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Today marks a year since @speseas_tt began in Trinidad and Tobago. Since then, we’ve been proud partners in @IYORTT highlighting local coral reefs, #mydeepseabackyard exploring our deep ocean, the inaugural #LACCCB and the Tobago kids’ summer camp ‘Sea, Sun and Science’ with @buccooreeftrusttobago. We’ve also been working on a few other special projects in the background that will be revealed in the upcoming year. We can’t wait to continue our #ocean journey here in #TrinidadandTobago! Pic 1: Some of the @#IYORTT core team at the official launch of the #IYOR initiative in Trinidad. Pic 2: Members of @SpeSeas_TT, @buccooreeftrusttobago and volunteers at the Tobago launch of #IYOR initiative. Pic 3: #IYOR2018 activity "Intertidal Watch" at Salybia Bay, Toco. Pic 4: SpeSeas member Dr. Anjani Ganase hosting a session at the inaugural #LACCCB2018 held at UWI, St Augustine. Pic 5: @diva_amon presenting at the launch of the #mydeepseabackyard project. Pic 6: Training with the @openrov Trident during the week of the My Deep Sea, My Backyard launch. Pic 7: Members of the SpeSeas team and other professionals together with the participants of Sea, Sun and Science camp at the "meet the professionals" session. Pic 8: Throwback to the day we signed the documents that officially brought SpeSeas to life. For one of our upcoming projects SpeSeas has partnered with #MaritimeFinancial and #UnderwaterEarth to build an underwater 360 collection of Tobago’s coral reefs. Here is a sneak peek of the training done in Tobago two weeks ago with @anjganase using the SVX camera. Thanks to @ERICtobago and #FrontierDivers for their assistance. Video by @Christophe.Bailhache from UWE.

Almost a full house for yesterday's screening of #chasingcoral at @movietownetrinidad. IYORTT partner UTT - The University of Trinidad and Tobago was present to showcase some marine life specimens and to talk to the students.#iyortt #iyor2018

Visitors to @IYORTT booth at the Maritime Financial "Run for fun" on Saturday were treated to virtual reef dives using VR googles. #iyor2018 #IYORTT #maritimefinancialgroup

Testing out the @openrov Trident today off Chacachacare for the #mydeepseabackyard project. Looking forward to learning how to use the @natgeo Drop Cams tomorrow. Pics by @alexis_hope and @diva_amon #deepsea #deepseaexploration #TrinidadandTobago #developingcountry #marinebiologist #ocean #deepseabiologist #marinescience #conservation #science #scicomm #exploration #research

#Repost @buccooreeftrusttobago ・・・ Sea, Sun and Science 2018 cycle 2..IYORTT screening of Chasing Coral. Our young participants couldn't be more engaged, popcorn and all!!

#Repost @diva_amon ・・・ Tonight I am both extremely nervous and excited as tomorrow is the launch of the first locally-led deep-sea project, ‘My Deep Sea, My Backyard - Trinidad and Tobago’. 70% of nations have deep-sea environments within their maritime Exclusive Economic Zones; yet only 16% of them have the capacity to explore those environments. This is especially true for developing nations. Our pilot project will begin to change this by empowering countries to explore their own deep-sea backyards using low-cost emerging ocean technology, while building lasting in-country capacity. It will also engage the public and other stakeholders to raise awareness of the deep ocean through a series of school visits, deep-sea career events, and a 2019 exhibition. And yes, we are working with @natgeo amongst other amazing organisations (check them out above)!!!! The deep ocean is not only our largest ecosystem here in Trinidad and Tobago but also in the world, covering more than 60% of the Earth’s surface! It sequesters carbon regulating our climate, cycles nutrients and even aids in detoxification. It also provides us with key resources such as food, oil and gas, metals, pharmaceuticals, and, of course, inspires us! This is especially true in Trinidad and Tobago with the exploration for deepwater oil and gas reserves, a key source of economic development, currently underway. We need to understand our deep sea in order to know how we are impacting it and therefore how to manage it, and we can only do this by first discovering what habitats and communities exist. Remember: Our planet cannot be healthy without a healthy deep ocean! Oh, and in case you were wondering, that’s a chimaera on the invitation - it’s closely related to sharks and rays and they only live in the deep ocean! Find out more here: https://speseas.org/projects/my-deep-sea-my-backyard/ And follow our blog: https://openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/trinidadtobagooceanexploration #deepsea #deepseaexploration #TrinidadandTobago #developingcountry #marinebiologist #ocean #deepseabiologist #marinescience #conservation #science #scicomm #exploration #research #chimaera #shark #mydeepseabackyard

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