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DEEPSEA MGZN
JAKE DAVIES
MARINE BIOLOGIST /
UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHER
/ HSE DIVER
Jake grew up on Pen Llŷn, North Wales and
coming from a maritime family meant that
from a young age the underwater world and
marine life have played a major role in his life.
As a marine biologist Jake is the Project
Coordinator for Project SIARC (Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities)
/ Angel Shark Project: Wales. Project aims to
better understand the Critically Endangered
Angelshark and other are sharks, skates and
rays o昀昀 the Welsh coast.
As an underwater videographer he aims
to share the the range of marine life and
habitats found beneath the waves along the
Welsh Coast and further a昀椀eld. Footage has
featured on BBC and Discovery Channels
Shark Week.
“As a Project Coordinator a lot of my time is
spent carrying out engagement work with
昀椀shers, communities to help better understand the focal shark species o昀昀 the Welsh
coast such Angelshark. Tope, Stingray and
Spurdog. Fieldwork is mainly limited to the
summer months due to unfavourable weather conditions in the winter. But, 昀椀eldwork
does include completing exciting surveys
such as deploying Baited Underwater Video
System (BRUVs) to provide an insight to the
species found below the surface. There is
also lots of time infant of computer screens
doing data management and analysis.”
DeepSea Channel welcomes Jake Davies to
the our video production team and digital
magazine as a story contributor.
Follow Jake on IG @jdscuba
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Q: Can you tell us what a typical day is like.
“No two days are the same. As a diver it’s great
to be able to work on a variety of di昀昀erent
jobs that being media as a safety diver, scienti昀椀c diving or light commercial work completing underwater surveys or maintenance work.
It’s always exciting to have the variety, working in new locations and with di昀昀erent teams
to complete the underwater tasks in hand.
Heading below the surface you never know
what you’re going to see, as a marine biologist I’m always on the look out for di昀昀erent
species and behaviours which can make
good shots or better to complete di昀昀erent
sequences which tells the story of the particular species or habitat. What’s really special
is when both passions of diving and marine
biology combine together to showcase the
marine environment, particularly the Welsh
coastline.”
