Rado Botosoamananto

Terrestrial & Fisheries Scientist  Andavaoaka, Madagascar

Rado's first experience with Blue Ventures was as a Malagasy Scholar in late 2011, participating in a volunteer expedition for 6 weeks. In April 2012, Rado began working as a Blue Ventures scientist, taking on responsibility for the Tortoise monitoring program, Finfish monitoring program, Shark & Turtle monitoring program, and supervising octopus data collection in Velondriake. In his spare time, Rado takes volunteers diving and helps with fish and benthic training. Rado has a Masters degree in oceanology from the University of Toliara and is originally from the east coast of Madagascar.