...

Papua Explorers opens the Raja Ampat Dive Guide School

29 Mar 2024

We are proud and excited to announce the awesome news that one of Raja Ampat’s most acclaimed resorts, Papua Explorers, recently opened a dive school for Raja Ampat natives. We have long...