THE NEWS

May 20, 2013- There is another doctor in the house! SharkDefense partner Eric M. Stroud was conferred a Ph.D. in Chemistry and was hooded by his advisor, Dr. James Hanson, at Seton Hall University. His dissertation was: "Elucidation and delivery of elasmobranch necromones".

Eric was summa cum laude, gave the graduate address, 4.0 GPA, Golden Key, and also won the outstanding graduate student award for 2012-2013!

April 1,  2013 - Not an April Fool's Joke! Our two-headed bull shark embryo now has its own peer-reviewed publication and has gone viral! Many thanks to Dr. Michael Wagner from MSU for leading the imaging studies and the paper. The shark was sold privately and raised funds for SharkDefense's continuing work with shark conservation.

February 23,  2013 - Another grant award! We are very happy to receive a grant from the Sea Our Seas Foundation to explore shark bycatch reduction in a commercial fishery! Work will begin this spring.

February 19,  2013 - SharkDefense receives a trademark for its shark repellent hook design, the "SMART Hook", Reg No. 4,290,567 !

February 5,  2013 - Our first publication on shark semiochemicals, aka "necromones" has been accepted in Ocean & Coastal Management. The title is: "Chemical shark repellent: Myth or fact? The effect of a shark necromone on shark feeding behavior.". This paper represents five years of analytical chemistry and field work.  and is available at:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569113000161

October 23,  2012 - SharkDefense receives another patent (effective from March 10, 2006), from Australia on magnetic repellents!

October 23,  2012 - Another doctor is in the house! Eric Stroud successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Elucidation and Delivery of an Elasmobranch Necromone" at Seton Hall University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry!

October 1,  2012 - Eric is on location in South Bimini with ABC Australia news correspondents to demonstrate chemical and magnetic repellent technologies. More updates soon.

July 3,  2012 - Long Key, FL — Our Dr. Rice is on location with Discovery Channel Canada at the Aquaranch to demonstrate how our electropositive metal repellents can deter feeding. Tentative show date is September, we'll post updates here..

May 9,  2012 - Catch Eric Stroud tonight as guest speaker at the SCUBA Sports Club of Westchester, NY, at 8pm, talking about shark repellents.

March 29,  2012 - KEY WEST, FL — Set your DVR to catch Florida Keys Community College's Dean of Marine Science and Technology Dr. Patrick Rice on the premiere of NOVA: Hunting the Elements, Wednesday, April 4 at 9pm ET on PBS.  The two-hour special, hosted by New York Times technology correspondent David Pogue, explores nature's building blocks and the periodic table. Note: SharkDefense is the discoverer and innovator of rare earth and electropositive metals that repel sharks.

March 23,  2012 - SharkDefense is in South Bimini with two simultaneous research projects for the next two weeks. The World Reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro stopped by to meet Eric Stroud there regarding electropositive metals that repel sharks! Please tune into Public Radio International's The World on April 4, 2012 to hear the radio segment, which leads to the above post!

February 29,  2012 - SharkDefense has been quite busy on a number of fronts. We have a few more papers submitted. But Pat has been very busy at sea longlining with our PolyShark project. This project is coming to an end, but enjoy this quad (4x) "marker" 375#  swordfish caught during one of the experiments!!! (click photo)

February 28,  2012 - On, April 4, 2012, please tune into PBS for the fascinating show, The Elements. SharkDefense's own Dr. Patrick Rice will be featured involving our shark repellent technologies. We can't say any more, but it will be great!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-elements.html.

January 24,  2012 - Shark Expo II will be January 28th at Florida Keys Community College. This venue was created by our Dr. Patrick Rice in 2010, and was well received. Featured celebrities included Wyland (2010) and Fabian Cousteau (this year). SharkDefense is a distinguished guest and will present briefly on what's going on with shark repellent technologies involving our research. Please stop by. Listen to the radio ads HERE and HERE. PRESS FLIER HERE.

September 5,  2011 - Craig O'Connell is presenting today at the 141th  annual American Fisheries Society meeting in Seattle. This presentation is not one to miss! In our largest and most significant study to date: In deploying 40,000 hooks, we demonstrate that the SMART Hook is effective in a groudfishery and reduced spiny dogfish catch (spiny dogfish bycatch). These findings also call in question the  conclusions by Tallack and Mandelman (2009) on spiny dogfish and electropositive metals, as the SharkDefense data set was much larger and the deployment was optimized. And hey Steve - No Neodymium!

