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Jackie Hildering is an underwater photographer known as the Marine Detective. It is the name she uses to raise awareness about life in the North East pacific ocean through beautiful, intrigu
ing, and educational photographs of marine life and environments.
“I want to share what I learn so that it may lead to greater knowledge, appreciation, and positive action for the Ocean to which we are all connected and upon which our health depends,” writes Hildering on her website themarinedetective.com, where she blogs about her work and underwater photographs.
Hildering is also one of the co-founders, and the education and communications director for the marine education and research society which is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to promoting conservation and understanding of marine ecosystems through scientific research, environmental education, and marine wildlife response.
Highlights of the work achieved by MERS in 2017 include; 170 hours spent monitoring whales during commercial fisheries in case there is an entanglement and in order to better understand the risk; putting 80 additional “See a Blow? Go Slow!” campaign signs on British Columbia’s coast; Submitting research on a new humpack whale behaviour known as trap-feeding for publication; and doing 24 presentations on their research and reducing risks to whales which reached more than 1,530 people from coastal BC.
Hildering has also been the local Department of Fisheries and Oceans Education Coordinator, Communications Director for the SOS Marine Conservation Foundation and Community Liaison for the ‘Namgis First Nation’s KUTERRA land-based salmon farm. Recognition for her efforts includes being the 2010 winner of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Murray A. Newman Award for Excellence in Aquatic Conservation.
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