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Love seeing our mahi out there! 💚
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📊 The power of SeaSpotter comes from community sightings. Every photo or video you upload:
✅ Strengthens the open-source database
✅ Helps researchers see patterns across NZ waters
✅ Makes conservation more effective
It’s people power — turning everyday encounters into science 🌊🐬
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🌊 SeaSpotter was created by MAUI63 in collaboration with:
🤝 Department of Conservation (DOC)
🤝 Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
🤝 WWF-New Zealand
🤝 Christchurch City Council
🤝 Microsoft
Together, we’ve built a tool that combines community sightings + science to protect NZ’s marine mammals. Every photo or video you share adds to the national dataset. 🐬💙
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🐬 Next time you see a dolphin or whale, snap a photo or video and help protect New Zealand’s marine mammals 🌊
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👩🔬🧑🔬 With SeaSpotter, you become a Citizen Scientist
Every photo or video you share helps scientists:
✅ Map where marine mammals live
✅ Track how they use their habitat over time
✅ Protect endangered species like the Māui dolphin
Communities can contribute to science too. Together, we can make a difference. 💙
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🌏 Around the world, communities are using citizen science apps to help nature. With SeaSpotter, Kiwis can do the same for our dolphins and whales.
By snapping a photo or video, you’re joining a global movement to protect our oceans. 🐬💙
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Using SeaSpotter is simple:
1️⃣ Open the app
2️⃣ Snap a photo or video of the animal you see
3️⃣ Upload your sighting data into a national database
Your sighting goes straight into a shared database for marine mammal research and protection. 🌊🐬
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Did you know? 🐬 The Māui dolphin is one of the rarest dolphins in the world — and only ~54 are estimated to remain.
With SeaSpotter, every photo or video you share helps researchers monitor their movements and protect their habitat. Every detection counts. 💙
SeaSpotter was invented by the amazing team
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