Sharks and Rays update- 6/02/2023
Reef Ecologic began this project in August of 2022 hoping to shed some light and information regarding the current species of Elasmobranch (Shark and Ray) and their occurrence throughout the Queensland coast. This project has been shared on websites such as SciStarter and continually discussed on Linkdin and Twitter- with it continuing to grow!
I encourage all participants to summarise their findings and share what they have seen on social media to grow momentum for this project. Currently, the Sharks and Rays of Queensland project has over 2900 observations, but is sitting at 69 species, which is a staggering average of 42 observations per species! I endeavour to continue to grow the species numbers by uploading regularly and checking in on all the current observations listed.
I continue to enjoy seeing observations coming in and identifying all the amazing and threatened species of Shark and Ray in Queensland. Finally, I encourage some of you to support the species protection and hopefully further studies and understanding of this misunderstood species.
Best fishes and can't wait to see what the next few months has in store for this project!
