Bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: appendix 5

Appendix 5. Number of recreational dives and number of sharks observed per year

Number of recreational dives and number of sharks observed per year at Flora Islets in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. These data are anecdotal. Source: Heath pers. comm. 2006.
Year Number Dives at Flora Islet Number Shark sightings Notes
1996
2
3
Incomplete records
1997
6
11
Incomplete records
1998
28
45
Incomplete records (complete for the season but did not include zero sightings)
1999
86
158
1st year of complete records
2000
35
37
We did very few scuba dives this year because we had the submersibles here.
2001
74
37
 
2002
36
25
 
2003
66
28
 
2004
52
4
 
2005
42
3
 

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