Earlier this year I accompanied the REPICORE working group led by Dr. Sebastian Ferse to the Melanesian region, where they fed back the findings of this five-year program to the respective stakeholders consisting of community […]
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 […]
I flew from Suva, via Nadi to Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands where the REPICORE feedback trip continued. Of the more than 620.ooo inhabitants of this independent island state, only a little more […]
The last months have been quite busy – after coming back from French Polynesia, I was working throughout December and January and then embarked on a five-week Pacific Expedition at the beginning of February. I joined […]
It must look hilarious how I walk on the road towards the mountains in a wetsuit and diving boots. In one hand my underwater housing with strobes and in my other a snorkel and a […]
It’s hard to imagine, but I’m closing in on being four weeks at the CRIOBE Research Station here on Moorea in French Polynesia. As the Media Manager of the #physioshark project, I have and am […]
It’s been quiet on my blog for a few weeks. A lot has happened here in Fiji since my last post: Cyclone Winston swooped through Fiji on the 20th of February and left a path of destruction […]
Today Stefan Gehrig takes us along his thoughts, impressions and observations of his stay on Zanzibar, where he gathers data for his master thesis on Social-Ecological relationships. or the completion of my ISATEC degree, I […]
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.
