Simon J Pierce is a marine biologist and conservationist known for discovering, studying, and protecting large marine animals such as whale sharks and manta rays. He is the co-founder and principal scientist of the Marine Megafauna Foundation.[1][2][3][4]

Pierce has developed several non-invasive research techniques[5] for endangered species,[5][6][7][8] such as developing photo-identification with computer image analysis and artificial intelligence[9] to track populations of whale sharks and other species of marine animal.[10]

These techniques have been incorporated into Citizen Science[11] projects, including Sharkbook,[12] the global shark monitoring database, as well as other MMF projects such as Manta Matcher.

He led the conservation assessment on whale sharks for the IUCN Red List in 2016,[13] which resulted in the whale shark’s global protection through an Appendix I listing on the UN Convention on Migratory Species in 2017 and then led the first IUCN Green Status conservation assessment on whale sharks in 2021.[14]

Pierce is a wildlife photographer.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ PeerJ (2022-05-16). "Komodo National Park Is Home to Some of the Largest Manta Ray Aggregations in the World". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. ^ "Whale sharks feeding in the western Indian Ocean - in pictures". The Guardian. 2018-08-09. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. ^ "Madagascar emerges as whale shark hotspot". BBC News. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  4. ^ Investigating the Mysterious Whale Sharks of Mafia Island | National Geographic, 24 January 2017, retrieved 2023-02-05
  5. ^ a b "Watch a diver perform the first undersea ultrasound on the world's biggest shark". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. ^ Rohner, Christoph A.; Richardson, Anthony J.; Prebble, Clare E. M.; Marshall, Andrea D.; Bennett, Michael B.; Weeks, Scarla J.; Cliff, Geremy; Wintner, Sabine P.; Pierce, Simon J. (2015-04-07). "Laser photogrammetry improves size and demographic estimates for whale sharks". PeerJ. 3: e886. doi:10.7717/peerj.886. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4393817. PMID 25870776.
  7. ^ Yong, Ed (2016-11-21). "The World's Biggest Fish in a Bucket of Water". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  8. ^ Staff, Foreign. "Scans will reveal how sharks breed". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  9. ^ Brooks, K.; Rowat, D.; Pierce, S. J.; Jouannet, D.; Vely, M. (2010). "Seeing Spots: Photo-identification as a Regional Tool for Whale Shark Identification". Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. 9 (2): 185–194. ISSN 2683-6416.
  10. ^ Marshall, A. D.; Pierce, S. J. (2012-04-12). "The use and abuse of photographic identification in sharks and rays". Journal of Fish Biology. 80 (5): 1361–1379. Bibcode:2012JFBio..80.1361M. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03244.x. PMID 22497388.
  11. ^ Stacey, Adrian (2020-05-20). "Dive Photos Needed". Scuba Diver Mag. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  12. ^ "Sharkbook: Wildbook for Sharks". Sharkbook: Wildbook for Sharks. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  13. ^ Pierce, S.J. & Norman, B. 2016. Rhincodon typus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19488A2365291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T19488A2365291.en. Accessed on 31 January 2023.
  14. ^ Pierce, S.J., Grace, M.K. & Araujo, G. 2021. Rhincodon typus (Green Status assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T19488A1948820221.Accessed on 31 January 2023.
  15. ^ "The Winners Of The Underwater Photography Awards 2020 Have Been Revealed". IFLScience. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  16. ^ Bolt, Dan (2021). "2020 UPY - Underwater Photographer of the Year - Marine Conservation - Highly Commended - Simon J Pierce - 'Net Loss'". Underwater Photographer of the Year. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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