Readers of this blog will know that I have written and photographed extensively about Fiji’s sharks in the Shark Reef Marine Reserve. Coinciding with my return to Fiji just a few days ago, Beqa Adventure […]
Finally, after more than a years work excluding the actual fieldwork itself, my first scientific publication was published yesterday in Ecology & Evolution. Titled “Discovery of a multispecies shark aggregation and parturition area in the […]
Edit 2019: Fishact was formerly known by the name The Black Fish. Recently I spent two days with the NGO Fishact documenting their citizen inspector workshop in Hamburg. Besides the theoretical part of the workshop, […]
UPDATE: Good News!! All recommendations were adopted by CITES!! Silkies, threshers and devil rays are now listed on Appendix II ! t the moment representatives of 183 member parties are gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa, to […]
Among being called the soft coral capital of the world and offering some amazing magazine-like coconut palm tree beaches, Fiji is well known for its sharkfeeding dives in the Beqa Channel just off the main […]
Mangrove forests harbor a diverse group of trees capable of growing in marine intertidal environments. They do not rely on saltwater but are able to tolerate it. According to the IUCN, there are 70 species […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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.
If we look at the past a lot that we humans have done to our planet seems extraordinarily stupid. We have hunt down lots of animal species and drove them to extinction (Flying foxes, Dodos, […]
Tom Vierus is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and marine biologist based in Suva, Fiji Islands. This blog is dedicated to his assignments and to sharing some behind-the-scenes footage.