August 31,  2011 - Please support our research by purchasing Craig O'Connell's 2012 wildlife calendar, featuring his own photography. Please contact us to reserve yours today for $20.00 USD.

August 31,  2011 - Eric Stroud is now a hall of famer! Eric won a 2011 graduate student award from the NJ Inventor's Hall of Fame for his work on shark bycatch reduction and sea lamprey repellent research.

July 31,  2011 - The Sea Lamprey necromone project that SharkDefense's Eric Stroud has been working on with Michigan State University has garnered a lot of good press lately, from page 3 of USA Today to Google News. Here are some links:

• Star News | PDF
• Futurity | PDF
• USA Today | PDF

July 31,  2011 - Sea lamprey necromone paper has been accepted for publication in the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences - See Wagner et al.

July 31,  2011 - SHARK WEEK 2011 UPDATE! Yes, that was our Craig O'Connell with Chris Fallows on White Shark  Invasion, showing a Great White repelled by a magnet!

July 20, 2011 - Our Dr. Rice presents "Of Sharks and Humans: The History and Latest in Shark Repellent Technology", at the History of Diving Museum in Islamorada, FL, July 20 · 7:00pm - 8:00pm. This hour-long conference is free to the public and provides informative outreach on the history of shark repellents and the recent discoveries and innovations by SharkDefense.

May 20,  2011 - Our Craig O'Connell just won second place ($500) in the 3-min thesis competition at UMass Dartmouth!! His PhD thesis work is on magnetoreception in sharks. Congratulations Craig!!!

May 04,  2011 - Eric and Pat are both presenting at the first annual Circle Hook Symposium in Coral Gables, Florida. Pat will be presenting a chapter of his PhD research on circle hooks, and Eric will be presenting the debut of our SMART Hook technology.

April 05,  2011 - As of 7:29AM today, our own Dr. Rice became a daddy for the first time! We welcome Christina Lucja Rice - future marine biologist? Congratulations Pat and Lucja!

March 29,  2011 - Check out our LiveScience feature regarding our SMART Hook technology, funded by the NSF!

March 17,  2011 - Sorry for the late post, but we have been busy!! This week was another series of epic magnetic tests in South Bimini, on endangered Great Hammerheads as well as bull sharks! Craig has got all of his data, so stay tuned for two more magnetic publications this year!

January 14,  2011 - SharkDefense was featured on German National Television. Our segment, filmed by Marquardt Medienproduktion, featured our Dr. Rice, Eric Stroud, Aquaranch and friends performing a variety of repellent experiments! Watch for us starting at 18:00 in the video.

January 11,  2011 - Our Craig O'Connell and Eric Stroud conducted a groundbreaking experiment in South Bimini, with the help of Grant Johnson and Katie Grudecki. Adult bull sharks are CONFIRMED as repelled! We performed more experimental replicates with successful. Stay tuned for another publication to learn how we did this!

December 14,  2010 - SharkDefense has been awarded a Phase 1B SBIR grant from the NSF. This is a continuation of our Phase 1 SBIR regarding SMART Hooks - A selective shark bycatch reduction device. We will be evaluation new polymeric repellent technologies in 2011.

December 14,  2010 - Big-E Strouds has completed his cumulative examinations for his PhD ! We are getting closer to another PhD on our staff, and Craig is not far behind. . . .

November 18,  2010 - Our specimen collector, Al Chiesa, was featured on the cover of the November 18th Waterline Magazine (Port Charlotte, Florida). Al is featured with his amazing "bruiser" sheepshead he caught at the Placida Fishing Pier.

November 8,  2010 - Craig's second paper on magnetic shark repellents has been accepted for publication! The paper, "Response of juvenile lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, to a magnetic barrier simulating a beach net Ocean & Coastal Management" will be published in Ocean and Coastal Management (Elsevier). More details will be posted here when it is available online. .

November 8,  2010 - Eric is off to South Bimini to continue PhD work on chemical repellents. Mr. John Morgan from Bournemouth University will be joining Eric to observe chemical, magnetic, and electropositive repellents as part of his senior project in product development.

September 20,  2010 - Our Craig O'Connell was on location in Mexico with the Discovery Channel and Chris Fallows! SharkDefense successfully demonstrated a repellent technology on adult Great Whites! Stay tuned next year to catch the episode - We can't say any more at this time!

