Social Group Memberships
Encounter(s) (not all may be currently visible) & Biological Samples
Mapping
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Additional data files
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Meet the Adopters
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Collaborating Researchers
Jason Holmberg
Affiliation: Wild Me
Research Project: Wildbook
Web Site: http://www.wildme.org
"Jason is a founder of Wildbook for Whale Sharks and its Information Architect."
Brad Norman
Affiliation: ECOCEAN
Research Project: normanb
Web Site: http://www.whaleshark.org.au
"Brad leads ECOCEAN Inc. and is a co-Founder of the Whale Shark Photo-identification Library."
Emily Wilson
Affiliation: Department of Parks and Wildlife, Government of Western Australia
Research Project: Ningaloo
Researcher comments (Text or HTML):
admin on Mon Apr 21 23:05:16 GMT-05:00 2003
Created new shark A-052.
admin on Mon Apr 21 23:06:11 GMT-05:00 2003
Added encounter#94200322158.
admin on Sun May 04 08:17:47 GMT-05:00 2003
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sun May 04 08:20:31 GMT-05:00 2003
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sun May 11 19:11:38 GMT-05:00 2003
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sun May 11 19:12:06 GMT-05:00 2003
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Tue Dec 30 15:20:40 EST 2003
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Tue Dec 30 15:40:09 EST 2003
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sat May 01 18:29:08 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sat May 01 18:30:29 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sun May 02 23:37:21 EDT 2004
Added encounter#15200475215.
admin on Sun May 02 23:38:09 EDT 2004
Added encounter#15200452149.
admin on Sun May 02 23:38:40 EDT 2004
Submitted new file: A052_match_2149.gif.
admin on Mon May 03 03:03:20 EDT 2004
Added encounter#1520048513.
admin on Mon May 03 03:03:43 EDT 2004
Submitted new file: A052_match_8513.gif.
admin on Mon Jul 19 03:41:55 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Mon Jul 19 03:44:48 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Mon Jul 19 03:50:33 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200322158.
admin on Mon Jul 19 03:51:55 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200322158.
admin on Sat Sep 25 19:43:31 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sat Sep 25 19:46:53 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Sat Sep 25 20:04:46 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#15200475215.
admin on Sat Sep 25 20:06:15 EDT 2004
Added encounter#15200475215.
admin on Sat Sep 25 22:48:02 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#1520048513.
admin on Sat Sep 25 22:50:49 EDT 2004
Added encounter#1520048513.
admin on Sun Sep 26 18:38:10 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#15200452149.
admin on Sun Sep 26 18:43:00 EDT 2004
Added encounter#15200452149.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:47:42 EDT 2004
Removed shark A-052 data file: A052_match_2149.gif.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:47:47 EDT 2004
Removed shark A-052 data file: A052_match_8513.gif.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:52:59 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200321926.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:54:42 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200321926.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:55:24 EDT 2004
Removed encounter#94200322158.
admin on Fri Oct 22 09:56:34 EDT 2004
Added encounter#94200322158.
normanb on Tue Nov 23 21:16:00 EST 2004
Added encounter#231120040554.
admin on Sat May 07 21:11:17 EDT 2005
Added encounter#752005105455.
admin on Wed Jun 01 01:54:04 EDT 2005
Added encounter#3152005202836.
admin on Sun Aug 28 19:44:28 EDT 2005
Added encounter#278200521178.
admin on Mon Sep 05 02:44:06 EDT 2005
Added encounter#492005214833.
admin on Sun Oct 09 18:20:47 EDT 2005
Added encounter#11020057280.
admin on Wed Nov 09 11:27:43 EST 2005
Added encounter#91120052265.
admin on Tue Aug 15 15:55:44 EDT 2006
Added encounter#35200632346.
normanb on Sun Aug 20 23:35:23 EDT 2006
Added encounter#208200621711.
admin on Fri May 18 16:19:31 EDT 2007
Added encounter#1652007193035.
admin on Fri May 18 16:20:40 EDT 2007
Added encounter#277200555445.
admin on Fri May 18 16:21:38 EDT 2007
Added encounter#165200719128.
admin on Mon Apr 28 10:30:14 EDT 2008
Added encounter#28420081723.
normanb on Mon Apr 28 21:41:45 EDT 2008
Added encounter#182200822550.
normanb on Mon Apr 28 21:42:43 EDT 2008
Added encounter#299200554432.
admin on Sat Jul 26 16:31:47 EDT 2008
Added encounter#236200813125.
admin on Mon Jul 28 12:38:21 EDT 2008
Added encounter#2172008184127.
normanb on Mon May 25 05:23:48 EDT 2009
Added encounter#255200934516.
dbradley on Fri Jul 30 11:42:01 EDT 2010
Added encounter 307201010541.
dbradley on Fri Jul 30 11:45:04 EDT 2010
Added encounter 307201010458.
normanb on Thu Feb 09 03:35:50 EST 2012
Added encounter 141220111484.
lwest on Mon Jun 11 00:50:12 EDT 2012
Added encounter 1312201121821.
admin on Thu Jan 03 11:40:52 EST 2013
Added encounter 1932011214951.
normanb on Tue Apr 14 02:52:15 EDT 2015
Added encounter 81220058716.