Flinders University Scientists on the Water

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Scientists at work on KI Dolphin Watch

Late in 2010 scientists from the Mitchell / Seuront Laboratories at Flinders University in Adelaide joined volunteers on a field survey to a number of monitoring sites on Kangaroo Island’s North Coast. Professor Laurent Seuront, PhD candidates Nardi Cribb and Coraline Chapperon performed water column tests to underpin Nardi’s habitat research which will incorporate data from Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch. Discussions regarding substrate types have resulted in current extensive modifications and reformatting of Dolphin Watch data to facilitate this usage. Professor Seuront expressed great interest in the enormous research potential offered by Kangaroo Island’s wild dolphin populations. The benefits of such collaborative effort are many and assist in our efforts towards protection and conservation.

Natural Resource Management Board Award for Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch

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Professor Chris Daniels presents the award to KI Dolphin Watch

The efforts of students, community volunteers and scientists involved in Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch’s dolphin monitoring and conservation programme in partnership with The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society of Australasia, received local acknowledgement recently when they won the 2010 Local Achievers Natural Resource Management Community Project Award. The presentation was made by Professor Chris Daniels; Professor of Urban Ecology, School of Natural and Built Environments – University of  South Australia, environmentalist and media personality, at the culminating event of the two day “Brush With Biodiversity” NRM Conference on Kangaroo Island. In her speech at the presentation ceremony, KI Natural Resources Management Board presiding member Jackie Kelly paid tribute to KI Dolphin Watch’s outstanding efforts and resultant impact at local, national and international level.

Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch at the International Pacific Marine Educators Network Conference

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KIDW Presentation in Fiji

KIDW Presentation in Fiji

The Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch programme was presented to the recent International Pacific Marine Educators Network Conference in July as a model of building sustainable coastal communities through cooperative effort. It was highly acclaimed and generated extraordinary interest from representatives of the Pacific nations present. Case studies from the local programme on Kangaroo Island, Whyalla and Port Pirie, where it has been successfully established, and including examples from Kenya and the Pacific, demonstrated clearly the ready adaptability and ease of application of the Dolphin Watch model, making it very appealing to all parties, particularly those facing economic challenges and hardships.

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