COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE. COMMUNICATION. CONSERVATION.
the Miyaru Programme iS A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM AND RESEARCH NETWORK BRINGING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS, CoNSERVATIONISTS AND COMMUNITIES on a mission to STUDY, DOCUMENT and FURTHER PROTECT THE SHARK POPULATIONS OF THE MALDIVES AND SURROUNDING WATERS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
REPORT A SHARK SIGHTING
Have you come across an endangered or rare shark species while diving or fishing? share your sighting information with us!
UPDATE:
WE HAVE WRAPPED UP THE FIRST FIELD SEASON OF OUR FUNN KANDU MIYARU / DEEP SEA SHARK RESEARCH PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC!
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We have lost MORE THAN 71% of our World’s shark populations since THE 1970S DUE TO INCREASED HUMAN ACTIVITIES AT SEA.
SHARKS ARE ‘FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT’ IN 20%
OF THE WORLD’S CORAL REEFS.
The Maldives is one of the most important shark sanctuaries in the Indian Ocean and home to globally significant populations of large predatory sharks, including several critically endangered species.
Outside of Maldivian waters sharks are actively targeted by international fishing fleets for their fins, meat and oil, but while they are protected from targeted fishing within the nation’s waters these elasmobranchs continue to face anthropogenic impacts from pollution and entanglement, interaction with vessels, unsustainable tourism practices, as well as habitat loss due to land reclamation.
Large research gaps on these issues, as well as the drivers, reproduction and movements of the shark populations inhabiting the Maldives and surrounding waters still remain to be filled.
That's why we founded the Miyaru Programme.
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FIELD SITE - 01: FUVAHMULAH
Located on the equatorial channel at latitude -0.30 ° and longitude 73.43 °, Fuvahmulah is the biggest single reef island in the Maldives that is not part of a multi-island atoll. The low-lying island is the second most southerly landmass in the Maldives, neighbouring Huvadhu Atoll in the north and Addu Atoll in the south. Fuvahmulah was the primary field site for our “Funn Kandu Miyaru” - Deep Sea Shark Project.
WE’RE DRIVEN BY A PASSION FOR SHARKS
