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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Tagging to understand the great whites

University of Cape Town researcher Alison Kock is working toward tagging 35 great white sharks this year to research the behavorial ecology of the great whites in False Bay, South Africa. Tagged sharks are scanned by one of 28 receivers attached to weighted tires sunk in many locations around the Cape Town area as well as Seal Island.

Kock hopes to gain a better understanding of what time of year great whites are in False Bay, which areas they frequent and how long they are there. She is also hoping to discover how the shark's movements react to trek-net fishing and water-user activities.

Read story here: Playing tag with great whites.

2 Comments:

Blogger Jen B said...

Thanks for the info......I unlinked to the prison......should have researched that better.....used to tell my students that all the time. They would love to see that someone put me in my place! ;-) Glad someone is paying attention.

7/08/2005 9:41 AM  
Blogger liquidmocean said...

Woohooo, I spent some time with Alison and her research assistants in 2005 filming whilst also deploying 'Crittercams' for Nat Geo. Heading back down to South Africa next week for possibly six months but this time on Tiger Sharks. great to hear about all the great work in that part of the World.

Cheers,
Mark.

11/16/2007 11:47 AM  

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