Project organizer Michael Bear is the Science Diving columnist for California Diver Magazine and an AAUS (American Academy of Underwater Sciences) Science Diver with 1000 cold-water dives in California. Bear says that sevengill sharks did not start appearing in the San Diego area until 2008, but that the population has since grown steadily. The Shark Observation Network is looking for citizen scientists and experienced divers to help them study sevengill sharks by contributing data, videos and photos to an online database.

See link below for more:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/project.cfm?id=shark-observation-network

Interested in AAUS [American Academy of Underwater Sciences] science diving? See my article in the latest issue–shameless self-promotion, I know.

UWJ is the official publication of SDI™/TDI™/ERDI™, a diving certification agency, and is included in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Information Exchange for Marine Educators Archive of Journals.

Go here to download a free .pdf version: http://www.underwaterjournal.com/subscribe/lg1.php

Sorry to gloat, but this has been a long time in coming…..like about 6 years.

Thanks are due to Dida Kutz of www.blue planet divers.org and our Diving Safety Officer at the California Science Center, Capt. Chris Wade.