Hi everyone:
On August 4th this summer seven of our young naturalist had an adventure of a lifetime contributing to shark research. Each young naturalist caught, collected data and released blue sharks, up to 4 meters in length and 200 Kilograms, back into the ocean!
Captain Art from Blue Shark Charters took us 10 kilometers off Halifax Harbour where shark researcher Manuel Dureuil, operator of the Sharks of the Atlantic Research and Conservation Centre (SHARCC) (http://atlanticsharks.org/), attached data tags that he placed through each shark's dorsal fin to help keep track these not very well know species.
A much appreciated thank you to all the Halifax City Councilors who donated over $1500 to SHARCC to charter the adventure. Counsellor Nicoll, Austin, Zurawski, Walker, Blackburn, Craig, Outhit, Mancini, Brown and Whitman contributions helped protect sharks and foster in a senses of wonder and responsibility in young people for our natural world.
Below are photos we took of our shark adventure:
Peace, Love and a sense of wonder,
- IPYNC Staff
