Whale Sharks

Category: Research | Date: Feb 20 2008 | By: admin

We spotted 5 more sharks today and Volker managed to tag 1. We had Norwegian journalists on board as well some German tourists and our volunteer team. We are all hugely encouraged by this exciting start and hope for better weather conditions for the rest of the expedition. Although the gyrocopter is doing an amazing job, the overcast weather makes it harder to spot the sharks and does not help the visibility for the underwater photographer and videographers.

Volker is going up in the gyro early tomorrow to do some filming and spotting. We have the local press and media on board all day tomorrow. The expedition has been on the local news channel all day and we are front page on Coastweek too.

With a total of 19 satellite tags and a variety of other tags to deploy, we still have a lot to do. Last year we had 3 tags to deploy. It is nice to think that we have done 3 already and we are only on day 2. We are whizzing through the high tech gear and all the fancy camera equipment on board is something to behold each morning.

Some water action shots tomorrow I promise.