About Jeffrey Gallant

Jeffrey Hay Gallant, MSc, is the founder and Scientific Director of the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory (ORS) and a doctoral researcher at UQAM. He made his first shark observation at Peggy's Cove in 1975, first shark dive off Chebucto Head in 1992, co-led the first Canadian cage dives off Halifax in 2000, and was the first person to film a free-swimming Greenland shark in 2003.

Canadian Shark Attack Registry

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The Canadian Shark Attack Registry is the only database of all known shark incidents in Canada. The data is compiled, verified and updated on a continual basis by the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory. We also provide behavioural insight as well as safety recommendations for anyone venturing where sharks may be present.

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