South Africa's Great White Shark

South Africa's Great White Shark
Author: Michael C. Scholl
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Deep diving
ISBN: 9781770073821

The definitive text on one of the world's foremost predators

Orca

Orca
Author: Richard Peirce
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1775846431

Great White sharks, attracted by an offshore seal colony, have brought success to the adjacent fishing village of Gansbaai along the southern African coast. A flourishing shark cage diving industry has sprung up, bringing jobs and money, and so benefiting almost the entire community. Tourists come from far and near to experience the thrill of a real-life brush with the legendary ‘Jaws’. Shark Town, as it has become known, is booming. Then one day, the sharks disappear. Slowly at first, but with gathering momentum, the word spreads: cage diving off Gansbaai can no longer promise the thrill of an encounter. The crowds thin, the boats remain at their moorings, and the once bustling community waits as their livelihoods tail off. Entrepreneurs and scientists alike are baffled. But it’s not long before shark carcasses start washing up on the beaches. These, together with some coincidental sightings of another apex predator in the vicinity, are the first leads to the possible causes and culprits. Against the clamour and thrill of the cage-diving season in full swing, Richard Peirce visits the unfolding drama and explores what’s behind these strange events. Sales points: Topical subject, widely reported in the press; jaws-style account, but based on true events; vividly told, with colour photographs throughout; dramatically portrays the epic contest between apex predators; shark cage diving attracts visitors from around the world

Great White

Great White
Author: Chris Fallows
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0811871037

For most people, sharks and fear go hand in hand. Renowned photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows maintains a more nuanced relationship with the superpredator. Gasp-inducing in their immediacy and surprise, Fallows's brilliant photographs present these mighty creatures in a different light. Great Whitethe first publication to collect Fallows's workreveals the sublime beauty of sharks and provides a rare glimpse into the largely unseen world of great whites, hammerheads, and other breeds. Fallows captures these fearsome creatures both above water, as they intersect with humanity, and below, in their mysterious underwater domain. A one-of-a-kind portrait of the shark and a superlative study of the nature photographer's art, this book is bound to turn heads and elicit a deep appreciation for the creatures that inhabit our oceans.

Great Whites of False Bay South Africa

Great Whites of False Bay South Africa
Author: Dirk Otto Schmidt
Publisher: New Voices Pub
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2008
Genre: Sharks
ISBN: 9781920094522

The Great White shark is undoubtedly one of the most well-known and most awesome apex or macro-predator of the seas. It is the largest predating fish on earth and has earned a much maligned reputation as an indiscriminate man-eater. Despite the enormous popular and scientific interest in the Great White, it remains one of the least understood of the seas creatures. Its awesome combination of size, menace and mystery, make the Great White Shark a modern day monster that many people find irresistible. Dirk Schmidt captures some awesome images of Great White Sharks in False bay and illustrates the sharks explosive presence during predatory events, and over 120 colour images are displayed in this book with additional contributions from Michel Zoghzoghi and Lee Nuttal. The images of Great Whites allow us to share a rare insight into Great White Shark behaviours in around the Seal Island area, and witnesses an aspect of the natural cycle of life at sea.

Great White

Great White
Author: Chris Fallows
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012-11-02
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1452100810

The renowned wildlife photographer presents his most awe-inspiring images of great whites, hammerheads, and other shark breeds in this compelling volume. For most people, sharks and fear go hand in hand. But photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows maintains a more nuanced relationship with the super predator. Gasp-inducing in their immediacy and surprise, Fallows’s brilliant photographs present these mighty creatures in a different light. In Great White, Fallows’s work reveals the sublime beauty of sharks and provides a rare glimpse into their unseen world. Fallows captures these fearsome creatures as they breach the water’s surface in awesome displays of power. He also follows them below the waves to capture their mysterious underwater domain. A one-of-a-kind portrait of the shark and a superlative study of the nature photographer’s art, this collection elicits a deep appreciation for the creatures that inhabit our oceans.

The Great White Shark

The Great White Shark
Author: James Hirsch
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2000-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780823955831

Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of the great white shark.

Mediterranean Great White Sharks

Mediterranean Great White Sharks
Author: Alessandro De Maddalena
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0786488158

In 1996, the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank began collecting and recording encounters in the Mediterranean between great white sharks and boats, bathers, divers, fishermen and others, from the Middle Ages to the present. This meticulously researched work presents the study's findings for the first time, releasing a trove of information on the great white's size, distribution, habitat, behavior, reproduction, diet, fisheries and attacks on humans. With 596 records of great white sharks from the entire Mediterranean Sea, this volume represents the most complete and comprehensive study on the species in that region and constitutes a rich resource for historians, scientists, fishermen, and divers.

Great White

Great White
Author: Chris Fallows
Publisher:
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2009
Genre: Sharks
ISBN: 9781741966480

Great White' invites you to see the kings of the oceans in a different light. Based on Chris Fallows' extraordinary photographic archive, developed over 17 years, 'Great White' provides an unmatched perspective on sharks. It contains incredible images of hunting sharks, but also shows the gentler side of these much-feared creatures. Presented in the style of an art book, this landmark publication features a substantial introduction by Chris Fallows, one of the world's foremost experts on the species, and short, powerful narratives interwoven with the images.

Great White Shark

Great White Shark
Author: Ruth Owen
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1900-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1477762493

Great white sharks have been cruising the world’s oceans for over 400 million years. With up to 3,000 teeth, a mouth that can open up to 4 feet wide, and weighing up to 5,000 pounds, it’s no wonder this shark rests at the top of the ocean's food chain. Engaging facts and chilling photography teach readers what makes this shark so great.

Interactions Between the Great White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, and Chumming Vessels in Mossel Bay, South Africa

Interactions Between the Great White Shark, Carcharodon Carcharias, and Chumming Vessels in Mossel Bay, South Africa
Author: Johann Mourier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2005
Genre:
ISBN:

The correlation between shark cage-diving using the method of chumming to lure white sharks and the increase in shark attacks on human has been very controversial for this last few years. Seal Island at Mossel Bay, South Africa, shelters a 4000 Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) colony and its waters are consequently a highly frequented area by white shark that feed on it. Shark cage-diving activity had grown up fast these last years in the Western Cape and offer shark viewing and cage-diving. But recently the surfer community and some scientists decided to ban cage-diving activities and their practice of chumming believed to be the cause of shark attacks on human by conditioning them to associate human and boat with food. If all the good common sense is of one accord with these suspicions, it seems necessary to evaluate the effective influence of these practices on aggregation and distribution of white sharks in the bay before ban them. The present study, conducted within the framework of the PhD of Mr. Ryan Johnson (University of Pretoria) in Mossel Bay, gives some preliminary answers to this question. A particular attention was paid in behavioural changes of individual white sharks relatively to potential conditioning by these activities. This study was conducted in parallel with the two types of vessels. The use of photo-identification permitted to individualize and recognize present white sharks in the study area and to gain information in their visit patterns at the vessels. Individuals were tagged by acoustic pingers permitting to follow them by acoustic telemetry such as listening stations or manual tracking. Aerial surveys and surveys of predation events on seals were conducted in order to investigate distribution patterns and occurrence around Seal Island.