From drones and smartphone apps to old-school flags and signs, a growing shark population has officials and researchers turning to responses both high- and low-tech to ensure safety for millions of beachgoers this summer.
New warning flags and signs are cropping up at some US beaches and a local shark research nonprofit is developing a shark tracking app for the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, meanwhile, are testing shark-seeking drones in a scientific study that may one day give beach lifeguards a new eye in the sky.
“The days of burying our heads in the sand and saying, `What sharks? We don’t have sharks here’ are over,” said Gregory Skomal, a biologist who has been studying the white shark population.
“It’s time to move past that and be forthright and honest with the public about the presence of these animals.”
The new measures are the latest acknowledgements of the new reality taking hold on.
from Eve’s Feed http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/80578902/Shark-alert-High-and-low-tech-ways-to-protect-beach-goers
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