The first year of our Master Program ISATEC (International Studies In Tropical Aquatic Ecology) is over (and therefore the lecture part) and it´s almost time to leave for a tropical country and collect the field […]
Just yesterday we came back from a short two nights trip to the Hemmoor lake in Lower Saxony, a little more than an hour´s drive from Bremen (if you drive slowly and way to far […]
“Planet Ocean” is an international documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. It has won several prizes like “Best Cinematography Award” at the Blue Ocean Festival or “Audience Award” at the UK Green Film […]
Overfishing describes the process of taking out more fish out the sea than can naturally be reproduced. If fishing pressure is too high, i.e. to many vessels are out at sea and simply fish too much, […]
One of our last courses in our ISATEC Master Program was the “Law of the Sea” lectured by Dr. Ximena Hinrichs, the Head of the Legal Office at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. […]
When I heard the MV Bob Barker as well as the MV Sam Simon, two of the four larger Sea Shepherd vessels are coming to Bremen I knew I had to go there. I´ve been […]
As part of our two ISATEC lectures Biogeochemical Cycling and Physical Oceanography we went on a Field trip aboard the Research Vessel Uthörn. The 30m ship belongs to the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine […]
After a day packed with beautiful and new experiences on North Stradbroke Island both of us were quite tired. We had walked a few kilometers and I had been carrying my tripod with the heavy Manfrotto […]
North Stradbroke Island is with its 275.2 km2 the second biggest sand island the world and just 50 km from Brisbane. In order to explore the island a little, find some wildlife and to finally get into […]
Sharks have been around for a very long time. They´ve been roaming our oceans for over 400 Million years – an incredible time span and way ahead the first appearance of dinosaurs 230 million years ago. Over time they have evolved to perfectly adapted predators in a very diverse group: the Whale shark may reach up to 16m whereas the dwarflantern shark only reaches about 20cm.
Tom Vierus is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and marine biologist based in Suva, Fiji Islands.
This page is dedicated to his work, projects, and assignments and to share some behind-the-scenes footage.
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