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Angela Smith

@AngelaSmith53

Conservationist; saving endangered species, solving ocean issues. Founder of @sharkteamone. AI for Earth🌎Disney Conservation Fund grantee🦈Nat Geo Field Notes

 Caribbean, FL, Mexico, Arctic
sharkteamone.org
Joined June 2011
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Wow! GIVING TUESDAY FUNDRAISER with a $15,000 MATCH from The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation to benefit our Ocean Ecosystem Protection Program & Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope campaign! We're so happy & proud! To donate head to: sharkteamone.org/donate.html #GivingTuesday
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Holiday season is coming! Support us when you shop on AmazonSmile! 😀 Just sign in with your usual Amazon information to use AmazonSmile & they will donate 0.5% of your purchase for eligible items! Fins UP & thanks for your support this holiday season! 💙 sharkteamone.org/donate.html
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Happy Halloween to all! 🎃Have a fun & safe Halloween! 🎃🕷What are we scared of? We are scared of a world without sharks. Join us to help save these magnificent creatures from extinction before it’s too late! #SharkTeamOne #conservation #sharks #greatwhitesharks
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Our January sperm whale research expeditions are going to be out of this world! We’re so proud of what we've accomplished so far with this project! 🐳❤️ Still a few spots left to join us! RSVP at the link! sharkteamone.org/sperm-whale…
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Goliath groupers gather in the Coastal Southeast Florida Hope Spot every year in mass spawning aggregations. #HopeSpots Photo by Marie Dugan @sharkteamone
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So honored that .@sharkteamone has received a Zoo Miami Wildlife Conservation Fund award for 2022 with the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program!! Thank you .@zoomiami 🙌😍💙
Zoo Miami (@zoomiami) profile pictureZoo Miami@zoomiami1 Sep 2022
The year marks the 25th year anniversary of the Zoo Miami Wildlife Conservation Fund awarding grants to individuals, governments, and non-profits locally and internationally! See grant winners here:bit.ly/3wQXzpJ
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It's #InternationalWhaleSharkDay & we're looking back on 7 years of Shark Team One's Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program! Join us in viewing some of the amazing faces behind our work! So many thanks to all the supporters who help us save species! #conservation
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This year's Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program field weeks are featuring some special kids, local families & citizen scientists happy to be learning out in the big blue! Whale-shark-sized thanks to .@zoomiami for the support! vimeo.com/734822150 #conservation
Shark Team One Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program.mov

Shark Team One Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program.mov

This year's Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program field weeks are featuring some special kids, local families and citizen scientists happy to be learning out in the big blue. In this video...

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It's International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem! Mangroves contribute to food security, protection of coastal communities & support biodiversity. Follow along as we explore this region! Many thanks to The Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation! #MangroveDay
Pristine mangroves within the FKNMS.

ALT Pristine mangroves within the FKNMS.

A juvenile goliath grouper with mangrove snapper & silverside minnows hiding in roots.

ALT A juvenile goliath grouper with mangrove snapper & silverside minnows hiding in roots.

Behind the scenes filming for the Shark Team One "Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope" multimedia project.

ALT Behind the scenes filming for the Shark Team One "Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope" multimedia project.

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Home to the world’s third largest barrier reef, the @FloridaKeysNMS is a haven for ocean life—but it's threatened by climate change, overfishing and more.  That's why we need people who want to #SaveOurFloridaKeys to weigh-in with @NOAA before Oct. 21! floridakeys.noaa.gov/bluepri…
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So many thanks to all our supporters as we swim into the 2022 whale shark research season! Amazing 2021 season footage here! Special thanks to .@zoomiami & .@DisneyConserves (2019-2021)💙#conservation #disneyconservationfund #zoomiami vimeo.com/727980395
Shark Team One_Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program.m4v

Shark Team One_Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program.m4v

So many thanks to all our supporters as we swim into the 2022 whale shark research season with the Endangered Whale Shark Conservation Program! Amazing 2021 season footage included here! Special...

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Happy July 4th to all our friends, family, volunteers, supporters, partners & sponsors! Thinking of you all & thanks so much for your support! #conservation #SharkTeamOne
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It’s #WorldOceansDay & we are featuring our Underwater Florida - Windows to Hope™ campaign highlighting #Florida marine ecosystems! Follow along as we conduct field studies & create #multimedia for this one of a kind project!🙏to our generous supporters! lnkd.in/gtuaKX6Q
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It’s #EndangeredSpeciesDay 🦈💙Our work is helping to save whale sharks off the Yucatan 🇲🇽 & in all of their range! Join us on an upcoming citizen science expedition! Many thanks to the people at the organizations who make this important work possible! sharkteamone.org/whale-shark…
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When the manta ray is bigger than you are! Photo of founder, Angela Smith as she gets a photo ID of a gigantic manta ray. Know a student who’d like to join us? Inquire about scholarships for K-12! sharkteamone.org/whale-shark… .@CressiItaly gear since 2016! 🤿 💙#Cressi
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Happy #EarthDay🌎We are joining .@DisneyConserves to "picture what's possible" with this image giving us hope for the future! 2 majestic 40' endangered whale sharks feeding on bonito eggs! A hopeful sight as we work to save whale sharks & critical habitat! #DisneyPlanetPossible
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Proud to enter our film Whales of Change in the .@KeyWestFilmFest 📽️Love that they have a #Florida filmmaker category!😍Hope to see you there this November! Filmmakers enter the KWFF #EarthDay 🌎 deadline to join in! #WhalesofChangefilm #KeyWest #KeyWestFilmFest .@sharkteamone
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This #EarthMonth help make a difference for the biggest fish in the sea by joining us in Mexico! Many thanks to our amazing supporters in this award-winning research program! sharkteamone.org/whale-shark… .@ZooMiamiConserv .@thinkTANKphoto .@MergeMobileInc .@Microsoft_Green
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It’s time to get ready to go see the largest fish in the sea!! We have spots left for July! RSVP at the link below to join our research program in Mexico to help us save these magnificent yet highly endangered sharks! #whalesharks sharkteamone.org/whale-shark…
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Wonderful quote from Dr. Sylvia Earle! Thanks so much for the support & inspiration for the Coastal Southeast Florida Hope Spot! We are proud to be Hope Spot Champions! .@MissionBlue 💙🌊🐟😘
Mission Blue (@MissionBlue) profile pictureMission Blue@MissionBlue21 Mar 2022
"With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around." @SylviaEarle Photo by Kelly Casey @sharkteamone from the Coastal Southeast Florida Hope Spot
Silver tarpon swim through green water above a rocky ocean floor.

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