Michael Paris

🇲🇹
🔬Researcher at Sharklab-Malta

Bsc Earth Systems graduate at @UMmalta
MSc Biodiversity and Conservation graduate at @tcddublin 🇮🇪

[The Shark Trust @SharkTrustUK]

#EEA2023 what a week! Immense thanks to all of you who made the event so memorable! Thanks again to our sponsors @saveourseas @Innovasea @LotekWireless for their generous support, & all our speakers.
Watch this space for a final wrap-up video.

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

It's been a week since this year's #EEA2023 conference! Still so impressed with the speakers and their research! I feel very motivated to apply what I've learnt throughout this experience on a local level with @sharklab_malta.

Thank you to @SharkTrustUK and EEA!

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

The sun sets over Brighton, and tomorrow marks the first day of the EEA Conference 🦈 Looking forward to meeting lead researchers in the field!

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

It's impossible to go for a swim without encountering plastic
#plasticpollution #marinelife

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

A weekend full of shark education and awareness, from Science in the City to Malta National Aquarium's 10 year anniversary! @sharklab_malta

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

🌊 Watamu Marine Reserve left me awestruck! 🐠 I'd love to see such practices implemented in Malta 🇲🇹—investing in ecotourism, protecting our marine biodiversity, and rewilding our natural spaces for a sustainable future! 🌊🦈 #SustainableTourism #RewildMalta #ProtectOurOceans

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

The Super Blue Moon was not blue at all! 🌕

The term "blue moon" refers to the appearance of a second full moon within a single calendar month.

The orange colouration was further heightened by the haze being blown from the wildfires in Greece 🔥🌳

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

Lovely to see Fried Egg (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) jellies making an appearance this summer 🪼🪼

This species of jellyfish has a very mild sting and isn't harmful to humans, so you can admire it from up close 🤿

Photographed in Għadira at sunset 🌅📸

https://t.co/nD0kGbLPki

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

World Photography Day 🎉

I picked up my first camera in 2018, and haven't looked back since

[Sharklab Malta @sharklab_malta]

These incredible sharks have one of the largest brain to body ratios and are adept predators. Relying on excellent vision and speed they lunge at prey from below and are known to leap high out of the water. To maintain high activity levels they eat 3% of their body weight daily!

[Charlotte Taylor @charliealice97]

These sharks have been the focus of my research since arrivving in Malta; the scale at which they come into the market compared to all other elasmobranch's is insane! If anyone knows of researchers working with this species currently, let me know! #spurdog

[Sharklab Malta @sharklab_malta]

Although one of the largest White Shark ever caught was landed in Malta many people have no idea this species is a resident of the Mediterranean. These highly adapted predators have such sensitive electroreceptors they can detect variations as small as half a billionth of a volt.

[Sharklab Malta @sharklab_malta]

Sold as Mazzola in Malta, they're among the most commonly eaten sharks in Europe. Despite this the Longnose Spurdog is also the only shark in the Mediterranean listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. They have spurs on their dorsal fins which can be used to predict age and maturity

[Sharklab Malta @sharklab_malta]

Known for their beautiful metallic blue skin, the Blue Shark is one of Malta's more common resident sharks although they can be found worldwide and they are known to migrate long distances. They are viviparous, giving birth to live young, and may have up to 100 pups at a time! 👶

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

And just like that Shark Awareness week is upon us 🦈🦈! I had the opportunity to speak about the Fly with Bullrays project with @sharklab_malta at the Malta National Aquarium

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

Finally got my website up and running again 🎉
Check out my portfolio over at:
https://t.co/pqklNUk6UN

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

@charliealice97

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

My photo from yesterday's game between Germany and Bulgaria featured on the Official LEN page! A new milestone reached 🪨

[European Aquatics @EuroAquatics]

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 🤽

Who will qualify for #WPNetanya2024? 🤔 The results for Day 1 of the 2024 LEN European #WaterPolo Championships Qualification Round are in.

Catch tomorrow’s matches on https://t.co/MTfCsBqdhA 🖥️

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

My first Bull Ray sighting of the season (and ever) on one of our surveys at @sharklab_malta . Such beautiful creatures that are in dire need of protection, with a global IUCN Red List status of Critically Endangered as a result of bycatch by industrial fisheries

[Michael Paris @Michael_Paris_]

Some Shark, skate and ray public education this morning at the Malta National Aquarium with @sharklab_malta