So I told @abc4explore “mate sorry forgot to tell you, we are about to dive with tiger sharks in a place where no one has intentially done so before, and there’s more under there than any place on earth, and there a massive food source that has them all super competitive”
He said “come on mate I’ve done 85 or something shark weeks, nothing can be new to me”
Neither of us said this but there is some truth in the statements
@sharkweek starts in just five days time!!!!! Tune into @discovery on the 29th July for #sharksofheadstonehell to see what we got ourselves into
The Great White App coming soon. Check out the linked article to see how you can be directly involved.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/great-white-app-to-track-and-advise-on-safe-water/S3AI6VSUTJ3TPFGNQFF5DTJCSM/
Happy Int Women’s Day !!!
To all the incredible ladies out there and to my personal fave, I’m so proud of you, your passion and talent, which has blossomed into an ever growing career. Your compassion and understanding which empowers and supports not only yourself but also me. Big love to you and the successes past present and future. And most of all thanks for encouraging other woman to pursue whatever industry they desire and show us men how powerful and capable you all are xxx
Happy Int Women’s Day !!!
To all the incredible ladies out there and to my personal fave, I’m so proud of you, your passion and talent, which has blossomed into an ever growing career. Your compassion and understanding which empowers and supports not only yourself but also me. Big love to you and the successes past present and future. And most of all thanks for encouraging other woman to pursue whatever industry they desire and show us men how powerful and capable you all are xxx
Happy Int Women’s Day !!!
To all the incredible ladies out there and to my personal fave, I’m so proud of you, your passion and talent, which has blossomed into an ever growing career. Your compassion and understanding which empowers and supports not only yourself but also me. Big love to you and the successes past present and future. And most of all thanks for encouraging other woman to pursue whatever industry they desire and show us men how powerful and capable you all are xxx
Happy Int Women’s Day !!!
To all the incredible ladies out there and to my personal fave, I’m so proud of you, your passion and talent, which has blossomed into an ever growing career. Your compassion and understanding which empowers and supports not only yourself but also me. Big love to you and the successes past present and future. And most of all thanks for encouraging other woman to pursue whatever industry they desire and show us men how powerful and capable you all are xxx
Happy Int Women’s Day !!!
To all the incredible ladies out there and to my personal fave, I’m so proud of you, your passion and talent, which has blossomed into an ever growing career. Your compassion and understanding which empowers and supports not only yourself but also me. Big love to you and the successes past present and future. And most of all thanks for encouraging other woman to pursue whatever industry they desire and show us men how powerful and capable you all are xxx
I am so excited to have co-created, produced and presented @discovery ‘s first ever #SharkWeek series. #SharkAcademy
starting THIS Sunday July 11th streaming every night of @sharkweek on @discoveryplus.
I can not thank enough, all the amazing people who made this possible. Firstly @doubleactproductions Alastair Cook and Will Cross, and the almighty Jo Locke who all enabled this alongside the Incredible and visionary crew @discovery @discoveryplus and @animalplanet Amy and Nancy especially thank you for seeing the potential in this novel show.
Thank you so much to my co-hosts @kokocuvier @mattsmukall @andremusgrove without you guys I’m sure someone would have got nipped. Your professionalism allowed me to get my producer hat on and know that you had things under control in water.
Thanks so so much to @biminisharklab and all of your crew who were the workhorses for the field time and provided a real back bone of science which we partook in and made the substance for the show, incredible work you do there, thanks @chelleblaisphoto
Thanks to all of the amazing crew on set for 12 weeks, leaving family behind to make this happen. I can’t name you all but the skills each of you brought made essential pieces of the puzzle come together.
Thank you to the Bahamian Government and locals who took us in and showed us a great time.
And lastly, thank you to all those people who applied for this series. I personally watched all 897 of your 5minute application videos. It was so humbling to see so many people keen on a concept dear to my heart.
The eight of you that got selected, @renslatter @juliana.velezg @sophia.carmela @theadventuresof5k @bradbenedict Ryan @cassidymccabe and @austinguard wow you guys did so so well. No bullshit, I didn’t expect anyone to do as well as they did, you each blew me away.
And of course thanks to my wife @amberandfriendsphotography for letting me go to the Bahamas for 12 weeks
I dedicate this show to @reefhunter
as he was first to show me the Bahamas and it’s sharks and became a true and incredible friend.
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
An incredible Marlin encounter off the Coromandel. @thierrymeier and I were out exploring the pelagic blue and hooked a skippie, as it came to the surface it started hiding under the boat. Thierry said ‘it feels like something is chasing it’ and next minute boom this epic striped marlin fully predated on the skipjack tuna. Luckily I had my @gopro on hand and captured a very rare insight, close up of how these incredible predators hunt. The second pass was so close I pulled my hand out of the water. An epic experience. And the skippie was fully utilised for dinner. FYI did you know that skip jack tuna are the driving food source behind many of these large pelagic predators coming south on the E Aus Current and yet this food source does not have a quota to manage its numbers nor are there any catch limits? It is the main tuna that goes into our conveniently made canned tuna though. This is why I enjoy getting my fish from within the ecosystem as you are within the environment where natural competition exists, your take is individual and you gather a lot of respect for what you harvest. We can’t all go out on boats but we should be aware of where our food comes from and how that competes with natural ecosystems.
