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Questionnaire for “Assessing the Economic Value of Manta Ray Tourism in Raja Ampat”

18 Dec 2024
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Raja Ampat is known for many features…its healthy coral reefs and incredibly bio-diverse marine life, its world class diving and snorkeling as well as its stunning topside topography and...
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IUNC SSC Shark Specialist Group Report w/ *Dr. Mark Erdmann

05 Dec 2024
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A third of sharks, rays and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, as new report narrows in on solutions! Nearly 20 years after its first report warned that sharks were threatened but...
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Climate Change Charts a Dangerous Course for the World’s Largest Fish

02 Dec 2024
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This article originally appeared as a Conservation International Blog.  It is shared here with their permission.  To read the original blog, with links, click here, Climate Change Charts a...
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ReShark – a Gallery by *Mark Erdmann

10 Oct 2024
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A Bird’s Head Seascape image Gallery is a thing of beauty.  It’s essentially a portfolio compiled of 12 images, GREAT images, all taken exclusively within the Bird’s Head...
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Coral Triangle Cameos: Biodiversity and the Small Majority by Alan Powderham

10 Oct 2024
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We have some exciting news: In 2020 we reviewed Alan Powderham’s book, At the Heart of the Coral Triangle: Celebrating Biodiversity.  Now, and just in time for Christmas gifting, he has...
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StAR project successfully completes first 2024 releases of 6 leopard shark pups in Raja Ampat! by *Mark Erdmann & **Nesha Ichida

25 Sep 2024
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In 2023, the StAR project made global headlines in conducting the world-first conservation translocations of 5 endangered leopard shark pups – raised from eggs laid at participating partner...
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Insights into the visitations of oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations on coral reefs in the Bird’s Head Seascape, eastern Indonesia by Edy Setyawan and others

29 Aug 2024
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Administrators note: This study was published on August 27, 2024 in Frontiers in Fish Science.  It is shared with permission by the authors. This study represents the first in the Indo-West...
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Introducing “Manis”, the Orphan Dugong Calf by *Mark Erdmann & **Nesha Ichida

27 Aug 2024
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Last week, while hosting Dr. Paolo Martelli and nurse Chilli Chan from Ocean Park Hong Kong and Dr. Jaya Ratha, Director of Thrive Conservation (who were visiting the ReShark nurseries to conduct...
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Important Shark And Ray Areas In Indonesia: The BHS Leads The Way

18 Aug 2024
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New conservation strategies may soon bolster protection for the Birds Head Seascape’s sharks and rays.  The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently named 122 ISRAs...
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Snorkeling the Coral Triangle in Raja Ampat by Danita Delimont Herbig

13 Aug 2024
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In 1982 my husband Dave and I had the unique opportunity to visit many of the outlying islands off the eastern coast of Papua New Guinea. For three weeks we snorkeled and dived the beautiful...
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