{"id":7576,"date":"2023-03-27T16:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T08:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whaleshark.org.au\/new-elementor-te\/?page_id=7576"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:28:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T05:28:14","slug":"about-ecocean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaleshark.org.au\/about-ecocean\/","title":{"rendered":"About ECOCEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7576\" class=\"elementor elementor-7576\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66b7f19c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"66b7f19c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1818cc3e\" data-id=\"1818cc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348a8850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"348a8850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About ECOCEAN<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46cb76b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46cb76b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80ceaf1\" data-id=\"80ceaf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ad1b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37ad1b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ECOCEAN (Australia) is a globally recognised, non-government, not-for-profit organization based in Western Australia working towards scientific research, education and conservation of the marine environment. It\u2019s flagship species, the whale shark, is an iconic animal for marine conservation being the world\u2019s largest fish.<\/p><p>ECOCEAN (Australia) was founded in 1995 by marine conservation biologist Brad Norman and was incorporated in 2006. Brad also helped in the establishment of the partner organisation WildMe (USA) who manage the global whale shark photo-identification library \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharkbook.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildbook<\/a>.<\/p><p>ECOCEAN\u2019S flagship species is the whale shark (Rhincodon typus). ECOCEAN has been very successful in contributing to the protection of this ENDANGERED species both internationally and nationally.<\/p><p>For more information, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/whaleshark.org.au\/conservation\/\">Conservation page<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b260010\" data-id=\"b260010\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5032cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5032cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/whaleshark.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/brad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6035\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27eed6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27eed6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Brad Norman<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2180ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2180ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a8b349\" data-id=\"2a8b349\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e1c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89e1c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ECOCEAN has largely focused on the whale shark population found off the Ningaloo coast in northwest Western Australia. Whilst studying this population in 1995, ECOCEAN\u2019s lead scientist Brad Norman was able to establish that photo-identification of individual spot patterns could be used to monitor the whale shark (much like finger prints). A collaborative study with WildMe (USA)\u2019s Information Architect Jason Holmberg and NASA Astrophysicist Zaven Arzoumanian enabled for the development of software used to identify whale sharks as a global monitoring tool for whale sharks.<\/p><p>The whale shark photo-identification database, known as the Wildbook, can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/whaleshark.org\">www.whaleshark.org<\/a> and currently holds in excess of 50,000 photos. The database has received submissions from people who have photographed whale sharks in 54 different countries. As a result of significant volunteer input from a variety of committed stakeholders, this program has established itself as the largest whale shark monitoring program of its kind.<\/p><p>In addition to photo-identification, ECOCEAN has been using a variety of cutting-edge techniques to collect data on whale shark movement and behaviour since 1996. Check out our variety of techniques at the <a href=\"https:\/\/whaleshark.org.au\/research\/\">research tab<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECOCEAN (Australia) is a globally recognised, non-government, not-for-profit organization based in Western Australia working towards scientific research, education and conservation of the marine environment. It\u2019s flagship species, the whale shark, is an iconic animal for marine conservation being the world\u2019s largest fish. 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