Whale Sharks in the Sulu Sea

小行星9722909 这是一个为期24个月的奖项，由斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的Gerald Kooyman和Scott Eckert博士提出。 这是一个三国（美国，马来西亚和菲律宾）在苏禄海合作研究鲸鲨。 该项目将由来自三个美国研究所的研究人员团队进行：斯克里普斯海洋学研究所，哈布斯海洋世界研究所和佛罗里达大学，以及四个马来西亚和菲律宾研究所：沙巴大学（婆罗洲海洋研究单位）和沙巴公园（海洋司）以及菲律宾渔业和水产资源局和西利曼大学。 库伊曼博士，也就是美国私家侦探协会要求为学生支持的美国部分以及研究鲸鲨（Rhincodon typus）的迁移和运动模式的旅行和实地费用提供资金。 研究小组计划使用卫星遥测和意大利面条标记来确定苏禄海鲸鲨的活动范围和分布。关于苏禄海鲸鲨的信息很少。 这是一个非常重要的物种保护和生物学研究，它已被人类广泛利用其肉类和鱼翅产品。 这是第一次使用卫星遥测技术来跟踪鲸鲨。 从这项研究中获得的经验可以应用于海洋其他地区的许多其他大型鱼类。 从这项研究中收集的数据不仅可以提供重要的信息，从而更准确地估计鲨鱼的总体数量，以及它们的迁徙和活动范围，而且还可以改善对这一物种的保护，尽管人类的开发有所增加。该项目由马来西亚沙巴公园（海洋部）、菲律宾渔业和水产资源局以及国家科学基金会共同支持。

9722909 Kooyman This is a 24-month award proposed by Drs. Gerald Kooyman and Scott Eckert, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This is a three-country (U.S., Malaysia and the Philippines) cooperative study on whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Sulu Sea. The project will be carried out by a team of researchers from three U.S. institutes: the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, and the University of Florida, and four Malaysian and Philippine institutes: the Universiti of Sabah (Borneo Marine Research Unit) and Sabah Parks (Marine Division) in Malaysia, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Silliman University in the Philippines. Dr. Kooyman, who is the U.S.P.I., requests funds for U.S. components of student support and for travel and field costs for studying the migration and movement patterns of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus. The team of researchers plans to use satellite telemetry and Spaghetti tagging to define the home range and distribution of whale sharks in the Sulu Sea. There is little information available on whale shark in the Sulu Sea. This is a very important conservation and biological study of a species, which has been exploited extensively by humans for its meat and fin products. This is the first time that satellite telemetry is being used to track whale sharks. The experience gained from this study can be applied to many other large fish species in other parts of the ocean. The data collected from this study can not only provide vital information leading to a more precise estimate of the overall shark population, and on its migration and home range, but also can lead to improvement in the conservation of this species despite increased human exploitation. This project is jointly supported by Sabah Parks (Marine Division) in Malaysia, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine, and NSF.