Keep up to date with our stylish calendars and diaries. The gestation period for adult females is 18 months and they produce few young, called 'pups' (up to 10 per reproductive event), and do not reproduce each year. By using DNA sampling from juvenile sharks, we can also estimate adult white shark numbers.

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. The research reveals that their jaws are too weak to capture and kill large prey. This will help to inform policy and conservation efforts for white sharks in Australia. They also spend a significant amount of time in the surf zone in water depths of one to five metres where they are more frequently seen by the public. Barry plans to get the most out of his research, by returning to the site in 2012, he says. We are working with the NSW Department of Primary Industries to carry out further data analysis to determine other potential contributing factors. For security reasons attachments are not accepted. Although the hunting of this species, as depicted in the video, is illegal, what scientists have learnt since “has contributed greatly to our knowledge of great whites”, Barry says. Given an average release rate of 40 per cent, 120 sharks are expected to die from fishing in a typical year, although only 5-10 are reported. Sharks found in the nursery generally range between 1.5 and 3m. They are not permanent residents at any one site. They stay for weeks or months in local areas of the coast, specifically along northern Stockton Beach, Bennett's Beach and Mungo Brush. White sharks move between eastern Australia and south Pacific waters (including New Zealand) and between South Africa and Western Australia. Due to the high abundance of these prey species in the nursery area, this may be the important piece of evidence that proves the sharks visit the nursery area to feed. Up to 250 juvenile great white sharks are living off the NSW coast and spending a lot of time off beaches in depths of one to five metres, CSIRO research has found. At this size, they’re no more than four years old – mere pups. We'll need to know what you want to contact us about so we can give you an answer. The CSIRO program at Port Stephens involved tagging great whites and doing aerial surveys. Areas close to favoured sites and common corridors of travel are li… Thanks. From the tip of its conical snout to the end of the upper lobe of its crescent-shaped tail this one is 2.2m long. A Decrease font size. Females do not reproduce in Australian waters until approximately five metres in length and about 16 years of age. The sharks are usually 1.8 to 2.6 metres in length and approximately one to five years old.

The annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count will take place between 19-25 October and there’s never been a better time to get involved. The sharks' movements indicate a pattern of temporary residency at favoured sites intermixed with periods of long-distance travel that may include common corridors. What killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna? The sharks' movements indicate a pattern of temporary residency at favoured sites intermixed with periods of long-distance travel that may include common corridors.

By subscribing you become an AG Society member, helping us to raise funds for conservation and adventure projects. ''This study provides further confirmation the Port Stephens region is a key nursery area for juvenile white sharks in eastern Australia,'' the report said. In the 2012-2013 season, about 250 juvenile white sharks may have been present in the nursery area on survey days with peak abundance in October-November, as previously observed for the region.

“Port Stephens is a great place to fish,” says Barry.

After this, Barry says, it’s difficult to generalise the sharks’ movements before they return.

With so many sharks near popular swimming beaches, interactions between sharks and people are inevitable, however. We have received your enquiry and will reply soon. In 2012-13, great whites were recorded spending 20 per cent of their time in the surf zone. Research in 2010 and 2011, based on tagging and monitoring, estimated the sharks spend ''an average of 36.5 per cent'' of their time off Port Stephens in ''near-shore waters including the surf zone''. A playground for rare great white shark pups offers a chance for scientists to observe this elusive Australian icon. ... move up and down the east coast between the nursery areas off Port Stephens …

They are not permanent residents at any one site. Surf lifesavers said attacks off this coast were rare, but there had been two recent attacks in the port itself, off Jimmys Beach. Our research is providing insight into white shark movement patterns and behaviour, juvenile nursery areas, and adult population estimates for the eastern and southern-western Australasian populations. They are oviphagous (‘in utero egg eaters’, which means pups compete and eat one another in the womb), give birth to 2-14 live pups, and may only produce 4-6 litters in a lifetime.

There is no scientific evidence showing tagged sharks being involved in human encounters. “Only a little guy, but about average for here,” Barry says. A hooked juvenile white shark breaching while being led away from the surf zone for tagging off Bennetts Beach in 2011. The sharks commonly departed the Port Stephens area from December to January. First it is measured. We are committed to child safety and to the implementation of Child Safe principles and procedures.

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