Having finished up with the ADAS Scientific diver course in Hobart I’m off on my next big adventure. This one is a big one and I’m really excited about it. I have winged my way over to Europe where I will be until late October before heading over stateside to the U.S.A. Arriving at my […]

Sad to leave Steve and Micronesia but excited about the coming experience, I headed off for the southern most state of Australia, Tasmania. Early on in the scholarship year I had been offered the opportunity to undertake my scientific diver course through the Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS). The course is run through the University […]

My time in Saipan flew past all too quickly. It was a fantastic learning experience, hard work, and so much fun. Having told you what I was doing over there, I wanted to share one of the highlights from the days aboard a small research vessel with Steve Lindfield. On a day out in the […]

So you know that I am out helping Steve with his PhD work looking at the effects of fishing pressure around Guam and Saipan. But what does the work were doing specifically involve? Currently Steve is examining the potential depth refuge from fishing pressure. The theory is that deeper waters, inaccessible to certain fishing practices […]

4:30 on a Sunday morning had me touching down in Guam after a 42 hr journey from Indonesia! Where is Guam, some people ask…. It is an island located in the Western Pacific in Micronesia. The largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Island chain it is bordered by the deepest part of the ocean […]