SUMMARY POSTED BY JEFFREY GALLANT (GEERG) ON THURSDAY JULY 16 AT 01:05 AM.

Today's operations were conducted in Baie-Saint-Pancrace. Team members made five (5) dives in order to deploy the two first acoustics receivers.

No shark was seen during these dives however, our efforts were mostly concentrated on the preparation, deployment and inspection of the receivers. We remain confident that sharks will be seen - and tagged - by the end of the expedition.

We plan to install two more acoustic receivers in the Baie des Anglais on Thursday.

PHOTO: Luc Gagnon and Blaise Barrette from ROSM start their search for the Greenland shark. Photo © GEERG / Jeffrey Gallant / All Rights Reserved

GEERG is an institutional member of the Canadian Association for Underwater Science (CAUS) and thus conducts its diving operations in compliance with the CAUS Standard of Practice.

Five (5) dives were made today:

Location: Baie-Saint-Pancrace
Dive teams: Barrette, Boissinot, Forest, Gagnon, Gallant, Harvey-Clark, Savignac, Sprague.
Start : Multiple
Finish: Multiple
Bottom time: Average of 50 min.
Max. depth: 33 m (108')
Underwater visibility: 5 m (15')

Objectif(s) : Install two (2) receivers. Tag two sharks..

Two receivers installed.
No sharks observed.

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