American research group Ocearch has more than 15 years’ experience in catching, tagging and tracking great white sharks all over the world, contributing to filling in the many gaps in knowledge about the ocean predator.
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Ocearch came to Europe for the first time in the summer, hoping to study the elusive Mediterranean great white – about which little is known. Due to decades of overfishing, pollution and poaching in European waters, these sharks are now critically endangered, with huge consequences lower down the food chain.
Ocearch believe that in showing these sharks are present in the east Atlantic, they can kickstart a collective move towards healthier, abundant seas – they just need to prove they are there. The Guardian joined them on the search
00.00 – Introducing Ocearch (shark research, tagging, tracker)
00.53 – Expedition Save the Med (mediterranean great white shark, ocean conservation, range)
03.11 – How do you catch a great white shark? (methods, ethics)
05.57 – A shark sighting in Brest (fishers, history, folklore, pollack)
07.24 – The French method (scientists, research, Brittany, porbeagles, harpoons, university)
08.48 – The hunt begins (bait, fishing, lines, patience)
10.35 – The mental battle (sponsorship, finances, pressure)
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They didn't even go to the Mediterranean Sea. They stayed in the Atlantic, Northern Spain, France and Ireland, where I believe there have been no confirmed sightings of great whites. There are hundreds of sightings, reports and even attacks of whites in the Med, they should have gone to northern Italy or around Malta. It makes sense to go to the Med if you are trying to tag a great white from the Med not the Northern Atlantic, but what do I know they are the scientists 🤷♂️
Is it a prerequisite for working for this company that you have to be obnoxious and over dramatic?
7:12 min that was a mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) filmed near Cabrera island (Baleares, 2018)
I suspect any GWS in those contested European waters are a lost animal straying or historical sightings now impossible due to overfishing or otherwise anomaly.
they are unlikely to exist there in biologically representative numbers.
where I come from they are known, seen, they are curious n everywhere. there is a clear large protein sourse and critically watertemps n flows is favorable , that simply doesn't exist where ur focusing
rather than focus on this edge case or fantasy best focus resources for analysis elsewhere
Humans interfering with nature yet again
They should have searched in the mediterranen sea, in my humble opinion. There are great white sharks and they need help. Best regards Oni
There is research ongoing of the south west of Ireland looking for great white sharks
Great piece of film @Guardian and well documented. Everyone has an opinion on it. Are they / aren’t they here? Occasional visitors to the UK, probably yes.
If you think there are 4 species of shark which can self-regulate their body temperature. Porbeagle, Thresher, Mako and GW. We have 3 out of the 4.
The mako numbers in the UK are extremely low, which would indicate why the GW numbers are lower (as they are less common in numbers than a Mako).
Interesting film, and wasn’t expecting Ocearch to find anything in UK waters. Definitely more of a chance in Biscay area, but if they wanted to save the ‘Med’, why not go into the med, where they are known to frequent, and tag one there. Then you would know categorically where they travel, if they do leave the med.
Definitely more feasible now that the Tuna numbers in the UK have rocketed and the Seal population has increased expediently. 🦈
They're in the wrong place, whites give birth in the Med basin. Southern Ionian/Adriatic and in fact babies have been caught by mistake in Cyclades islands even, in the middle of the Aegean sea
Disgusting and Disgraceful..
hey guys , start @ the farallons if your allowed there , they have not been fished out unlike australia and south africa since the 70's ! , they are 16 to 18 ft. avg. there and track deep blue , she's 20ft. , i am a g.w. fan for sure , love your vids n content , such a touchy subject when your talking about a apex predator in our oceans , thanks > tom !
Have they considered Orca activity in the area? As shown in South Africa, it can scare Great Whites out of the area.
Theyve got no chance of finding anything, but its important they came n tried, to help prove they arent here, imo.
Commercial fishing perhaps more dangerous than seals
And they didin't even visit the Mediterranean, but the Atlantic. They also sailed from the US, which obviously didn't make sense. Just a waste of money.
this guy is NOT A SCIENTIST. No scientist talks in such definitive statements, especially wrong statements.
If the commercial fishermen know of a fish population in French waters, let me tell you that the French scientists know about it too.
Who is funding this comic? Probably some Elon Musk type.
This program seems very problematic.
Very stressful for the sharks
Iv heard the bloke from ocearch was a bit salty and now iv seen it 😂….. Oh and if your calling your expedition med you need to look in the med
Loved the original sharkmen to programmes
Incredible predator! 🔥 Sharks are so important to the world's eco system! I love fishing, but I wouldn't want that on the end of my line! 😅
The great white sharks are in Italian waters…nor in Britain 😂
seems more macho than educational
considering the decimation of european fisheries by overfishing i doubt they see any sharks,, or even any substancial amount of any fish
was he nearly crying…..????
Need to get permission to search in the Mediterranean.
and tag them, thats horrible