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My latest news and musings regarding rig sharks, marine life and Porirua Harbour.
Radio interview audio available
9th March, 2015| If you missed my interview with Alison Balance from National Radio LIVE, you can listen to the audio at the following link http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/20169398
‘World Famous’ – Rig shark research on National Radio
3rd March, 2015Today a story made by Alison Ballance from Radio New Zealand’s – Our Changing World was aired for the first time. You can see photos and an introduction to the story (aired this Thursday 9pm) at http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/20169398/tracking-rig-sharks
Research paper published in Technology Journal
21st February, 2015A paper written by Peter De Joux and myself was published in the Marine Technology Society Journal, the first page can be seen here.
My shark was just caught by a fisherman!
19th February, 2015A rig shark I tagged on Monday was caught around 0800 on Wednesday by a guy fishing off the Seaview Peninsula in Pauatahanui inlet.
Whitby Newsbrief article
13th February, 2015A news article written by Geoff Mowday published in the Whitby Newsbrief talks about the shark research I’m doing in Porirua Harbour.
Windy Waitangi weekend
7th February, 2015It has been windy for 10 days now and I haven’t found the opportunity to put out any shark tracking tags.
At last I’ve solved it
3rd February, 2015What do you do when your tagged rig sharks positional data appears to have been cut in half, and 2 lines of data are received rather than 1 line?
Shark attack in Porirua Harbour.
28th January, 2015What would try to eat a one metre long (~3 kg) rig shark, in a sheltered estuary?
Where have all the sharks gone?
24th January, 2015I’ve been fishing for 3 days now, without catching any rig sharks! What’s happened to them? Have thousands of sharks suddenly been flushed out of the Harbour?
Building tags today
19th January, 2015Too windy over this long weekend to track rig, so I’m building tags. Today I finished making the antenna extensions and fitted them to the waterproof housings.