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Hello MARMAN,

We are excited to invite you to participate in the 5^th Annual SealSpotter Challenge to monitor the Australian fur seal population.

Please share this email and join the facebook event should you wish to register.

Thanks for your past participation and we hope that you get involved again this year.

Bec McIntosh and Ross Holmberg

Phillip Island Nature Parks, Australia

Womin jeka (Welcome)

Greetings from Phillip Island Nature Parks!

Seal Spotter Challenge
8 - 22 June 2022

Australian fur seals play an important role in Australia's marine ecosystems. There are around 20,000 seals at Seal Rocks (off Phillip Island) and 10,000 at The Skerries (near Mallacoota).

Every breeding season our research team conducts cutting-edge conservation research using RPA (a.k.a 'drone'). They fly the drone over the seal colonies at Seal Rocks and at The Skerries, taking photos for the purposes of monitoring the population size and pup numbers, this allows them to monitor the sites regularly and detect any population changes quickly (such as a drop in pup numbers, or more seals being entangled in marine plastic).
There are thousands of seal photos that need counting, so we hope you can help us by taking on the role of Citizen Scientist this June and completing the Seal Spotter Challenge.

All you need is a computer and love for our planet!

Plus, participants will go into the draw to win an Australian fur seal adoption through our Penguin Foundation!*
This year’s Seal Spotter Challenge commences on 8 June and concludes on 22 June 2022.

Read on HERE
*TCs apply.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters of Millowl (Phillip Island), the Bunurong/Boonwurrung. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future.