An incredible Marlin encounter off the Coromandel. @thierrymeier and I were out exploring the pelagic blue and hooked a skippie, as it came to the surface it started hiding under the boat. Thierry said ‘it feels like something is chasing it’ and next minute boom this epic striped marlin fully predated on the skipjack tuna. Luckily I had my @gopro on hand and captured a very rare insight, close up of how these incredible predators hunt. The second pass was so close I pulled my hand out of the water. An epic experience. And the skippie was fully utilised for dinner. FYI did you know that skip jack tuna are the driving food source behind many of these large pelagic predators coming south on the E Aus Current and yet this food source does not have a quota to manage its numbers nor are there any catch limits? It is the main tuna that goes into our conveniently made canned tuna though. This is why I enjoy getting my fish from within the ecosystem as you are within the environment where natural competition exists, your take is individual and you gather a lot of respect for what you harvest. We can’t all go out on boats but we should be aware of where our food comes from and how that competes with natural ecosystems.
An incredible Marlin encounter off the Coromandel. @thierrymeier and I were out exploring the pelagic blue and hooked a skippie, as it came to the surface it started hiding under the boat. Thierry said ‘it feels like something is chasing it’ and next minute boom this epic striped marlin fully predated on the skipjack tuna. Luckily I had my @gopro on hand and captured a very rare insight, close up of how these incredible predators hunt. The second pass was so close I pulled my hand out of the water. An epic experience. And the skippie was fully utilised for dinner. FYI did you know that skip jack tuna are the driving food source behind many of these large pelagic predators coming south on the E Aus Current and yet this food source does not have a quota to manage its numbers nor are there any catch limits? It is the main tuna that goes into our conveniently made canned tuna though. This is why I enjoy getting my fish from within the ecosystem as you are within the environment where natural competition exists, your take is individual and you gather a lot of respect for what you harvest. We can’t all go out on boats but we should be aware of where our food comes from and how that competes with natural ecosystems.
A cool summary of the GreatWhite App and the amazing tracks these sharks are showing us. If you haven’t checked out the website go to www.sustainableoceansociety.co.nz or the GooglePlayStore and soon to come to the Apple Store.
As you all know well, the best way to experience any marine products and get a feel for the usage and capability is an on-water experience. @yamahamarinenz is putting 2 demonstration boats in the sea trial area at the Auckland on water Boat Show 23-26 March offering the opportunity for the public to book a 45-minute spot for their own personal Helm Master EXperience (skippered by Yamaha staff). The skipper will run through the features and function of HM EX, demonstrating the likes of:
Fishpoint
Driftpoint
Staypoint
Yamaha autopilot (Heading Hold, Course Hold, Track Point, Pattern Steer)
So go to @yamahamarinenz to book your slot now or go to this web link https://www.yamaha-motor.co.nz/Home/discover/Helm-Master-EX_Test_Ride
Incredible movement patterns by SWAJ which are almost mirror images of Mananui’s migration to the West Coast’s 90mile beach.
This is fascinating for several reasons. Firstly these are two totally different demographics/ages. SWAJ is a new born GW which should be residing in nursery ground areas, which in theory would have suggested she stayed within or at close proximity to Tauranga Harbour. So has she been forced out of the region due to a murky flood water harbour so dirty she can’t visually hunt, or perhaps GW nursery range is larger than theorised. Secondly, why this specific path, so similar to Mananui? We know that sharks can migrate entire oceans and therefore are able to accurately navigate, so perhaps there are key features or ‘road signs’ used by both sharks. If so, what is amazing is that the ability to read these is pure instinct as baby GWs receive no parental guidance.
The other option for such paths & one I looked into to ensure it wasn’t the case, is these are human tracks and the shark and tag are on a boat! I feared this with Mananui, in seeing such direct paths and when she then went into Whangarei port area. But with both tags I receive temperature and wet/dry sensor data which show that they are not on a boat, and are in fact just doing something that’s almost unbelievable.
What is a very real risk however, is several of the hotspot bays these sharks are visiting, are some of the areas where a recent NIWA fishery report showed that 53 GWs had been killed over the past decade as bycatch in commercial set nets/gill nets. Furthermore we’ve seen dozens either caught or wash up dead after recreational set nets and longlines have entangled GWs. Takami showed us first hand, the very real gauntlet that these sharks run each day. I am not against fishing at all, and fishers in general aren’t against sharks, and if they are they should know that more sharks mean healthier populations of fish they are after. So the common goal should be to identify areas of critical habitat for these endangered GWs and contrast that with human induced risk to them & us, as that can empower an informed ability to co-exist. That is the GW Projects goal
Incredible movement patterns by SWAJ which are almost mirror images of Mananui’s migration to the West Coast’s 90mile beach.
