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The Economy of Shark Conservation in the Northeast Pacific: The Role of Ecotourism and Citizen Science

Peter A. Mieras Chris Harvey-Clark Michael Bear Gina Hodgin Boone Hodgin

Published in Advances in Marine Biology

Historically sharks have been seen either as a source of income through harvesting, or as a nuisance and danger. The economic value of sharks has traditionally been measured as the total value of sharks caught for liver oil, fins, or meat for consumption. Sharks have also been killed to near extinction in cases where they were seen as a threat to f...

Perspectives in Marine Citizen Science

Michael Bear

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Michael Bear

Published in Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education

Citizen science can be defined as the process by which any non-scientist collects data or uses the scientific method under the guidance or mentorship of a scientist. This article presents an overview of several marine citizen-science projects as practiced by three non-profit organizations.

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Michael Bear

Published in Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education

Citizen science can be defined as the process by which any non-scientist collects data or uses the scientific method under the guidance or mentorship of a scientist. This article presents an overview of several marine citizen-science projects as practiced by three non-profit organizations.

Abstract for the 2016 Citizen Science Symposium at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Barbara Lloyd Michael Bear

Published in Neoplasia

Using Citizen Science to Identify Sevengill Sharks Barbara Lloyd and Michael Bear, Ocean Sanctuaries Ocean Sanctuaries, a San Diego NPO founded to support and create marine citizen science projects is using the pattern recognition algorithm in 'Wildbook,' a web-based application for wildlife data management, to identify Sevengill sharks in both Cal...

Abstract for 2015 Citizen Science Conference in San Jose

Michael Bear Barbara Lloyd

Identifying Sevengill Sharks with Wildbook Authors: 1.Barbara Lloyd (Ocean Sanctuaries.org) 2.Michael Bear (Ocean Sanctuaries.org) 3. Jason Holmberg (Wildme.org) Abstract Our goal is to attempt the identification of Sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus) that may be returning to S...

Citizen Science and Sharks

Published in Neoplasia

Traditionally, academic science has used graduate students to collect data in many cases, but community science, the term by which citizen science is also known, has revolutionized the process by which large amounts of data can be collected accurately by large numbers of non-scientists under the training and mentorship of scientists. There has been...

Citizen Science Project: Tracking Sevengill Sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus)

Michael Bear Barbara Lloyd

In March of 2014, another San Diego diver and I decided to form our own 501c3 non-profit group dedicated to promoting and supporting citizen science projects such as this one. The Sevengill Shark ID Project is now the flagship citizen science project for Ocean Sanctuaries [http://oceansanctuaries.org/wordpress/citizen-science-projects/]

Citizen Science and Sharks

Published in Neoplasia

Traditionally, academic science has used graduate students to collect data in many cases, but community science, the term by which citizen science is also known, has revolutionized the process by which large amounts of data can be collected accurately by large numbers of non-scientists under the training and mentorship of scientists. There has been...

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