@SeaqlL

Data Science for Marine Ecology and Conservation

Joined May 2021
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is your yacht not available? You can still help by funding our program apps.es.vt.edu/onlinegiving/…. Initial funding has been provided by @ExplorersClub @Discovery @vt_fishwild @Coastal_VT with in-kind contributions of partners @beneaththewaves @OSUCEOAS @TagAGiant @Stanford @SznDohrn
Yachts for Science@YACHTS4SCIENCE14 Sep 2021
NEW #ResearchProject: Mediterranean White Shark Search, headed by @bestinoblu & based in the Silician Channel. We need a 100ft+ #yacht with 8 berths, agile tenders, deck and refrigerator space. Can you help? yachtsforscience.com/mediter…
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A news clip about our expedition in the Sicilian Channel @vt_fishwild @vt_cnre
Pete DeLuca@PeteDeLucaTV15 Jul 2021
WATCH: @Virginia_tech researcher Francesco Ferretti discusses his journey to the Mediterranean to learn more about great white sharks there. wdbj7.com/2021/07/15/vt-prof…
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They are sparse, but we are sniffing them! We can detect white shark DNA suspended in water samples in 4 hours - from sampling to results - with smartphone-size thermocyclers and gel runners connected via Bluetooth. #wsc21 #eDNA
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Our team landed in Pantelleria on June 16 after finding the presence of a Mako shark in a nearby channel. Here’s to getting closer to hopefully finding the White shark! #WSC21
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Zootopia in the Sicilian Channel: a young shortfin mako and bluefin tuna were best buddies Pantelleria banks. They were swimming together and checking out our bait canister. The #WSCS21 continues after this peculiar encounter in one of our #BRUV deployments.
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You can help fund Francesco Ferretti's @bestinoblu Mediterranean expedition to tag great white sharks at at crowdfund.vt.edu/project/265….
Photo of great white shark. Text reads: white shark chase. Your donation can help Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment researchers track and conserve the last great white sharks in the Mediterranean. crowdfund.vt.edu/project/26528

ALT Photo of great white shark. Text reads: white shark chase. Your donation can help Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment researchers track and conserve the last great white sharks in the Mediterranean. crowdfund.vt.edu/project/26528

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Francesco Ferretti @bestinoblu of @vt_fishwild is leading an expedition to the Mediterranean to tag great white sharks there for the very first time. @Discovery crew is there to film for a potential documentary, provided the expedition ends in success. 🦈vtx.vt.edu/articles/2021/06/…

Virginia Tech professor and Discovery Channel team up on a great white shark research expedition in...

Led by Assistant Professor Francesco Ferretti, the team is seeking to become the first to tag a Mediterranean great white shark, one of the most endangered and least known white shark populations...

news.vt.edu
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Click this link below to read more about our current expedition! #WSC21 🦈 @virginia_tech @bestinoblu vtx.vt.edu/content/vtx_vt_ed…
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Great detection by a BRUV deployment! Bluefin tuna swimming close to the mighty tuna trap of #Favignana. Once, many of these fish would have been intercepted by the historic fishery. #wsc21 @AmpEgadi
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260lb blue tuna seen while our team is at ports in Marsala! There is word of mako #sharks in the area. Our team will stay in Marsala for a couple more days and then we are off to continue our search for white sharks! 🦈 #WSC21
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Replying to @Shark_Pulse @SharkpulseI @SeaqlL
Just arrived in Palermo. Now to Marsala, our HQ for the next three days #wsc21
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We are ready to set sail for the #WhiteSharkChase21, an unprecedented expedition to detect, film, and tag Mediterranean White sharks! This is one of the most endangered and least known white #shark populations in the world. Follow us to stay updated on our expedition!
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Cheers to the end of the semester and the start of the field season. The Ferretti @seaql lab will be soon in the Sicilian Channel chasing white sharks. This Critically Endangered population needs more research for efficient conservation and recovery plans bit.ly/WhiteSharks.
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