#shark-alert-technology
Issues, solutions, and case studies for shark-alert-technology
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#00073Shark tracking apps and real-time tagged-shark and sighting alert networks
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.
Case studies 2
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…
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…
City of Cape Town and partners · 2 sources