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WELCOME to the Shark Research Institute (Australia)

To gather data for the global shark attack file that is maintained by the S.R.I. This data is used by researchers worldwide to identify factors that are conducive to, or may trigger shark attacks. Data is accessed by physicians to determine treatment protocols for shark attack victims.

What is the Australasian shark attack file

The Australasian shark attack file, is a subset of the Global Shark Attack file (G.S.A.F.) which is accessed primarily by medical personnel, shark behaviourists and lifesavers. It exists because too many physicians and medical personnel were unable to access data from other sources, for their patients.

Why don’t all cases get investigated?

As a general rule, we do investigate all attacks, however, we need more investigators to feed information back to our info forum. It would seem, for every attack, there are 45 close calls.. Close calls don’t make the news.

USA – Australia connection

In setting up this information site, as strange as it may seem, we had problems in setting up a working relationship with government agencies in Australia. There seemed to be a lot of secrecy and bureaucracy, even to the point of undoing some of our inroads to the agencies which could see the benefit of our endeavours. We have found that the S.R.I. in the U.S.A. has not only taken us seriously, but they have also responded in a timely and professional manner every single time. If you take into account the time difference, we have received same day and even hourly feedback from researchers and scientists of worldwide authority magnitude. All coordinated by the S.R.I. liaison offices in the U.S.A. (Marie Levine) We are proud to be the Australasian Shark Attack data collection site for the G.S.A.F.

Why are we doing this

Even with our research credentials, we could not access data available within Australia. There is a need for information to make available to those who require it. Even some government agencies have said they can’t get access to information.

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