Great White Shark Survey
How do you feel about Great White Sharks? Help us by taking this brief survey.
Great White Shark SurveyPublic perception is a powerful tool in conservation efforts, and it can have an economic impact for recreation-driven economies. Great White Sharks are increasing in the Monterey Bay region of the California coast due to a combination of factors, notably an increase in their food supply of seals and sea lions. From a conservation perspective, this is great news. However, human-shark interactions have also been on the rise, including some high-profile shark attacks that have killed and severely injured swimmers and surfers. The Center for the Blue Economy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, in collaboration with Stanford University, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and California State University Monterey Bay, is engaged in a project to increase shark monitoring throughout the Central Coast to get the most accurate white shark counts, to deploy technologies that track sharks in real time, and to develop a public education and safety awareness campaign.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
Are you someone who has been in/on the water of the Central Coast of California (between Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara)? If so, we want to understand how you use the ocean and how you relate to Great White Shark safety, behavior and conservation. Please take our short survey (3-5 mins). Your anonymous replies will inform this important effort.
THANK YOU!
Center for the Blue Economy
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
460 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA 93940
centerfortheblueeconomy.org
middlebury.edu/institute
831-647-4183
If you have any questions about the research, please contact the Principal Investigator, Moray Swanson, via email at moray.swanson@mespom.eu or the faculty advisor Jason Scorse at jscorse@middlebury.edu.