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BRION22 WHITE SHARK SCIENCE EXPEDITION
Day 4
Grande-Entrée, September 17, 2022 — Still in the grip of the storm. We thus tested the underwater drone and the acoustic transmitters in the harbour of Grande-Entrée. If the weather forecast holds true, we could leave for Brion Island on Sunday at the end of the day, or Monday morning.
⚠️ Notice to recreational divers and boaters: Brion22 is a scientific expedition conducted under licence from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). It is strictly forbidden to conduct cage diving operations or to interact with the white shark without a scientific permit under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). SARA prohibits the killing, harming, harassing, capturing, taking, possessing, collecting, buying, selling or trading of individuals of endangered, threatened or extirpated species, including the white shark (Atlantic population), which is designated as an endangered species. Furthermore, and as stipulated by the Quebec National Heritage Conservation Act (LCPN), access to Île-Brion Ecological Reserve is also strictly forbidden without a permit for scientific research from the ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC).
DFO (SARA) Scientific Permit No.:
QUE-LEP-014-2022
MELCC (LCPN) Scientific Permit No.:
3850-RE-R; 5141-03-11 [1.2]
⚠️ No sharks are captured or restrained in any way.
Days 6-9
Multiple shark predation incidents documented including a live attack on a grey seal.
Order of Good Cheer
Fighting boredom and the deadly sickness of scurvy amongst the crew while awaiting fair winds in Acadian waters.
Day 4
Testing the underwater drone and the acoustic transmitters in the harbour of Grande-Entrée.
Cage upgrade continues
Retrofitting of the ORS shark observation cage is entering the final phase at CNIMI.
Cage upgrade at CNIMI
ORS shark observation cage undergoes major refit at CNIMI for Brion22 white shark expedition.
