Monday 28 January 2019

Diver filmed with huge great white: sharks must be 'protected not feared'


Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher, came face-to-face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded
Associated Press in Haleiwa, Hawaii
Sat 19 Jan 2019 00.39 GMTLast modified on Sat 19 Jan 2019 14.52 GMT

Two shark researchers who came face to face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an opportunity to push for legislation that would protect sharks in Hawaii.
Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and conservationist, told the Associated Press that she encountered the 20ft (6-metre) shark on Tuesday near a dead sperm whale off Oahu. The event was documented and shared on social media by her fiance and business partner, Juan Oliphant.
The Hawaii department of land and natural resources said it was aware of photos of the great white and that tiger sharks also had been feeding on the whale.
Oliphant, who photographed the now viral images, said it was unclear if the shark was the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded.


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