The other volunteer using the app (no, not available from the appstore) is recording every blow as dolphins come up to the surface for air. You will have plenty of time to snap some great shots, don't worry.) (However it's better not to take your own camera for the first trips. This option is better if you want to take some pictures with your own camera, since it is not as time demanding as using the smartphone app. The coordinates are checked from the GPS, saved into the tracker and also marked down to a sheet of paper with the indicators of dolphin behavior, sea state and the stage of the sighting. The waypoints are marked every five minutes when there is a dolphin sighting going on. If/When dolphin(s) are spotted, the sighting and the volunteer work begins. At this point volunteers only scan the horizon for a possible sighting. One is to keep track of the waypoints using a GPS tracker & sheet of paper and the other is to use a smartphone application and make a note every time a dolphin raises to the surface for air (or any other reason).įirst when the boat leaves, you are going for a search. Volunteers will have two tasks to fulfill. One of the staff members is taking care of the boat, while the other stands in the front and takes the pictures. In the boat there are two staff members and the volunteers. Photo identification is the main data collection method. These guys are really pros at finding the dolphins on the open sea, so you are definitely going to see your share. You will be working on data collection on dolphin behavior, feeding, numbers, etc mostly based on photo identification.
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All of the staff are not scientists, but the blue world center publishes actively in scientific journals. The center is not to move there for another two years or so.Īs a volunteer, you get to go on the boat quite a bit with the Blue World staff members.
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The new place is being built in the more populated, neighboring town Mali Losinj. The Blue World research center is - for now - located at Veli Losinj, a beautiful fishing village in Croatia. Of course it's not so much - or at all - about diving, but it offers other interesting insights. Getting to understand a bit about dolphins and dolphin research has been great. This year I wanted to do something a bit different from diving, something that would still include spending time at sea.
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