This is fascinating for several reasons. Firstly these are two totally different demographics/ages. SWAJ is a new born GW which should be residing in nursery ground areas, which in theory would have suggested she stayed within or at close proximity to Tauranga Harbour. So has she been forced out of the region due to a murky flood water harbour so dirty she can’t visually hunt, or perhaps GW nursery range is larger than theorised. Secondly, why this specific path, so similar to Mananui? We know that sharks can migrate entire oceans and therefore are able to accurately navigate, so perhaps there are key features or ‘road signs’ used by both sharks. If so, what is amazing is that the ability to read these is pure instinct as baby GWs receive no parental guidance.
The other option for such paths & one I looked into to ensure it wasn’t the case, is these are human tracks and the shark and tag are on a boat! I feared this with Mananui, in seeing such direct paths and when she then went into Whangarei port area. But with both tags I receive temperature and wet/dry sensor data which show that they are not on a boat, and are in fact just doing something that’s almost unbelievable.
What is a very real risk however, is several of the hotspot bays these sharks are visiting, are some of the areas where a recent NIWA fishery report showed that 53 GWs had been killed over the past decade as bycatch in commercial set nets/gill nets. Furthermore we’ve seen dozens either caught or wash up dead after recreational set nets and longlines have entangled GWs. Takami showed us first hand, the very real gauntlet that these sharks run each day. I am not against fishing at all, and fishers in general aren’t against sharks, and if they are they should know that more sharks mean healthier populations of fish they are after. So the common goal should be to identify areas of critical habitat for these endangered GWs and contrast that with human induced risk to them & us, as that can empower an informed ability to co-exist. That is the GW Projects goal
Incredible movement patterns by SWAJ which are almost mirror images of Mananui’s migration to the West Coast’s 90mile beach.
This is fascinating for several reasons. Firstly these are two totally different demographics/ages. SWAJ is a new born GW which should be residing in nursery ground areas, which in theory would have suggested she stayed within or at close proximity to Tauranga Harbour. So has she been forced out of the region due to a murky flood water harbour so dirty she can’t visually hunt, or perhaps GW nursery range is larger than theorised. Secondly, why this specific path, so similar to Mananui? We know that sharks can migrate entire oceans and therefore are able to accurately navigate, so perhaps there are key features or ‘road signs’ used by both sharks. If so, what is amazing is that the ability to read these is pure instinct as baby GWs receive no parental guidance.
The other option for such paths & one I looked into to ensure it wasn’t the case, is these are human tracks and the shark and tag are on a boat! I feared this with Mananui, in seeing such direct paths and when she then went into Whangarei port area. But with both tags I receive temperature and wet/dry sensor data which show that they are not on a boat, and are in fact just doing something that’s almost unbelievable.
What is a very real risk however, is several of the hotspot bays these sharks are visiting, are some of the areas where a recent NIWA fishery report showed that 53 GWs had been killed over the past decade as bycatch in commercial set nets/gill nets. Furthermore we’ve seen dozens either caught or wash up dead after recreational set nets and longlines have entangled GWs. Takami showed us first hand, the very real gauntlet that these sharks run each day. I am not against fishing at all, and fishers in general aren’t against sharks, and if they are they should know that more sharks mean healthier populations of fish they are after. So the common goal should be to identify areas of critical habitat for these endangered GWs and contrast that with human induced risk to them & us, as that can empower an informed ability to co-exist. That is the GW Projects goal
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
Great White App update!!!
After some time below water we have some recent pings from our Great White sharks.
Mananui has made an incredible return journey to the Coromandel region, just offshore of the Alderman Island where I live in Tairua!!! Mananui had gone all the way around the top of the north island to 90Mile Beach on the West Coast!!! And has now returned through the Hauraki Gulf, down to the Coromandel mussel farms, back up and around the tip of the Coromandel Peninsula and now just offshore of the Alderman Islands as said. Incredible really. Where to next?
In totally different fashion, SWAJ continues to remain in Doubtless Bay Area. There must be some small fish prey teeming in this area to hold her there for so long. I got a low accuracy location just the other day which shows she is still there.
And then the infamous Daisy has pinged after a month of silence. It shows us that these sharks do not need to surface regularly and thus the locations we get, can go quiet for a while but the shark is fine. Stoked to see Daisy again, I know she is a fan fave.
I have tried very hard to deploy more tags but the unprecedented weather and road closures have made it incredibly challenging to do so. I also feel that the flood waters along the harbours and coastline have pushed normal fish life patterns offshore or further north, hence the sharks all moving quite far from tagging locations. I appreciate the patience, especially from those who have sponsored tags but this is the reality of working with nature it seems. There will be more I promise. But for now let’s continue to enjoy these three amazing sharks!!!
