Selection of Research, Conservation, Underwater Photography and Filmmaking
Awards and Honors
* Angela Smith and Shark Team One *
• Selected for the S.E.E. (Science, Exploration, Education) Initiative by National Geographic Open Explorer, OpenROV and other supporters including, Rolex, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Avatar Alliance Foundation
• Community Leader – Ocean Environment Award from National Week of the Ocean for “Creation of a South Florida presence via community events for awareness of dwindling worldwide shark populations"
• Recent Film Awards - Jackson Hole Science Media Awards, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, FilmGate Documentary Series, The Frank Gallery Earth Day Film Festival, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, Jackson Hole WILD Living Oceans Film Showcase in partnership with The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Nominated Blue Ambassador of the Year for “Significant Contributions in South Florida Marine Conservation”
• Inducted into the Ocean Artists Society (OAS)
• Women in Photography project by Women in Focus
• Associate member Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF)
• Selected for Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
• Elected Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Vice Chair of NGOs
• Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Gallery Exhibit
• Cressi Ambassador
• Invited to attend PERC’s 2015 Enviropreneur Institute in Bozeman, MT (PERC "Enviropreneur" Fellow)
• Community Leader – Ocean Environment Award from National Week of the Ocean for “Creation of a South Florida presence via community events for awareness of dwindling worldwide shark populations"
• Recent Film Awards - Jackson Hole Science Media Awards, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, BLUE Ocean Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, FilmGate Documentary Series, The Frank Gallery Earth Day Film Festival, Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, Jackson Hole WILD Living Oceans Film Showcase in partnership with The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Nominated Blue Ambassador of the Year for “Significant Contributions in South Florida Marine Conservation”
• Inducted into the Ocean Artists Society (OAS)
• Women in Photography project by Women in Focus
• Associate member Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF)
• Selected for Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI)
• Elected Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Vice Chair of NGOs
• Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center Gallery Exhibit
• Cressi Ambassador
• Invited to attend PERC’s 2015 Enviropreneur Institute in Bozeman, MT (PERC "Enviropreneur" Fellow)