Diving With Sharks

by Marsh, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9781925546965
• ISBN10: 1925546969
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-03-03
• Publisher: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP

Summary

The prospect of amazing encounters with Great Whites, Tiger Sharks, Whale Sharks, Hammerheads, and many other shark species mean that each year more and more divers are heading underwater to swim with these magnificent and misunderstood predators at hot-spots all over the world, from Australia, South Africa, the USA, and Mexico, to Fiji, the Red Sea, the UK, and the Bahamas. This book is a complete guide for divers seeking sharks, and for everyone interested in these incredible creatures. It includes an in-depth introduction followed by comprehensive coverage of all the shark families and species that could be encountered, including many of the lesser-known sharks, with details of biology, behaviour, and where to find them. There is also a listing of the best shark diving hot-spots from around the world. With more than 500 known species of sharks, and more being discovered every year, Diving With Sharks is the ultimate guide book for anyone wanting to learn more about these incredible creatures of the deep and also where to see them, up close and personal.

Author Biography

Nigel Marsh is an Australian underwater photographer and photo journalist who's work has been published in numerous magazines,newspapers and books,both in Australia and overseas.Nigel has dived extensively around Australia,especially the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea,and also throughout Asia,Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Caribbean.His underwater photographs have won a number of international photographic competitions.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6 Shark Biology and Behaviour 9 Shark Research 34 Sharks Under Threat 38 Shark Conservation 44 Feeding Sharks 46 Shark Attacks 50 Diving With Sharks 54 Shark Species and Where To See Them 58 Cowsharks 60 Bluntnose Sixgill Shark 61 Broadnose Sevengill Shark 62 Dogfish Sharks 63 Spiny Dogfish 64 Pacific Spiny Dogfish 65 Sleeper Sharks 66 Greenland Shark 68 Angel Sharks 69 Australian Angel Shark 71 Pacific Angel Shark 72 Angular Angel Shark 73 Japanese Angel Shark 74 Common Angel Shark 75 Horn Sharks 76 California Horn Shark 77 Crested Horn Shark 78 Japanese Horn Shark 79 Port Jackson Shark 80 Thresher Sharks 81 Basking Shark 83 Basking Shark 84 Mackerel Sharks 85 Great White Shark 87 Shortfin Mako Shark 89 Salmon Shark 90 Sandtiger Sharks 91 Grey Nurse Shark 92 Smalltooth Sandtiger Shark 94 Collared Carpet Sharks 95 Varied Carpet Shark 96 Blind Sharks 97 Blind Shark 98 Colclough’ s Shark 99 Wobbegongs 100 Spotted Wobbegong 103 Ornate Wobbegong 104 Banded Wobbegong 105 Northern Wobbegong 106 Cobbler Wobbegong 107 Bamboo and Epaulette Sharks 108 Arabian Bamboo Shark 109 Grey Bamboo Shark 110 Whitespotted Bamboo Shark 111 Brown-Banded Bamboo Shark 112 Leopard Epaulette Shark 113 Epaulette Shark 114 Leopard Shark 115 Leopard Shark 116 Nurse Sharks 118 Nurse Shark 118 Tawny Nurse Shark 120 Whale Shark 121 Whale Shark 121 Catsharks 124 Draughtboard Shark 126 Blotchy Swell Shark 127 California Swell Shark 128 Puffadder Shyshark 129 Dark Shyshark 130 Pyjama Catshark 131 Leopard Catshark 132 Redspotted Catshark 133 Lesser Spotted Catshark 134 Houndsharks 135 School Shark 136 Grey Smoothhound Shark 137 Spotted Gully Shark 138 Banded Houndshark 139 Leopard Houndshark 140 Whaler Sharks 141 Blacknose Shark 143 Silvertip Shark 144 Grey Reef Shark 145 Bronze Whaler Shark 146 Silky Shark 147 Galá pagos Shark 148 Bull Shark 149 Blacktip Shark 150 Oceanic Whitetip Shark 151 Blacktip Reef Shark 152 Dusky Shark 153 Caribbean Reef Shark 154 Tiger Shark 155 Lemon Shark 156 Sicklefin Lemon Shark 157 Blue Shark 158 Whitetip Reef Shark 159 Hammerhead Sharks 160 Scalloped Hammerhead Shark 162 Great Hammerhead Shark 163 Smooth Hammerhead Shark 164 Diving With Rays 165 Electric Rays 166 Shovelnose Rays 167 Stingarees 168 Stingrays 169 Skates 170 Sawfish 171 Butterfly Rays 172 Cownose Rays 173 Eagle Rays 174 Devilrays 175 Photographing Sharks 176 Shark Diving Hot-Spots 184 Fish Rock, South West Rocks, Australia 186 Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, Australia 189 The Bistro, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji 190 Shark Scramble, Ito, Japan 193 Tomakohua Pass, Fakarava Atoll, French Polynesia 194 Malpelo Island, Colombia 197 Fish Tales, Grand Bahama, Bahamas 198 Bimini Sands, South Bimini, Bahamas 201 Miller’ s Point, False Bay, South Africa 202 Aliwal Shoal, Durban, South Africa 205 References and Further Reading 206 Acknowledgements 206 Index 207