Serena Lucrezi A, Mike Barron, Antonietta d’Ag nessa (2025) Impacts of participation in scientific activities on marine tourists’ engagement and individual learning outcomes. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Volume 49, March 2025, 100849 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2024.100849
Serena Lucrezi & Antonietta D’Agnessa (2024): Tourists’ behavioural
intention to participate in marine citizen science: a South African case study, Journal of
Ecotourism, DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2024.2390440
Gennari E, Irion DT, Cowley PD (2022) Active acoustic telemetry reveals ontogenetic habitat-related variations in the coastal movement ecology of the white shark. Anim Biotelemetry
doi:10.1186/s40317-022-00295-x
Kock AA, Lombard AT, … Irion DT, … Photopoulou T (2022) Sex and Size Influence the Spatiotemporal Distribution of White Sharks, With Implications for Interactions With Fisheries and Spatial Management in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Front Mar Sci
doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.811985
Serena Lucrezi, TREES (Tourism Research in Economics, Environs and Society) (2021)
Characterising potential participants in kelp monitoring in the recreational diving community: A comparative study of South Africa and New Zealand, Global Ecology and Conservation,
Volume 28. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421001992
Queiroz N, Humphries NE, … Irion DT, … Sims DW (2019) Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries. Nature
doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1444-4
Irion DT, Noble LR, Kock AA, Gennari E and others (2017) Pessimistic assessment of white shark population status in South Africa: Comment on Andreotti et al. (2016). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 577:251-255.
doi:10.3354/meps12283
Conferences Attended:
IMCC7 (Cape Town, 2024) – Exhibitor / Co-author on oral presentation / Field Trip supplier for delegates
African Bioacoustics Conference (Cape Town 2024)
Emergency Government & Stakeholder meeting (Cape Town 2024) – Cape Fur Seal rabies outbreak governing plan of action meet.
Mission Blue Hope Spot Champion Workshop (Cape Town 2024) – Mike presented / Special guest speaker Dr Sylvia Earle.
GoDive industry conference and show (Birmingham, UK 2023)
7th Southern African Shark & Ray Symposium (Durban 2023) – Founder Mike Presented
6th Southern African Shark & Ray Symposium (Gansbaai 2021) – Both founders Mike + Dylan both presented.