August 28,  2010 - The first annual SharkExpo was a success! Dr. Rice and Eric Stroud gave a wonderful lecture on the history of shark repellents, and artist Wyland created live Su-Mi artwork on stage that became part of the live auction. Over $15,000 was raised that evening for the Florida Keys Community College Education Fund. Our bonnethead sharks on display also gave birth that day, and the 8 pups were a big hit with the crowds! See you next year at the second annual SharkExpo!

August 27,  2010 - On Saturday Aug. 28 at 5:30pm at Florida Keys Community College, please come to Shark Expo 2010. Artist Wyland and John Abernathy will be presenting, followed by our own Dr. Rice and Eric Stroud at 8:15pm presenting "Of Sharks of Men". $15.00 admission open to all, with Wyland auction items, shark expo booths, cash bar and refreshments! For more information, please contact Dr. Rice.

August 18,  2010 - Our two captive spotted wobbegongs will be enjoying their new home at the Jenkinson's Aquarium in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ! SharkDefense has kept these sharks for the last 5 years and they acclimated well to their holding tank at the aquarium after a short car trip. They will be part of the Indo-Pacific exhibit this Fall. Please support the aquarium and say hello to our wobbegongs!

July 15, 2010 - Eric Stroud and Discovery Channel were on location at the Bimini Biological Field Station for a 2-day shoot on shark repellents. The program will air on next year's Shark Week (2011)

 June 03, 2010 - SharkDefense has been awarded an SBIR from the National Science Foundation to develop and commercialize our SMART Hook technology! Our vision is to introduce our SMART Hooks into commercial fisheries to reduce shark bycatch and increase target catch.

 April 22, 2010 - News from the field. Bull sharks are now a validated species for semiochemical repellent. A lone 6 oz. canister repelled no less than 8 bull sharks. DiveBum studios was on location to capture the amazing footage on Red One super high definition.

 April 20, 2010 - The 2010 Petersheim Academic Exposition was held at Seton Hall University. The Hanson Research Group was well represented, and included two poster presentations on shark repellent technologies: "Synthesis of Anhydride Polymers Containing Shark Repellents" by Julie Anne Mobley, Kaitlin Owens, Ysabella Esteban, and Dr. James E. Hanson, and "Elucidation of Shark Repellent Semiochemicals" by Eric M. Stroud, Brian B. Barnes, Dr. Nicholas Snow, and Dr. james E. Hanson.

 April 17-18, 2010 - Support our licensee, Repel Sharks and rep Mike Fields, who will be exhibiting at the Boards & Waves expo in Orlando, FL. See the Click Orlando article, and AWESOME YOUTUBE VIDEO about their new shark repellent anklet.

 April 5, 2010 - The whole SharkDefense team and DiveBum studios were in South Bimini this week. However, a thief stole our prototype shark repellents! The package was lost between Bimini Island Air and South Bimini customs. If you have any information on this missing package (two green metal cases with aerosol cans inside) please contact us for a reward!!

 March 16, 2010 - Our Capt. Craig C-Unit O'Connell has been accepted into the PhD program at U Mass Dartmouth!

The April 2010 volume of the Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology will have our first publication on magnetic shark repellents: The Effects of Permanent Magnets on the Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana) and the Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). 

 February 16, 2010 - Big-E Strouds has passed his matriculation examination is now a doctoral candidate (PhD, organic chemistry) at Seton Hall University! Onto the cume exams!

 January 14-16, 2010 - Visit and support our licensee, Repel Sharks, at Surf Expo in Orlando, booth #1674. Repel Sharks is offering magnetic anklets to help reduce shark interactions in low-visibility water.

 January 13, 2010 - Catch SharkDefense's Craig O'Connell on the History Channel tonight on MonsterQuest: Monster Shark. Craig explains the external anatomy of a great white shark.

 November 28, 2009 - Catch SharkDefense's Craig O'Connell and Eric Stroud on National Geographic's "The Whale That Ate Jaws". Craig explains physiology while Eric talks chemistry.

 November 17, 2009 - SharkDefense's Dr. Rice is out to sea with the F/V Outlaw and Marquadt Media, evaluating new shark repellent time-release polymers as part of our grant.

 October 12, 2009 - SharkDefense's Craig O'Connell was on location at VIMS with the History Channel today. Stay tuned for the season premier of MonsterQuest on the History Channel to catch Craig explaining physiology of a Great White Shark!

