{"id":5311,"date":"2021-09-23T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2021-09-24T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:00:47","slug":"diving-in-the-galapagos-islands-august-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/diving-in-the-galapagos-islands-august-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving in the Galapagos Islands &#8211; August in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month we welcomed quite a few travellers who had to cancel for 2020, that were now able to make it out here. It is great to see people returning, happy and safe, fulfilling their vacation dreams! We have not seen Europeans for a long time, in fact last month we saw some for the first time in over a year, many from Paris, France, it was quite exciting!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We witnessed some Pilot whales on one of the trips too which made the crew and divers all very happy.\u00a0 We are in whale season now so we might start to see more humpbacks, pilot whales around on the boat trips. Here\u2019s hoping!\u00a0 Check out the video of our encounter below\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 426px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5311-1\" width=\"426\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pilot-whale.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pilot-whale.mp4\">https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pilot-whale.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>A scientific discovery!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still on a high from our visit by Sea Shepherd Captain, Wyanda Lublink in July we were excited to have yet another special visit in August from Carlos and Allison Estape. The couple are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">underwater photographers, educators, naturalists and citizen scientists. So, as you can imagine, they came with a wealth of knowledge that we were more than happy to listen to. Academy Bay supported them and the work they do. We made bubbles together as they joined us scuba diving and we explored the ocean to identify fish and search for new species. Their incredible images have been featured internationally in books, magazines, personal collections, scientific publications and more. Take a look at their stunning photography collection <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carlosestape.photoshelter.com\/gallery-list\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5319\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5319\" class=\"wp-image-5319 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-610x407.jpeg\" alt=\"White Salema fish galapagos\" width=\"407\" height=\"271\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-930x620.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/carlos-white-salema.jpeg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 407px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 407\/271;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos &amp; Allison Estape<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos and Allison photograph fish to document the species in their natural habitat and collect geographical distribution data which is then published in scientific papers. They<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work very closely with the top fish scientist, Dr. Ross Robertson, at The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute as field researchers who photo document fish species distribution and collect geographical distribution data.\u00a0 All the data and photos that they collect are donated to The Smithsonian and used in scientific papers and on their websites and they are the #1 Citizen Scientist contributors to the Smithsonian\u2019s &#8220;Fishes of the Greater Caribbean\u201d!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their current project is photo documenting fish species in Tropical Western Atlantic and, and reason for visiting the Galapagos Islands, the Tropical Eastern Pacific. We actually got to witness a discovery whilst they were scuba diving with us! They documented a species in the Galapagos that is NOT known from the Eastern Pacific, in fact, the closest known range is 5,000km (3,000miles) away! Amazing! It is now under peer review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5327\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5327\" class=\"wp-image-5327 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-610x407.jpeg\" alt=\"Longnose Hawkfish Galapagos\" width=\"495\" height=\"331\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-930x620.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Longnose-Hawkfish-Carlos.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 495px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 495\/331;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos &amp; Allison Estape<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The passionate pair did not stop at diving. With the team at Academy Diving we headed to the Charles Darwin Foundation where Carlos and Allison hosted a presentation. As featured speakers, Allison and Carlos shared their amazing photos with an audience of divers, enthusiasts and scientists, told stories of their experiences and shared their knowledge of fish identification and how we can all help too. They have created the 100FishID educational website to promote citizen science by enabling divers, snorkelers and marine biology students to improve their fish ID skills. With 100FishID you can take free ID \u201cclasses\u201d by scrolling through slideshow images of different fish species supported by informative bullet points explaining the size, coloring, stages and characteristics of each species. Take a look<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.100fishid.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5329\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5329\" class=\"wp-image-5329 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-610x407.jpeg\" alt=\"Red lipped Batfish Galapagos\" width=\"467\" height=\"311\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-930x621.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Red-lipped-Batfish-Carlos.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 467px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 467\/311;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos &amp; Allison Estape<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Carlos and Allison focused on in their presentation was the new phone application from Smithsonian, \u201cFishes: East Pacific\u201d. The Smithsonian Institution is the world&#8217;s largest museum, education, and research complex and this application is a great tool for underwater lovers and hosts information of 1358 species in it\u2019s entire fauna collection. You too can be a citizen scientist. Within this application you can browse species or families or use their fantastic combination search tool. This tool helps you identify what species you saw and it can be found by name, location, shape, color pattern, color and or habitat. If you have no idea what fish you saw and want to identify it\u00a0 then you can start by looking at the shape selection and whittle it down until you have your species identified. Once you have found your fish you will see a series of photographs, the species key features, a detailed description and a range map. You can even learn about it\u2019s extinction-risk category.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5323 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/firstfishapp.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/firstfishapp.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/firstfishapp-100x150.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/firstfishapp-300x450.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 144px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 144\/216;\" \/>A citizen scientist is a member of the general public who collects and analyzes data relating to the natural world, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. That means you can be one too! The beauty of our modern technology means that you can do it all through your smartphone! Help Carlos and Allison build their collection by downloading the app \u201cFishes: East Pacific\u201d Available for both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.stri.pacificfishes&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Android <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fishes-east-pacific\/id494644648\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to add it to your list of things to have before coming to the Galapagos and let\u2019s see what we can discover scuba diving together in the pacific!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Reef.org and submit fish surveys<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) protects marine life through education, service, and research. REEF facilitates programs that actively engage divers, snorkelers, and other marine enthusiasts in marine conservation. This is primarily accomplished through the Volunteer Fish Survey Project. Since its launch in 1993, this citizen science program has generated one of the largest marine life databases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other ways you can be a citizen scientist and help the Galapagos Wildlife are with these tools:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sharkcount.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shark Count Galapagos<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shark Count is a user-friendly tool that allows divers visiting Galapagos to help monitor marine life in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shark Count app displays individual reports contributed from divers at the top 20 dive sites around the archipelago. Charts and maps show the number of species observed during each dive and the best sites and times to see each species. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All data is shared with the Galapagos National Park Directorate and will benefit research and management decisions focused on protecting the Reserve\u2019s incredible marine life<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5325\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5325\" class=\"wp-image-5325 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-610x407.jpeg\" alt=\"shark Galapagos\" width=\"462\" height=\"308\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-610x407.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-930x620.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shark.jpeg 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 462px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 462\/308;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos &amp; Allison Estape<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wfuandersonlab.wixsite.com\/bfbo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue-footed Booby Band Resight Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Avian Ecology Lab under <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wfu.me\/biolab\/anderson\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. David Anderson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Wake Forest University launched the blue-footed booby band resight project to understand why the blue-footed booby population is declining. In 2011, they banded more than 1,000 blue-footed boobies and they want to know where they are now. You can help by tracking your sightings here!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Written by Charli Pocock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still on a high from our visit by Sea Shepherd Captain, Wyanda Lublink in July we were excited to have yet another special visit in August from Carlos and Allison Estape. The couple are underwater photographers, educators, naturalists and citizen scientists. So, as you can imagine, they came with a wealth of knowledge that we were more than happy to listen to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[69,127,128,129,130,142,161,162,167,168],"class_list":["post-5311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trip","tag-diving-in-galapagos","tag-hammerheads","tag-galapagos-diving","tag-diving-with-sharks","tag-galapagos-conservation","tag-buceo-en-galapagos","tag-sea-shepherd","tag-wyanda-lublink","tag-fish-id","tag-shark-count-galapagos","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5335,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5311\/revisions\/5335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/academybaydiving.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}