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NEWSLETTER
(#1) Winter 2012: Download PDF (2.7 MB)
SCIENCE PAPERS
Gallant, J., Harvey-Clark, C., Myers, R.A., Stokesbury, M.J.W. 2005. Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) attached to a Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist 13(1), p. 35-38.
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Stokesbury, M.J.W., C. Harvey-Clark, J. Gallant, B.A. Block, and R.A. Myers. 2005. Movement and environmental preferences of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) electronically tagged in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada. Marine Biology 148, p. 159-165.
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Harvey-Clark, C., Gallant, J., Batt, J. 2005. Vision and its relationship to novel behaviour in St. Lawrence River Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus). The Canadian Field-Naturalist, vol. 119, no 3.
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GEERG DIVER CODE OF CONDUCT
After several years of field experience and hundreds of encounters, GEERG has developed a voluntary code of diver conduct as well as safety procedures in order to increase diver awareness and to help reduce the risks during Greenland shark encounters. Our recommendations also aim to minimise the impact of sport diving on the shark's normal life cycle.
However, the most important message is the following: DIVING WITH THE GREENLAND SHARK POSES INHERENT RISKS EVEN UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS. The only means of guaranteeing the safety of divers is to refrain from diving in areas where the Greenland shark is found.
GEERG Diver Code of Conduct and Safety Procedures for Diving with the Greenland Shark (PDF 225 KB) (2009)
06.10.2010 - Who is the Corkscrew Killer?
Sable Island and now the North Sea are ripe with controversy surrounding the Greenland shark. It has long been suggested that Sable Island is a hunting ground for sharks based on the regular appearance of mutilated seal carcasses. Many of the victims present a corkscrew-like cut that twists around the length of the seal's body....
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27.09.2010 - Shark sightings off the East Coast cause concern ... environmental concern
Recent headlines from New England resonated back to the summer of 2001, the so-called Summer of the Shark: A spate of incidents on East Coast beaches had induced a shark psychosis in the mainstream media even though 2001 was by no means a banner year for what reporters too eagerly label shark attacks. The unwarranted fear...
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29.07.2009 - Should the Greenland shark be turned into bio-fuel?
A recent proposal in Greenland would see Greenland shark bycatch turned into a new energy source in the form of bio-fuel. Proponents of the idea believe that shark meat – particularly the oil-rich liver – mixed with wastewater and macro-algae could be minced together to produce biogas which would then be used to power isolated villages...
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13.03.2009 - Shark killed by diver in the Gulf of Mexico
It was widely reported in the media this week that a freediver killed a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) which he claimed was threatening his group in the Gulf of Mexico. Video images made available to the media show only a brief sequence of the cameraman being buzzed once by the shark which is not uncommon with this and other pelagic species...
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