 September 1, 2009 - Researchers at SharkDefense and the University of Queensland will be conducting collaborative research on compounds that act as gustation repellents for sharks (the action is on the shark's sense of taste, not smell). Gustation repellents are also useful in products such nurse shark bite release kits, for sale at Repel Sharks.

 August 24, 2009 - SharkDefense worked again with VIMS and Bob Fisher to explore repellents for Cow Nose Rays, particularly for oyster bed and clam protection. Tank studies were performed and the preliminary results hold promise. The rays are ready to migrate, so this research will hopefully continue in the spring of 2010.

 August 12, 2009 - Check out a short article from the South Orange Patch: Seton Hall Researchers Produce Shark Repellent. Special thanks to Cotton Delo for the story!

 July 31, 2009 - Florida Keys Community College  and SharkDefense have been awarded a 2009 Saltonsall-Kennedy grant for a "Chemical extraction process for converting shark bycatch discards from commercial pelagic longlines into a chemical shark repellent for application as bycatch reduction technology". We will be collaborating with the Hanson Research Group at Seton Hall University as well.

 July 31, 2009 - Our Dr. Rice was interviewed on US-1 Radio (Key West) about our licensed repellent products for sale at www.RepelSharks.com

 July 23, 2009 - Our Craig O'Connell will be presenting "A Quantitative Analysis Examining the Effects of Permanent Magnets on Elasmobranchs in Recreational and Longlining Fisheries", Saturday July 25, 2009 at the JMIH/American Elasmobranch Society meeting in Portland, Oregon.

 July 22, 2009 - Eric and Pat are on location with German Public Television in the Florida Keys. Special thanks to Captain Bob Cardenas, Jr. and the El Pescador team for helping demonstrate our shark repellents and Ulf from Marquardt Media !

 July 17, 2009 - Catch an article in the Smithsonian.com about our shark repellent research: "Stopping Sharks By Blasting Their Senses".. Special thanks for Joe Caputo for the story.

 June 11, 2009 - Our Craig O'Connell will be presenting "Behavioral Analyses on Various Types of Shark Repellents" for the The Grand Strand Shell Club, 7pm,at the Coastal Grand Mall in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.

 May 20, 2009 -  - Weather permitting, catch our Dr. Rice on  MSNBC live this Friday, May 22, 2009 at the Aquaranch in Grassy Key, Florida, demonstrating recent shark repellent research.

 May 14, 2009 - Our Dr. Rice was interviewed on US-1 Radio (Key West) about electropositive metal alloys.  Listen (.mp3).

 May 13, 2009 - Our electropositive shark repellent alloy has been licensed to Repel Sharks LLC, and is now available for sale there

 May 1, 2009 - Our Craig O'Connell has successfully defended his Master's Thesis at Coastal Carolina University. The defense was well attended and was considered perfect! Congratulations Craig!

April 21, 2009 - - Special thanks to Chloe Morales and Ahmed Kawan from the Hanson Research Group at Seton Hall University. They presented their poster at the Chemistry and Biochemistry department's 13th Annual Departmental Symposium and Poster Session. Their project synthesized shark repellent polymers, which will be tested in June 2009.

April 15, 2009 - SharkDefense's Eric Stroud and Craig O'Connell just finished a two-day shoot with Tigress Productions at Soth Bimini and Seton Hall University. A very interesting documentary will air on National Geographic in the fall of 2009. Stop back for details later this year.

March 24, 2009 - .Check out the short article, "Shark Defenders" on our own Craig O'Connell at Boston University's website (he is an alumni). Special thanks to Corinne Kator for the article!

March 20-21, 2009 - Craig O'Connell from SharkDefense will be presenting "The effectiveness of barium-ferrite (BaFe2O4) permanent magnets on the feeding behavior of elasmobranchs: Implications for the recreational and commercial fishing industries." at the SEERS (SouthEastern Estuarine Research Society) meeting at Coastal Carolina University.

February 18, 2009 - Catch our own Craig O'Connell on WPDE TV tonight at 11pm. Craig was demonstrating our recent chemical, electropositive metals, and magnetic work on shark repellents at the Springmaid Pier, South Carolina. Special thanks to Amanda Kinseth from ABC affiliate-WPDE News Channel 15. Story is also here (Carolinalive.com)

February 17, 2009 - Hope you were able to catch our Dr. Rice this morning on Mix Radio 94.3FM in the Keys discussing sharks and research!

