Fleet Science Center on the screen of the "Great Barrier Reef" from Friday –

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The world's greatest wonder arrives on the giant screen when the new Great Barrier Reef documentary premieres on the West Coast at Fleet Science Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. Reported by a acclaimed Australian actor Eric Bana, the film celebrates one of the planet's most beautiful and biodiverse ecosystems as well as the "citizen science" movement, where volunteers help researchers better understand the natural world.

Screen, the Great Barrier Reef offers the public a close up view of the fascinating creatures that live on the reef. Spectators will enjoy fun encounters with minke whales, thousands of migrating green turtles and their newborns, a Maori Labyrinth named Wally whose photo-bombardment techniques have made him a local legend, a male hippocampus and corals fluorescents with kaleidoscopic colors. The Great Barrier Reef follows young underwater photographer Jemma Craig and his reef, on an expedition to document the work done by volunteers, researchers, and scientific citizens to better understand and protect the reef and its reefs. inhabitants. Visitors will visit the first sustainable eco-resource of the Great Barrier Reef on Lady Elliot Island, where Peter Gash rehabilitated the remote settlement from the devastation caused by mining in the late 1800's and later the Fitzroy Island Turtle Rehabilitation Center. return to health. Spectators will see cutting-edge research on coral breeding conducted at the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences – where scientists are studying the impact of long-term environmental changes and the development of more resilient corals that will survive – and meet scientists who help scientists follow The Great Barrier Reef is an epic adventure into an incredibly lively and vibrant world, where we tell the story of the reef from the point of view of people who have a close relationship with him, "said director Stephen. Amezdroz. "We are following researchers and volunteers who are working and studying on the reef and leading the effort to ensure a healthy future at the Great Barrier Reef, and we hope the film will inspire people to go out and explore nature and to see what's going on." 39 Engage in conservation efforts no matter where they live. "

" Knowing nature by being there is the first step toward taking care of it "Jemma Craig. "We want to inspire children to think that I can have a positive effect on the world."

"One of the main themes of the Great Barrier Reef is the conservation and appreciation of our natural landscapes," said Steve Snyder, President and CEO of the Fleet Science Center. "We hope that our visitors will leave the film with a new appreciation of the wonders of nature and the importance of preserving them."

"Nature has the power to bring us together – and to see it in a giant immersive screen experience gives the impression that it is even bigger than life," says the producer Matt Downey: "Everyone is tied to the reef in one way or another, and we want people to leave the theater and feel involved in conservation."

Family Trust, Biopixel , Soundfirm, Victoria Film and Screen Queensland, and is distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films.This is the fourth giant screen movie of December Media, following its trio of giant screen films that explore the Origin and evolution of the planets: the hidden universe, the search for life in space and the history of the Earth. Great Barrier Reef is produced by producer Tony Wright and Stuart Menzies, winner of an Emmy®, produced by Matt Downey and directed by Stephen Amezdroz.The film presents a partitio Dale Cornelius' musical n.
The Great Barrier Reef is family-friendly and lasts 40 minutes.

ABOUT RICHARD FITZPATRICK
Where I work
One of our many projects The time is to study the reef sharks (gray and white) at Osprey Reef in the coral sea off the northeast coast of Australia. Osprey Reef is an isolated sea rising vertically from 2,400 meters to less than one meter below sea level. It lies about 220 kilometers east of Cape Melville on the Queensland coast and about 125 kilometers from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef. The diving there, at the edge of the reefs that descend to 1500 meters in crystal clear waters, is one of the best in Australia! Sharks are abundant in the region, with gray reefs, shark reefs and silver sharks. species, while hammerhead sharks (scalloped and large) are spotted regularly.

What I do
Ecotourism is a multi-million dollar industry in the world and many dive companies specifically target sharks. Although this practice is controversial, information on how sharks, or tourism in general, affect their health and natural behavior is still limited. Research must be done to ensure that the positive effects of ecotourism on sharks (for example, benefits to the local economy and public awareness that helps conservation) can be badessed against its potential. alteration of a target species by modifying animals Natural Behavior.Our previous work at Osprey Reef show that tourism alters the daily activity habits of shark sharks reefs shark flank and the potential to affect their metabolic rate, net energy gain and overall health. However, nothing has been reported about the effect of tourism on the energy budgets of sharks. The findings of our 2011 article "In-Depth Variation of Shark Reef Sharks: Do Shark Foods Change Their Behavior?" (Coral Reefs 30: 569-577) and the Increasing Popularity of Shark Supply suggest that this topic needs to be addressed detail. Research on human-shark interactions has never been so important. Our research involves attaching electronic tags to Gray Shark and Gray Shark to determine their activity. levels, routine metabolic rates and energy budgets, then comparing them on days when shark feeds are conducted and when they are not. From the results, tour operators and conservation management agencies will be able to develop guidelines for shark ecotourism best practices in order to have minimal effect on the behavior and animal health.