Because of the nature
of shark research in the wild, new techniques had to be invented to answer our questions about the lives of sharks.
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Shark Research Institute (SRI), a multi-disciplinary nonprofit 501 (c)(3) scientific research organization, was created to sponsor and conduct research on sharks and promote their conservation.
The program is an exploration of the Ocean Voyager exhibit and introduction to the Georgia Aquarium conservation and
whale shark research program.
The cluster of attacks in North Carolina is «highly unusual,» George Burgess, who directs the Florida Program
for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, told VICE News.
Michael Stanhope, professor of evolutionary genomics at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine, and scientists at the Save Our Seas
Shark Research Center at Nova Southeastern University published the study in the November issue of BMC Genomics.
A study by the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Save Our
Seas Shark Research Center and Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) and the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine just published in the journal BMC Genomics (lead author, postdoctoral associate Nicholas Marra,) now provides the first evidence that some shark and ray immunity genes have undergone evolutionary changes that may be tied to these novel immune system abilities.
We end this article with the opinion of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology,
Shark Research Group's Dr. Kim Holland.
In fact, the Maldives Whale
Shark Research Project (MWSRP) has identified 110 resident whale sharks in the region.
Georgia Aquarium had the privilege of being featured in 2014 in a Changing Seas episode that documented Dr. Alistair Dove's team and our whale
shark research in Mexico.
We offer packages from 2 weeks upwards including 8 dives a week, your next PADI diving certification, accommodation in a beautiful villa, delicious food and a lot of knowledge
about shark research and marine life.
Another way that travelers can
support shark research is by participating in the Whale Shark Photo ID Library.
«As Shedd Aquarium's conservation research team begins our own project to study Caribbean shark species, we're excited to also
bring shark research inland to Chicago,» said Dr. Steve Kessel, director of marine research at Shedd Aquarium.
And he found that dolphin research had an advantage
over shark research: «It's easier to study something that comes to the surface every 28 seconds to breathe than something that never comes up at all.»
Deep Blue Sea 2 is the much - anticipated sequel to Deep Blue Sea (1999), the Renny Harlin - directed thriller that featured Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows and LL Cool J in a film
where shark research went similarly awry.
We're a small team, taking care of marine conservation and
shark research around the Gili Islands in Indonesia.
Shark Diver was the first commercial shark diving company in the USA to initiate, develop and support
Mexican shark research efforts with white sharks at Isla Guadalupe.
MV Sea Escape and MV Southern Sport operating in Mexico (Socorro and Guadalupe Island) are partnered with Fins Attached, and our Australia operator, Rodney Fox who operates the Princess II, established the
Fox Shark Research Foundation in 2001.
The
Canadian Shark Research Laboratory at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, which is where the recent specimen was examined, has a profile of the Greenland Shark and hopefully the information contained therein can be updated with this recent specimen because the current profile backs up the point that very little is known about this very large predator.
At the moment we are offering a 2
week shark research and conservation expedition in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Shark Research Institute - Shark Conservation, shark education, shark diving, committed to stopping the slaughter of sharks.
The Shark Lab was founded in 1966 by CSULB marine biology professor Donald Nelson, Ph.D. and now serves as an international center
for shark research, much of it led by students.
«His work in our community has advanced understanding of great white sharks and put the Cape on the map as a hotspot
of shark research.»
During the last 12 years, the Belize barrier reef near Placencia (Gladden Spit) has been the focus of
whale shark research, primarily by Rachel Graham, the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Whitley Gold Award.
She worked with Michala Stock, a forensic anthropologist at the lab, and George Burgess, the director of the Florida Program for
Shark Research and International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History, to examine six Florida cases that showed similar marks and determine whether they were left by sharks.
The Shark Observation Network is a partnership of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG),
the Shark Research Institute (SRI Canada) and the BIOAPP.
Legendary marine biologist Peter Klimley (right) comes up for air during
a shark research trip at the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico's west coast.
George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for
Shark Research, said the wide - ranging study is good news for shark conservation.
Citizen scientists can assist with whale
shark research, by submitting photos and sighting data.
Around 2,000 different species of fossil sharks have been discovered, according to the ReefQuest Centre for
Shark Research.
How cool
our shark research is.
In partnership with
the Shark Research group at Mote Marine Laboratory, Georgia Aquarium staff will study the population size, make - up and movements near Sarasota, to build vital knowledge about these poorly understood but beautiful creatures.
Join
our shark research and conservation eco-program.
The goal of
our shark research project is not just to raise awareness for shark - and marine conservation but also to assist the local community and helping the Gilis to become a plastic free paradise!
Marie Levine, executive director of
the Shark Research Institute, said: «Much of the shark fin trade uses fins hacked off living sharks.