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Over a decade\u2019s worth of underwater photos taken across Seychelles have helped scientists begin to estimate how many manta rays there are in the region, and where they move. Oceanic mantas were rarely sighted, but 236 reef mantas frequented the archipelago. Most of the sightings were at the remote D\u2019Arros Island and St Fran\u00e7ois Atoll, which makes these sites especially important. With increased awareness and understanding, Seychelles is poised to aid manta ray conservation.<\/h3>\n

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\u2018This was an adventure that generated more questions than it answered!\u2019 Dr Lauren Peel\u2019s passion for the Seychelles Manta Ray Project is palpable and her excitement is at fever pitch following the publication of over a decade\u2019s worth of manta ray data from around Seychelles. Dr Peel and her colleagues have published \u2018Remote hideaways: first insights into the population sizes, habitat use, and residency of manta rays at aggregation areas in Seychelles<\/a>\u2019 in the journal Marine Biology<\/em>. Theirs is the first estimate of the population sizes and movement patterns of manta rays in the region. \u2018It sounds like an easy task, answering these seemingly simple questions. How many manta rays are there? Where are they going? But when you consider the scale of Seychelles and how remote these coral reefs are, the whole process becomes more challenging and exciting.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Dr Peel is the Project Adviser for the Seychelles Manta Ray Project, whose research team represented the Save Our Seas Foundation D\u2019Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC), Manta Trust, University of Western Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Island Conservation Society. Its members used unique pigmentation patterns to identify 236 individual reef manta rays from underwater photographs collected during research dives and submitted to the project by citizen scientists between 2006 and 2018. \u2018Citizen scientists form a big part of our work, not only because they share data with us, but they help to raise awareness about manta rays throughout Seychelles,\u2019 explains Dr Peel. \u2018Sparking an interest in and starting conversations about manta rays across Seychelles is an exciting part of the Seychelles Manta Ray Project and it\u2019s something that we want to nurture.\u2019<\/p>\n

Wherever possible, the researchers collected information about manta ray behaviours, from cleaning and socialising to feeding and courtship. New technologies helped them capture never-before-seen footage. \u2018Manta Cam (a remote camera system used to monitor manta ray visits to the cleaning station at D\u2019Arros Island over a two-month period) worked really well at D\u2019Arros Island and helped us to observe courtship behaviour, which we had never seen before at the cleaning station,\u2019 says Dr Peel. \u2018By removing humans from the water, this remote camera really changed the game.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A reef manta ray visiting a cleaning station off D'Arros Island. Photo \u00a9 Guy Stevens | Manta Trust<\/p><\/div>\n

Dillys Pouponeau is a research officer at the SOSF-DRC and forms part of the permanent \u2018eyes underwater\u2019 for manta ray research at D\u2019Arros Island and St Joseph Atoll. \u2018Having access to this site motivates us to prioritise mantas as one of our long-term monitoring projects. We are now taking advantage of technology to monitor them more effectively than before. Our MantaCam is scheduled and swapped in a way that ensures we always have a camera \u201con\u201d at the cleaning stations. We are also starting to integrate drones into our surveys. These new methods enable us to monitor the mantas in a non-invasive manner and for longer than ever before, gathering data in their natural state.\u2019<\/p>\n

Unparalleled access to remote and near-pristine environments is a boon for both researchers and manta rays. \u2018The remoteness of D\u2019Arros Island and St Fran\u00e7ois Atoll keeps these manta aggregations rather isolated in nature. This provides an important opportunity to both conserve manta rays in Seychelles and gather important baseline information about the biology and ecology of these animals in the absence of common human disturbances,\u2019 says Dr Peel. For Ms Pouponeau, it\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to focus her MSc study on an important species and critical conservation area. \u2018D\u2019Arros is the largest known aggregating site for reef manta rays in Seychelles. Reef manta rays are keystone species, so it is essential to study them to determine when, why and how they utilise this site,\u2019 she explains. \u2018Our goal is to understand the characteristics that make D\u2019Arros special, and why it supports such a large aggregation of mantas compared to other islands in Seychelles.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A reef manta ray surface feeds just off D'Arros Island in Seychelles Amirantes. Photo \u00a9 Guy Stevens | Manta Trust<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018It\u2019s onward and upward for the Seychelles Manta Project,\u2019 enthuses Dr Peel. \u2018We have a great foundation, and with our expanding network of dedicated collaborators, we\u2019ll carry on trying to better understand the populations, critical habitat and connectivity of manta rays in Seychelles to inform the establishment of management strategies for aggregations that occur elsewhere in the archipelago, in the Western Indian Ocean and beyond. Every sighting record is valuable, so help us by submitting your manta photographs today!\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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