Getting the most out of citizen science for endangered species such as whale shark

• Main Authors: Araujo, Abdul R. Ismail, Cat McCann, David McCann, Christine Legaspi, Sally J Snow, Jessica Labaja, Bernardette Mabel Manjaji-Matsumoto, Alessandro Ponzo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25457/1/Getting%20the%20most%20out%20of%20citizen%20science%20for%20endangered%20species%20such%20as%20Whale%20Shark.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25457/; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14254

Citizen science by which the general public is enlisted to participate in data collection programmes, can shed light on the biology and ecology of enigmatic species. The whale shark Rhincodon typus, the world’s largest fish, is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to c...