Shark tracking apps and real-time tagged-shark and sighting alert networks
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Phone apps push real-time shark alerts — automatically when a tagged shark passes an acoustic listening station, plus crowd-sourced or spotter-confirmed sightings. Cheap to distribute and good for awareness, but only tagged or seen sharks appear, risking false reassurance.
New South Wales, Australia
OngoingNSW DPIRD (SharkSmart) with Surf Life Saving NSW· Region
NSW runs the most integrated tagged-shark alert network: roughly 37 acoustic listening stations (at least one in every coastal local government area) detect tagged white, tiger and bull sharks and automatically push an…
Tagged-shark listening stations (NSW)~37
Alert trigger range around a station~500m
NSW Government· 1 source
Cape Town, South Africa
SuccessShark Spotters (NPO), with the City of Cape Town· since 2004· City
Shark Spotters has operated since 2004 in Cape Town: trained observers positioned on mountainsides 50–110 m above the sea scan the water and, on spotting a shark, trigger a flag-and-siren warning that clears swimmers an…
Shark sightings recorded since 2004>2,020
Spotter vantage elevation50-110m above sea level
City of Cape Town and partners· 2 sources