Shark Week on Discovery tonight
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 07:11 AM
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 07:27 AM
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 09:10 AM
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 11:06 PM
Interestingly enough, Scott Cassell is coming out to Catalina Island for his Expedition Voyager Project Expedition Catalina. We're going to have coffee Tuesday to discuss some projects of mutual interest.
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 06:49 AM
I've been watching a series the past few weeks where a crew off western Mexico is actually catching large great whites, getting them onto a special lift, keeping a water flow through their gills while they do measurements, blood samples, sperm samples (on the males, of course!) attaching long-term tracking devices & then safely releasing the shark. The data they are collecting goes a long way to understanding these much-maligned animals migration & breeding habits.
Most shows still feel they have to play up the danger factor to some degree - probably to keep some idiot from trying some of that stuff on his/her own!
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 08:53 AM
I've been watching a series the past few weeks where a crew off western Mexico is actually catching large great whites, getting them onto a special lift, keeping a water flow through their gills while they do measurements, blood samples, sperm samples (on the males, of course!) attaching long-term tracking devices & then safely releasing the shark. The data they are collecting goes a long way to understanding these much-maligned animals migration & breeding habits.
This work is being done by Dr. Michael Domeier. I was on a trip with him to Guadalupe in 2005 to film his work, at that time for the Pfleger Institute of Environmental Studies (PIER). At that time they were darting the great whites with tags.
His current work with the lift is not being well received by many marine scientists including GWS researchers. Two GWS have already died because of it and he was asked to leave the Farallons because of it. Lifting such massive sharks mostly out of the water causes the body weight to place pressure on the internal organs. Catching them with large hooks doesn't help much either. I agree that the data they are collecting is useful, but disagree with the methods to do it.
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 10:03 AM
I'm sorry to hear that two mature animals have died due to this research. However, it's a far better ratio that the "research" the Japanese are doing on whales, IMHO.
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 06:04 PM
Chatham, Massachusetts on Olde Cape Cod has a growing seal population on a couple of beach spits, the resulting sightings of GW sharks are becoming more frequent with the occasional beach closing. Maybe Cape Cod will be the next Seal Island. AFAIK there is not any shark cage boat operators yet!!!
http://search.boston...p...arks&s.tab=
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Posted 05 August 2010 - 03:12 PM
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Posted 12 August 2010 - 07:24 PM
News video: http://www1.whdh.com...pe-cod-beaches/
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