“Conservation is not drones and DNA samples or pamphlets or computers. It is people, and we should be investing in those people.” In this episode of World of Sharks, we sit down with fisheries scientist, director of the Fish and Fisheries Lab at James Cook University and Save Our Seas Foundation Scientific Advisor Dr Andrew Chin to discuss the challenges and realities of shark conservation and management, and how we can support the people working on the ground to make the ocean a better place. 

Key time stamps:

5.47: Andrew's early career and swimming with reef sharks

15.43: Sharks of the South Pacific

23.21: Citizen Science

28.27: The importance of feedback and long-term relationships with stakeholders

33.18: Shark Search Indo Pacific

38.31: Conservation in practice and capacity building

46.00: Support for people in the field

Links

Andrew: @spinnershark7

Fish and Fisheries Lab: (https://www.fishandfisheries.com)

Shark Search Indo-Pacific: (https://www.sharksearch-indopacific.org/).

SOSF Conservation Fellowships: https://saveourseas.com/grants/funding-applications/conservation-fellowship

Dan Pallotta's TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong?subtitle=en

You can also find an accessible summary of this episode and more information here: www.saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/podcast