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Ingrid Visser
Ingrid N. Visser is the Founder and Principal Scientist of the New Zealand-based Orca Research Trust, which works to protect orca and their habitat through conservation, education and scientific research.
Since 1992, she has worked with orcas not only around New Zealand, but also in the waters of Antarctica, Argentina and Papua New Guinea, and has also contributed to orca research projects in the Kamchatka region of Russia, off the North American coasts of Washington, Alaska and British Colombia, and in the waters of Iceland, where she worked with the Keiko project.
Ingrid’s work has appeared in various magazines and on numerous TV documentaries. she is also the author of two children’s books and an autobiography, Swimming with Orca .
She is also a co-founder of the Free Morgan Foundation , working to raise awareness of the plight of the killer whale Morgan, who is currently being held captive and used commercially at the entertainment theme park Loro Parque, in Spain.
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Ingrid Visser is marine biologist known for studying orcas. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Ingrid Visser holds three University Degrees: Bachelor of Science (Massey University), Masters of Science (Auckland University) and Doctorate of Philosophy (Auckland University). She has been studying orcas since 1992 and completed her PhD in 2000, on the first ever scientific study of orca in New Zealand waters.
Her research has been published in international scientific journals, since 1998, and many of these publications are available on the website Orca Research .
In 2002 Visser’s research was instrumental in the New Zealand Government’s reclassification of New Zealand orca from “Common” in the New Zealand Threat Classification System to “Nationally Critical”. This is the equivalent status of “Critically Endangered” in the internationally recognised IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
She is a member of the Australia & New Zealand branch of the Explorers Club and continues to travel the world in search of orca.
Ingrid is also playing a crucial role of the Free Morgan Foundation and has appeared in court in the Netherlands in connection with the orca Morgan’s release efforts.
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Ingrid N. Visser is the Founder and Principal Scientist of the New Zealand-based Orca Research Trust, which works to protect orca and their habitat through conservation, education and scientific research.
Ingrid Natasha Visser (born 20 February 1966) is a New Zealand marine biologist who studies orcas. She regularly lectures on the subject aboard cruise ships, especially in Antarctica, and has been featured in several documentaries about orcas.
I report on a group of orca (Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)) near the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, which were a lighter coloration than orca usually seen in these waters.
Dr Visser is the only researcher specializing in orca in New Zealand waters. Her research officially began in 1992, when she embarked on her life-long dream to study the orca. Since then she has worked with orca not only around New Zealand, but also in the waters of Antarctica, Argentina and Papua New Guinea.
Ingrid began studying NZ orca in 1992, going on to complete the first and only PhD dissertation on this population. Since then, Ingrid has become an internationally-acclaimed authority on orca, having established research projects and studied orca in Argentina, Papua New Guinea, Iceland, Antarctica, Russia, North America and, not least of all, NZ.
Founder at Orca Research Trust · Consultant, Presenter (documentaries), Researcher, Lecturer, Expedition Cruises<br><br>Specialties: orca, whale rescues, natural history · Experience: Orca...
Ingrid is a cetacean (whale) biologist, world-renowned for her work with orcas. She has researched, observed, photographed, surveyed, championed, lectured-on and rescued orcas here in New Zealand and across our globe, from Antarctica to Alaska.
Senior Scientist, Orca Research Trust - Cited by 1,529 - orca - killer whales - cetaceans - foraging - behaviour
Institution: Orca Research Trust. Advance your research. First records of orca, Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mammalia Cetacea), predation on sharptail ocean sunfish, Masturus lanceolatus...
Ingrid Visser is marine biologist known for studying orcas. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Ingrid Visser holds three University Degrees: Bachelor of Science (Massey University), Masters of Science (Auckland University) and Doctorate of Philosophy (Auckland University).