Broadreach - Trip Reports!

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Wow.



Time sure flies!

Broadreach are once again in town with their incomparable sharky High Scool and College summer programs - and having checked, it very much looks like this may well be year 11 in a row!

Just amazing - and still as rewarding!




And like always, there are trip reports!

College here - and here are the High School reports inclusive of the awesome news that

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Five-Meter GWS?

Mako vs GWS - awesome pic by Ozzie Sam. Notice how wide the caudal keel is!
Source - click for detail

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Hmmmmm.

For what it is worth, methinks that that Shark does not move with the gravitas of a 5-meter animal but rather, like a much smaller individual; and the very pointy snout and very wide caudal keel appear more indicative of a Shortfin Mako, at least to me.


But who am I

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700 Requins dans la Nuit - awesome!

Source - click for detail!

Behold!






Yeah that would once again be Laurent in Tetamanu.

All I can say is, epic - and there is also this ridiculously awesome photo essay and also, this book with his best pictures that I can only highly recommend.



Enjoy!

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Bull Shark vs hooked Shark!

Yes Bull Sharks got big sharp teeth - great pic by Sasha! Click for detail!

Behold!




Story here.

Not at all sure about the first Shark - but the big one is unmistakably a Bull = a species that will most definitely prey on other Sharks.



Enjoy!

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Sharks in the Ba Estuary - Paper!

Love love love this pic - source!


Behold!



Nice job by Tom et al.

From what I gather, whereas the field research has been challenging, the paper has been a rather traumatic experience - and no, no need to elaborate, the more as the good news is that this finally completes Tom's master thesis and that consequently, he can now fully concentrate on his already impressive career as a

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Sharkbanz - yes it's a total Scam!

Source.

Bingo.



Remember this post?

What followed were a Shark bite and then a devastating impromptu test - and yet the Garrisons and even more problematically, Craig O'Connell of questionable Shark Week fame have continued to defend the indefensible and conned the public (scroll down) into believing that the gizmos had been tested scientifically and proven to be effective, which they

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Florida Land-Based Shark Fishing - Meetings!

This needs to stop: completely exhausted and moribund GHH - source.


The infamous saga continues.



Please note down the following dates and locations.

The FWC is scheduling public workshops for land based shark fishing
regulation in Florida. But contrary to the commissioners, the FWC staff are most certainly not eager to issue regulations and will try and defer, delay, stonewall and

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You Are What You Eat - Paper!

Our Whitetip Reefies - happy, well fed and healthy!


And talking of Shark feeding.

And I cite,


The suite of studies available for this site is likely the most comprehensive
body of work to date comparing the impacts of tourism on a
predator species' behaviour and fitness with conservation and economic

benefits.
The various studies address a range of potential issues (e.g.
residency,

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The Impact of GWS Cage Diving - Paper!

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Bingo, and I cite,


"Best practice" among cage diving operations apparently consists in just
teasing, but never actually handing any bait to the Sharks.
Were I a Shark hugger, I would immediately object that letting the
Sharks waste precious energy on fruitless "hunts" is to be rejected as
it is likely harmful to the animals.


Yup that would be yours truly a whopping ten years

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Guadalupe - more Shenanigans?

Indeed, a picture is worth a thousand words - click for detail! Source.

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Sigh.

Forget all that idiotic clap trap - and no, no amount of soul searching and overcoming of personal phobias, or whatever, can detract from the simple fact that this is reckless and 100% illegal pure and simple.



And this shit?

That would be this dude, clearly a repeat offender along with his

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SOFA - quod erat demonstrandum!

The SOFA: a humongous area in the NE Pacific where GWS disperse to forage.

Behold - and yes it is long!




Synopsis here - and yes this is impressive as hell.

And here's a nice, and short video about the technology - again, very impressive in terms of scope but also cost!




And now, re-read this.

See what I mean?

The GWS are by no means "aggregating" but instead, they are actually

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Thanks for all the Fish!

Behold!



I must say, this is really nice.

Firstly, because it doesn't do the usual touchy-feely treehugging thing but is instead very personal albeit a tad overly dramatic - the more as Juliette has been diving with us before and was by no means frozen in fear but did instead thoroughly enjoy the experience; and secondly, because this is the very first article about us that mentions the

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