February 13, 2009 - SharkDefense partner Craig O'Connell won "best student presenter" at the American Fisheries Society:meeting, South Carolina Chapter, Clemson University. His talk was titled "Effectiveness of Barium Ferrite Permanent Magnets on the Feeding Behavior of Elasmobranchs" Congratulations, Craig!

January 25, 2009 - Part 2 of the  "Spanish Fly" show on ESPN2 aired Sunday January 25, 2009 at 8:55am, featuring Dr. Rice and Craig and our magnetic research.

January 16, 2009 - Craig and the CCU crew return from the Great Isaacs. Many bull sharks were sighted around the islands. An interesting avoidance behavior was observed with a large bull shark and a permanent magnet - A good preliminary result with this species.

October 17, 2008 - SharkDefense and FKCC were featured in a short article in the KeyNoter and the Aquaranch during a magnetic test. Special thanks to Ryan McCarthy.

October 17, 2008 - SharkDefense and CBS News were on location at the Marathon Aquaranch and Symbiologics to demonstrate magnetic shark repellents on a variety of shark species. Stay tuned for details.

September 20, 2008 - Craig O'Connell has finished a series of magnetic fence preference trials at the BBFS, South Bimini Bahamas. Once again, Craig was lucky to experiment briefly with a juvenile tiger shark. This data will be published and will become part of Craig's master thesis later this year. SharkDefense also spent a day at Gun Cay and Ocean Cay.

August 26, 2008 - SharkDefense and the Marathon Aquaranch and Symbiologics will be collaborating on conservation-oriented shark behavior research projects starting this fall. Our Dr. Patrick Rice at Florida Keys Community College will be coordinating the experiments. If you are in the Marathon or Florida Keys area, please make it a point to visit the educational Aquaranch!

August 1, 2008 - Dr. Richard Brill (NMFS / Virginia Institute of Marine Science) has completed a longline study using our electropositive metals. A recent story with video about this study by the Virginian-Pilot is here . A nearly 3-to-1 reduction (plastic decoys vs. metal) in sandbar shark catch was reported, with high statistical significance, demonstrating the importance of electropositive metals as a shark bycatch reduction device.

July 29, 2008 - Our Dr. Patrick Rice has just accepted the position as Director of Marine Sciences at the Florida Keys Community College! Patrick has a strong vision for developing a program that incorporates shark research and conservation and will also remain a partner in SharkDefense. Congratulations Dr. Rice!!!

July 27, 2008 - Eric and Craig return from the American Elasmobranch Society / Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Montreal, Canada. Craig's poster and Eric's oral presentation drew much interest, as well as the excellent talks and posters from our BBFS colleagues!

July 27 2008 - The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) and James Cook University (JCU), Australia has confirmed that our permanent (ferrite) magnet technology repels grey reef sharks, hammerheads, sharp-nosed sharks, blacktip sharks, the vulnerable sawfish and the critically endangered spear tooth shark!

July 27, 2008 - Watch for quick features of SharkDefense during MythBusters, Dirty Jobs, and SharkMan during Discovery Channel's Shark Week , 2008!

July 18, 2008 - on Friday, July 18th at 6pm EST, Dr. Rice, Eric Stroud and Craig O'Connell are guest speakers at the University of Miami - RSMAS. The topic is "Of Sharks and Man: A History and the Latest in Shark Repellent Technology", and a panel-style question and answer will follow. Emphasis will be given to shark bycatch reduction. Advertisement is here.

July 11, 2008 - Eric returns from South Bimini and Gun Cay. A corrosion study on electropositive metals both with and without fishing gear was performed. Results will be presented at AES 2008 in Montreal.

July 5, 2008 - Dr. Rice returns from longlining aboard the F/V Erica Lynn. Our gustation compound (5-Iso) once again proves to be a potent fish attractant, with a bigeye tuna, swordfish, and a blue marlin among some the catch on the experimental gear section. New delivery and mounting systems for our electropositive metals were also evaluated. Special thanks to Captain Brian and the crew!

May 21, 2008 - Our own Eric Stroud was the guest speaker at the New England Aquarium's Lowell Lecture Series. Eric spoke about the use of shark repellents to reduce shark bycatch. Special thanks to Vickie Cataldo and Dr. John Mandelman of the New England Aquarium for hosting the event, and thanks to Joseph Caputo / Science Metropolis for the article!

