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My latest news and musings regarding rig sharks, marine life and Porirua Harbour.

I got my tag back !!!

17th January, 2015

| My shark wasn’t stolen, she was “set-free” by a local water skier who decided that my tracking tag was wrongly caught around a shark. He cut the tag off, took the tag home, then called me today to say he had the tag.

Tracking tag stops transmitting at 7:24 am

16th January, 2015

After having a tag stolen earlier in the week I put out another tag yesterday hoping for the best, only to have it stop transmitting at 7:24 this morning after an 18 hour track.

Applied for grant from Ocean Classrooms

14th January, 2015

Applied for funding from Ocean Classrooms https://oceanclassrooms.com/ to increase the coverage of my mesh-network so the entire harbour can be used to track sharks, not just Pauatahanui inlet. In addition to this increase in coverage is an addition to our tracking system that will allow…

Someone stole my shark!

13th January, 2015

I hope that whoever did this calls me and gives me back my tag, which I need for my research. It’s probably too late for the shark, but my tag back would be great.

NZMRF report

11th January, 2015

Just finished a report for the New Zealand Marine Research Foundation (NZMRF) as part of a funding agreement. As part of that agreement I visited local colleges and Primary schools. If you would like me to visit your school please email me.

Baited Underwater Video

9th January, 2015

Went into Pauatahanui Inlet with Britt, and we put down a Baited Underwater Video, to see if we could film any rig.

Quiet day

2nd January, 2015

Went fishing for two hours and caught no rig sharks???? Very unexpected. I caught a small eagle ray and small trevally which I measured and returned to the water.