The Great Fiji Shark Count

Counting Fiji's sharks, rays and turtles

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Instructions

To take part in the Great Fiji Shark Count is simple, just follow these instructions…

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Before starting the month’s survey, please fill out the form inside the back cover of the logbook detailing the sites you normally visit.

To Participants

Fill out ONE PAGE per dive, snorkel or fishing trip in the logbook.


Grey reef shark in FijiBefore going out

Before going out, fill in the top part of the first blank page, and put everyone’s names on the list, including the group leader/ guide, and answer the questions about yourself.

Look over the identification poster with your trip leader/guide and try to remember the important ID points of the species you are most likely to see.

Ask your guide which species live on the sites you will be going to.

During your trip

During your trip, try to identify the species of any Sharks, Rays or Turtles you see, and remember how many you saw.

When you get back

Grey reef sharksAs soon as you get back, look again at the posters and make sure you have the identification correct. Discuss with your group and with your trip leader.

One person should write the names of all species seen at the top of the table, then each person should write how many of each species they personally saw next to their name.

The group leader/guide should make his/her observations on the line set aside for the leader.

NOTE: PLEASE FILL OUT A PAGE EVEN IF NONE OF THESE ANIMALS WERE SEEN

It is just as important to record that no animals were there as it is to record the times you do see them.

The group leader should also fill out the site details at the top of the page, such as site name, date, time, the habitats where the animals were seen.

THE COUNT IS WORTHLESS IF WE DO NOT GET THESE DETAILS.

The data can then be filled in on the Excel Sheet and emailed to us at Sha…@FijiSharkCount.com (once a week would be fine) or you can mail the entire log book at the end of the month to:

The Great Fiji Shark Count
c/o Resort Support
PO Box 2558
Government Buildings
Suva
Fiji

If you took any great pictures you’d like to share on the website, please send them to us at Sha…@FijiSharkCount.com, keeping file size to under 600 x 400 pixels or less than 300 KB if possible.

 

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Welcome to The Great Fiji Shark Count !

Throughout the months of April and November every year, you have the opportunity to help celebrate and record Fiji’s amazing coral reef biodiversity, show you care about our world’s delicate coral reef systems, and have fun, by taking part in the FIJI-WIDE SHARK COUNT!

Easy to do, this is suitable for visitors and locals alike, whether you like to fish, snorkel, or SCUBA dive. We hope that tourists, school children, scientists and all people with an interest in the marine environment will take to the reefs with us to search for the Sharks of Fiji!

The Great Fiji Shark Count will be held across Fiji every April and November every year.

You can do a single count, or take part as many times as you like during that month, so that you cover different reefs. All data will be gratefully accepted!

So, see your resort, watersports operator or travel agent, get your Shark identification materials and dive into the beautiful blue waters of Fiji, to be a part of history!

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