CITIZEN SCIENCE

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TECH-4-GOOD | OBSERVERS APP


The OBSERVERS APP is a FREE mobile phone app which allows users to log records of marine megafauna quickly and easily in the field.  The app is available both for iOS and Android and can be downloaded on Google Play or iTunes.




NAME:                       OBSERVERS APP

PRESENTED BY:    Ocean Research & Conservation Association.

GOAL:                        To monitor marine wildlife with citizen science.

TASK:                         Collect observations, strandings and by-catch data.

WHERE:                     Anywhere on the planet.

DESCRIPTION:        Version 1.0 was released on Google Play in 2017.

HOW TO START:     Download and sign up to be a member for free!

IDEAL AGE:               Children 12 years +,  Students,  Adults,  families.

ACTIVITY:                  Walking, running, boats, kayaks, sailing, angling.

TYPE:                          Outdoors.

FREQUENCY:           Hourly/ daily/once a week depending on your local.

AVE. TIME:                2 minutes to log records. 15- 30 minutes learning.

TOPICS:                     Ecology & Environmental Science, Marine Biology.

MATERIALS:             Download_Marine Wildlife of Eire I.D. Guide.



The OBSERVERS APP facilitates the collection of data on marine megafauna species to help inform Marine Spatial Planning and Conservation Policy.  In Ireland, there is an urgent need to determine trends in protected marine species ranges and numbers, with increasing offshore wind development, fisheries, shipping and eco-tourism predicted over the coming years.


The United Nations Ocean Decade began in 2020, and Ireland has an EU target of protecting 30% of our marine ecosystems as Marine Protected Area's (M.P.A.s) by 2030, yet currently just <3 % are protected as Special Areas of Conservation (S.A.C.'s).



YOU can help to

Protect Marine Wildlife!


We help families and communities to learn about our ocean's marine wildlife by empowering people of all ages to become citizen scientists with the help of ORCA Ireland's citizen science 'pocket conservation -tool', and mobile phone application;

the OBSERVERS  APP.


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