Monitoring

The goals of the White Shark Stewardship Monitoring Program are to determine the impacts of human activities on white sharks near the Farallon Islands, assess effectiveness of permit conditions, determine compliance with sanctuary regulations, and detect emerging issues to help guide decisions to protect white sharks.

In 2009, monitoring activities included the Vessel Monitoring Project (a collaboration with PRBO Conservation Science) to determine vessel activity patterns related to white shark encounters, mapping historical shark feeding frequencies and locations, and utilizing permittee daily logs for on-the-water data.