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My latest news and musings regarding rig sharks, marine life and Porirua Harbour.
Mature male rig tagged
13th December, 2014At 6am I was on the water trying to catch another rig to attach a Lyon-DeJoux tag to it. By 7:22am I had caught my first rig – a mature male 90 cm long – and he was telling me where he was going. The…
Routers are out
11th December, 2014Today I put out all my routers around Pauatahanui Inlet, eight in total.
Bay of Islands
24th November, 2014Went to the Bay of Islands, with the same NIWA crew as on our Whangarei trip, trying to catch some hammerhead sharks. During seven days we caught about six hammerheads and attached electronic tracking tags to two of the biggest sharks (~150 cm). The others…
The rig have arrived!
23rd November, 2014The rig have arrived at last!!! Today, I caught my first rig of the season, woohoo. The numbers in the harbour are still quite low
Pauatahanui Primary School visit
10th November, 2014I gave a talk today at Pauatahanui Primary School, about all the sharks found in Porirua Harbour.
Still no rig
8th November, 2014No rig sharks in Porirua harbour yet. I caught a yellow belly flounder, a kahawai and an eagle ray, but no rig sharks.
First time on the water this 2015-16 season
16th October, 2014After testing the boat and finding it running smoothly and safely I set my nets in Pauatahanui inlet catching 19 rig in 2 hours, that’s more than 9 sharks per hour (quite a catch rate) considering there is only meant to be a few sharks…
No rig sharks in Porirua harbour yet
12th October, 2014With no rig sharks to track in Porirua, I went to Whangarei Harbour and the Bay of Islands to try and catch some hammerhead sharks.
Off to France
18th September, 2014Off for a week in France to attend a conference on Animal Tracking.
Migration underway
15th September, 2014Thousands of rig sharks are on their way to Porirua Harbour, when they get there I will be waiting to tag and track them.