May 9, 2008 - Our own Dr. Patrick Rice graduated today from the University of Miami with honors, and was profiled as the most outstanding Ph.D. student of the 2008 UM class! Congratulations Pat!

May 6, 2008 - More press coverage of our electropositive metal shark repellents for bycatch reduction on MSNBC. Dr. Richard Brill is quoted in this article.

May 1, 2008 - Please see a short feature on National Geographic News regarding our electrochemical repellents (electropositive metals) and bycatch reduction. Special thanks to Dr. Helen Scales for the article.

April 23, 2008 - The Northeast Fisheries Science Center just issued a press release regarding our electropositive metals as a shark bycatch reduction technology. Special thanks to Dr. Richard Brill for his behavioral work with sandbar sharks. PDF is here.

April 11, 2008 - Check out pages 10 and 11 of the April 2008 Fishing News International for an overview of our electropositive metal and aerosol shark repellent work. Special thanks to Tom Seaman for the in-depth article!

April 11, 2008 - Craig, Eric, and Patrick from SharkDefense participated in the NMFS Shark Deterrents and Incidental Bycatch Workshop at the New England Aquarium, Boston, MA.  Many fisheries scientists shared their research findings regarding our electropositive metals and plans were made to further this bycatch reduction technology. Special thanks to John Wang and Yonat Swimmer (NMFS) and to John Mandelman (NEAQ) for arranging this conference.

April 7, 2008 - Is there a doctor in the house? Why, yes there is! Our Patrick Rice successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Miami / RSMAS. Congratulations Dr. Rice!!

March 6, 2008 - SharkDefense and MythBusters were on location at the BBFS -  South Bimini, Bahamas. Behavioral experiments were filmed for Shark Week 2008. Please check back for updates on when this episode will air.

February 18, 2008 - SharkDefense and the BBC were on location in South Bimini with the Blue Oceans series and host Phillipe Cousteau, Jr. from EarthEcho International. Shark conservation work was highlighted involving our repellents. The high-definition feature is due out near the end of the 2008. Special thanks to Ruth Dyson and the staff at the BBFS for coordinating.

February 17, 2008 - A magnetic fence experiment was completed at the BBFS using juvenile lemon sharks. The sharks had a choice between a fence opening with permanent magnets, or a fence opening with nonmagnetic shams. There was an obvious preference to the control (nonmagnetic) opening. Craig O'Connell will be working more on this experiment this quarter.

February 16, 2008 - Exciting test results from our February trip. First, the water-activated grenades support a 2-year shelf life. One 4 fl. oz. can (Semiochemical CP + 10% fragrance, bottled May 2006 batch) was efficacious during February 2008 with an average storage temperature of 35'C during the period. Secondly, pop-pouches have been successfully tested as a way to deliver semiochemical repellents.

February 12, 2008 - Our own Craig P. O'Connell will be presenting a seminar on "Saving Sharks from Anthropogenic Devastation Through the Use of New Shark Repellent Technologies" at Coast Carolina University on Thursday February 14, 2008 at 10:00am EST in the Wall building (room 317). This is open to the public but you must call the box office at (843)349-2502. Abstract is here. 

January 11, 2008 - An IACUC proposal has just been approved for magnetic shark repellent experiments at the University of Miami RSMAS. Many thanks for the efforts of Patrick Rice and Dr. Dan Benetti who will be the prinicipal investigators. We will be studying the effects of permanent magnets for byctach reduction purposes with these facilities.

January 10, 2008 - Eric Stroud from SharkDefense was invited to present shark repellent research the NOAA Monk Seal conference at Honolulu, HI, regarding seal predation by Galapagos sharks (C. galapagensis ). Our colleague and friend John Wang also presented research updates on our electropositive metals.

September 2, 2007 - Back to school! Pat, Eric, and Craig are back working on their PhD and graduate studies. We will be working locally during the Fall in South Carolina, Miami, and New Jersey. Stay in touch!

September 15, 2005 - Two natural shark repellent compounds were successfully tested using the tonic immobility protocol on lemon sharks and nurse sharks. One compound is water soluble, and both pose no significant odors. The low price and availability of these compounds is very exciting. The compounds will be scaled up and evaluated on larger shark populations for February 2006. Stay tuned!