Simon J Pierce Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dr.
Simon J Pierce
Nationality:New Zealand
Occupation:Marine Biologist
Employer:Marine Megafauna Foundation
Known For:Research and Protection of Whale Sharks, Manta Rays and other large marine animals
Website:https://www.simonjpierce.com/
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Fields:Marine Biology, Marine Conservation, Photography
Workplaces:Marine Megafauna Foundation
Alma Mater:School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland
Thesis Title:Biology, demography and conservation of rays in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
Thesis Url:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:177579
Thesis Year:2009
Doctoral Advisor:Michael B. Bennett

Simon J Pierce is a marine biologist and conservationist known for discovering, studying, and protecting large marine animals such as whale sharks and manta rays. He is the co-founder and principal scientist of the Marine Megafauna Foundation.[1] [2] [3]

Pierce has developed several non-invasive research techniques for endangered species,[4] [5] [6] [7] such as developing photo-identification with computer image analysis and artificial intelligence[8] to track populations of whale sharks and other species of marine animal.[9]

These techniques have been incorporated into Citizen Science[10] projects, including Sharkbook,[11] the global shark monitoring database, as well as other MMF projects such as Manta Matcher.

He led the conservation assessment on whale sharks for the IUCN Red List in 2016,[12] which resulted in the whale shark’s global protection through an Appendix I listing on the UN Convention on Migratory Species in 2017 and then led the first IUCN Green Status conservation assessment on whale sharks in 2021.[13]

Pierce is a wildlife photographer.[14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: PeerJ . 2022-05-16 . Komodo National Park Is Home to Some of the Largest Manta Ray Aggregations in the World . 2023-01-31 . SciTechDaily . en-us.
  2. News: 2018-08-09 . Whale sharks feeding in the western Indian Ocean - in pictures . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-01-31 . 0261-3077.
  3. News: 2018-05-17 . Madagascar emerges as whale shark hotspot . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-01-31.
  4. News: Watch a diver perform the first undersea ultrasound on the world's biggest shark . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-02-05 . 0190-8286.
  5. Rohner . Christoph A. . Richardson . Anthony J. . Prebble . Clare E. M. . Marshall . Andrea D. . Bennett . Michael B. . Weeks . Scarla J. . Cliff . Geremy . Wintner . Sabine P. . Pierce . Simon J. . 2015-04-07 . Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks . PeerJ . en . 3 . e886 . 10.7717/peerj.886 . 25870776 . 4393817 . 2167-8359 . free .
  6. Web site: Yong . Ed . 2016-11-21 . The World's Biggest Fish in a Bucket of Water . 2023-01-31 . The Atlantic . en.
  7. News: Staff . Foreign . Scans will reveal how sharks breed . . en . 2023-01-31 . 0140-0460.
  8. Brooks . K. . Rowat . D. . Pierce . S. J. . Jouannet . D. . Vely . M. . 2010 . Seeing Spots: Photo-identification as a Regional Tool for Whale Shark Identification . Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science . en . 9 . 2 . 185–194 . 2683-6416.
  9. Marshall . A. D. . Pierce . S. J. . 2012-04-12 . The use and abuse of photographic identification in sharks and rays . Journal of Fish Biology . en . 80 . 5 . 1361–1379 . 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03244.x. 22497388 .
  10. Web site: Stacey . Adrian . 2020-05-20 . Dive Photos Needed . 2023-01-31 . Scuba Diver Mag . en-GB.
  11. Web site: Sharkbook: Wildbook for Sharks . 2023-01-31 . Sharkbook: Wildbook for Sharks.
  12. Pierce, S.J. & Norman, B. 2016. Rhincodon typus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19488A2365291. . Accessed on 31 January 2023.
  13. Pierce, S.J., Grace, M.K. & Araujo, G. 2021. Rhincodon typus (Green Status assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T19488A1948820221.Accessed on 31 January 2023.
  14. Web site: The Winners Of The Underwater Photography Awards 2020 Have Been Revealed . 2023-02-05 . IFLScience . 25 February 2020 . en.
  15. Web site: Bolt . Dan . 2021 . 2020 UPY - Underwater Photographer of the Year - Marine Conservation - Highly Commended - Simon J Pierce - 'Net Loss' . . Underwater Photographer of the Year.

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