In the first survey of shark life along the Otago coastline since the 1990s, people in and on the water this summer are being asked to keep an eye out for the many species that venture there.
Shark Spy is a citizen science project that involves people sending in photographs of shark sightings and any other information that will help researchers establish populations and behaviour.
People who see a shark can take a photo of it, and upload it to the SharkSpy project on iNaturalist, or email it to shark.spy.otago@gmail.com
Lynn Freeman speaks to Shark Spy Project lead, and shark enthusiast, Rob Lewis, to find out why it's been so long since sharks were paid this kind of attention.
