Sharks

Norfolk Island’s inshore lagoons of Emily and Slaughter Bays, where much of the wildlife featured in this website is based, rarely sees sharks within their confines. In all the years I have swum in there, I have never seen one. However, outside the reef is a different story. The waters around the island are home to populations of tiger, dusky and galapagos sharks, which have all been the subject of some fascinating research by the team of shark researchers from Flinders University – Jordan Matley, Lauren Meyer, and Charlie Huveneers. To find out more about their work and Norfolk Island’s shark population, go to the website Unravelling the mysteries of Norfolk Island’s tiger sharks.

Below, left, is a fact sheet (click on the image to go to the document) about the project. Below, right, is a link to a report they have written about their work.

If you would like to track some of Norfolk’s tiger sharks, hop over to the BioTracker website (right) where you can see what they have been up to.

Above, bottom right, and below: tagging and releasing sharks in Norfolk Island’s waters by the research team from Flinders University. Top right, the dive boat. Photograph credits, Professor Charlie Huveneers.