next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0348_01CEEB71.AF5CCF10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI We're trying to get more people talking about the Shark Identification = Network (SIN), which is a platform for reporting shark sightings in = Atlantic Canada (well, Gulf of Maine up to Newfoundland, to be = specific). This platform also allows people to submit photographs of = basking sharks to our Photo ID Catalogue. The objective is to gain a = better understanding of shark distribution and occurrence in this region = and the more people we have submitting sightings and photographs, the = better. SIN began in the Bay of Fundy a couple years ago, an initiative = of the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, in partnership = with World Wildlife Fund and funding from the Habitat Stewardship = Program (HSP). Thanks to funding from HSP, we expanded to the rest of = Nova Scotia and the Gulf of Maine this past year and over the next two = years, will be expanding to Newfoundland, PEI and parts of Quebec.=20 Jarrett Corke (WWF) made a great website for SIN http://sharkidnetwork.com/ which now hosts our blog: http://sharkidnetwork.com/blog/ (you can follow the blog by clicking the +Follow tab that pops up in the = bottom right-hand corner and entering your email address).=20 To try and reach more people, we also have a Facebook page = https://www.facebook.com/sharkidetwork We're hoping people can "like" us and spread the word. It doesn't matter = where you live, the more people we can reach out to, the better. So = please pass this info along to anyone you think would be interested! = Thanks!! Sarah Wong Halifax, NS ------=_NextPart_000_0348_01CEEB71.AF5CCF10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">FYI</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">We're trying to get more = people=20 talking about the Shark Identification Network (SIN), which is a = platform for=20 reporting shark sightings in Atlantic Canada (well, Gulf of Maine up to=20 Newfoundland, to be specific). This platform also allows people to = submit=20 photographs of basking sharks to our Photo ID Catalogue. The objective = is to=20 gain a better understanding of shark distribution and occurrence in this = region=20 and the more people we have submitting sightings and photographs, the = better.=20 SIN began in the Bay of Fundy a couple years ago, an initiative of the = Grand=20 Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station, in partnership with World = Wildlife=20 Fund and funding from the Habitat Stewardship Program (HSP). Thanks to = funding=20 from HSP, we expanded to the rest of Nova Scotia and the Gulf of Maine = this past=20 year and over the next two years, will be expanding to Newfoundland, PEI = and=20 parts of Quebec. </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Jarrett Corke (WWF) made a = great=20 website for SIN</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><A=20 style=3D"COLOR: rgb(25,106,212); FONT-SIZE: 14pt" href=3D"" = rel=3Dnofollow=20 target=3D_blank>http://sharkidnetwork.com/</A></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">which now hosts our = blog:</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><A style=3D"COLOR: = rgb(25,106,212)"=20 href=3D"" rel=3Dnofollow = target=3D_blank>http://sharkidnetwork.com/blog/</A><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">(you can follow the blog by = clicking=20 the +Follow tab that pops up in the bottom right-hand corner and = entering your=20 email address). </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">To try and reach more = people, we also=20 have a Facebook page <A=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(25,106,212); = FONT-SIZE: 14pt"=20 href=3D"" rel=3Dnofollow=20 target=3D_blank>https://www.facebook.com/sharkidetwork</A></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">We're hoping people can = "like" us and=20 spread the word. It doesn't matter where you live, the more people we = can reach=20 out to, the better. So please pass this info along to anyone you think = would be=20 interested! Thanks!!</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Sarah Wong</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">Halifax,=20 NS</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0348_01CEEB71.AF5CCF10--
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects