B: ALL SOSF PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2014, SORTED BY CATEGORY AND IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE PROJECT TITLE
Global mobula ray taxonomic, morphological and genetic identification guide (242) Fernando Daniel
KEYSTONE GR ANTS – CONTINUATION
Identifying critical habitat for killer whales in northern British Columbia (217) Wray Janie & Meuter Hermann
A global manta and devil ray conservation strategy (235) Dulvy Nick
Indonesian manta research project (164) Lewis Sarah
Activity patterns of reef sharks: does tourism affect their health? (233) Barnett Adam & Fitzpatrick Richard African manatee research and conservation (194) Keith Diagne Lucy Assessing the ecosystem effects of ocean acidification (193) Hall-Spencer Jason Basking shark community project (151) Gordon Cat Building Shark Advocates International (176) Fordham Sonja Combating destructive fishing in Sabah using an innovative acoustic system (243) Wood Elizabeth Community monitoring of nesting sea turtles at D’Arros and St Joseph, Seychelles (256) Mortimer Jeanne Elasmobranch research, education and conservation in Bimini, Bahamas (260) Gruber Samuel Elasmobranch research, education and conservation in Bimini, Bahamas (260) Guttridge Tristan Environmental and biological factors driving whale shark distribution and abundance (241) Marcus Zamora Lara First assessment of manta and mobula ray fishery in Peru (240) Ayala Liliana
Old and cold; conservation of Greenland sharks (134) Bushnell Peter Passive acoustic monitoring of Carcharodon carcharias in Gansbaai, South Africa (248) Towner Alison Population genetics of some shark species from the Red Sea (252) Elhassan Igbal Sea turtle conservation imperatives in Malaysia (152) Pilcher Nicolas Shark assessment and conservation in Madagascar using mobile phone technology (238) Humber Frances Shark Spotters: finding a balance between recreational water-user safety and white shark conservation (149) Waries Sarah, Kock Alison & Sikweyiya Monwabisi Spatio-temporal movements of manta rays in the Seychelles (230) Stevens Guy The Acoustic Tracking Array Platform (ATAP) – A nationwide marine science platform (227) Cowley Paul The Great Eggcase Hunt (GEH) (50) Hood Ali & Cat Gordon Tracking neonate sea turtles to discover their offshore homes (160) Wyneken Jeanette Trinational conservation research on the spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (237) Hueter Robert & Kim Bassos-Hull
KEYSTONE GR ANTS – NEW
SMALL GR ANTS
A global strategy and action plan for the longterm conservation of mobulid rays (291) Stevens Guy
An assessment of the population status of coastal shark species in Florida using molecular tools (267) Shiffman David
Conservation and ecological research of mobula rays in Brazil and Mexico (295) Bonfil Ramón Habitat and resource partitioning of juvenile sharks and their roles in remote coastal ecosystems (290) Weideli Ornella Movements of juvenile hawksbill turtles at D’Arros Island and St Joseph Atoll, Seychelles (289) Von Brandis Rainer Optimising the effectiveness of marine biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning in False Bay, South Africa (292) De Vos Lauren Population genetics in elasmobranchs: a workshop to further the field (293) Kacev David The ecology of stingrays in St Joseph Atoll, Seychelles (288) Elston Chantel Trans-Pacific plastic pollution survey (294) Rutherford Matthew Turtle Action Group of Seychelles (TAGS): group revival and website production (287) Mortimer Jeanne
Apex predators on coral reefs: do marine parks need sharks? (268) Rizzari Justin Assessing the structure and habitat use of a novel aggregation of hammerhead sharks off Japan (269) Gallagher Austin Assessment of the Gaza fishery of the giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) (265) Abudaya Mohammed Evaluate the presence of whale sharks Rhincodon typus off Peru (270) Ramírez-Macías Dení Exposure and sensitivity of the porcupine ray to climate change and coral reef degradation (271) Chin Andrew Familiarity in lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris: reshaping societal views of a keystone taxonomic group (272) Keller Bryan Giant clams and climate change: ocean acidification and global warming research for conservation and management (273) Watson Sue-Ann ID-photos of southern right whales collected from a remote controlled drone (274) Vinding Petersen Katja Impact of shark provisioning on the ecology of lemon sharks at Moorea (French Polynesia) (275) Kiszka Jeremy Last frontier of shark discovery – Unexplored sea mounts of the Southern Indian Ocean (276) Clerkin Paul National assessment of the Indian Mobulidae fishery (277) Theivasigamani Mohanraj 260