SharkResearchCommittee.com
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Shark Research Committee - Home
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About the Shark Research Committee
Founded in 1962 as a tax-exempt non-profit scientific research organization, the Shark Research Committee's primary goal was to assist Leonard P. Schultz of the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) in documenting shark attacks from the Pacific Coast of North America. This initial objective was soon broadened to include conducting original research on the general biology, behavior and ecology of sharks indigenous to waters off the Pacific Coast, with particular emphasis on potentially dangerous species.
Early in this research, it was determined that the White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was the species indicted for the majority of shark attacks recorded along the Pacific Coast of North America. As a consequence, a preponderance of the data gathered by the Shark Research Committee over the last four decades on shark/human interactions from the West Coast relates specifically to the White Shark. In fact, the White Shark is deemed responsible for, or highly suspect in, 87% of all recorded unprovoked shark attacks on humans that occurred off the Pacific Coast during the Twentieth Century.
Results from some of the Shark Research Committee's research on shark attacks along the Pacific Coast of North America have been published in scientific journals. A definitive new reference book, "Shark Attacks of the Twentieth Century - from the Pacific Coast of North America," is available from Scientia Publishing, LLC.
Contact
Administrative:
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- Canoga Park CA
- US 91304
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- 818-998-5818
Registrant:
- Shark Research Committee
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- Van Nuys CA
- US 91407
