It is a fact that the Great White Shark is probably the most famous predator in the world and still nowadays a very little is known about the behaviour of this animal; Do they live in groups,or on their own? How and where they mating and giving birth? Do they have a particular hunting technique? Do they roam and how fare they travel?
Next to this we have to face the fact, that the Great White Shark is close to extinction and will soon or later disappear from the Oceans.  Worldwide 100 Millions of Sharks are killed every year and the Great White Shark is also one of the main targets. 

The main objective of  the German Organisation SHARKPROJECT, is to save the Sharks. This is to be achieved by  supporting  scientific research and – even more important – creating a lobby by communicating the “Facts”, “Public-Relation” and “Stop-Finning” Campaigns  worldwide. The image of Sharks as men eater and killers has to be changed.
One of the brand-new “Tools” which supports the activities of SHARPROJECT is their two man submarine “SOV” - Shark Observer Vehicle!

Research on the Great White Shark is stuck in its infancy because the habitat in which these predators lives makes research difficult and the approach to Great White Sharks by boats or underwater is rather difficult or even not to establish. And of course, using baits for attraction, the behaviour of this animals are different as in the wild.
With the S.O.V. the Scientist and Cameraman can now drive in to where the Sharks lives and where the go. This wet submarine is specially designed for Great White Shark approach. It is motorised and in fact a two-seated underwater scooter surrounded by a cage. The two-man crew will observe the animals on established routes with the help of video cameras and document their behaviour for science. The plan is to scientifically document the everyday life of the Great White Shark over a period of 12 months in its natural habitat around Dyre-Island at Cape-Town South Africa.

The Team  of SHARKPROJECT,  will use this unique expedition to accelerate existing research into Great White Sharks in South Africa and hopes to find answers to all the questions about Great White Sharks. As part of the research spectacular underwater video and still material will become available which will used for publication trough out the world, to create more understanding about the Great White Sharks.

The full report  will be on this page soon............

Learn more about SHARKPROJECT; www.sharkproject.org

Photos by  Kurt Amsler, NIKON D-200 / D2Xs / SEACAM 

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