Please note that the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory is not a government entity or public service and that our organisation is entirely staffed by volunteers fully occupied by parallel careers. We are thus rarely available for interviews, especially for spontaneous or same-day requests. We nonetheless try to respond in a timely manner whenever possible.

We do not comment on shark stories or incidents that take place outside of Canada, or that are not directly related to our work or expeditions in the St. Lawrence. Likewise, due to the sensitive nature of traumatic incidents involving sharks, we do not give interviews on alleged or confirmed attack events. However, we occasionally issue timely news or press releases for noteworthy events on this page, which the media may use to quote the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory.

Our field expeditions are infrequent and often unpredictable, so space is usually limited to science and vessel crew. We also produce our own media content, including films, and thus do not solicit or work with film production companies. We may nonetheless provide video footage or consulting for fact-based documentaries that do not require our physical presence.

We welcome discussion and collaboration with fellow shark researchers and marine biologists.

We welcome collaboration on sharks with the fishing community, including helping to identify species or discussing shark behaviour around fishing activities.

If you come across something that looks like a shark, dead or alive, we’d love to hear from you and see images. You may just be the first person to discover a new or rare shark species in the St. Lawrence or beyond its usual range.

We are happy to give school presentations on the topic of sharks in English and French in the Montreal and Centre-du-Québec regions depending on availability.

We are a small organisation with limited resources and field time and thus cannot offer internships.

We do not carry freelance photographers aboard our boats nor do we guide photographers underwater during our research activities.

For safety and legal reasons, we do not respond to enquiries pertaining to sport diving with sharks (where, when, how). Also, our vessel is licensed by Transport Canada solely for the purpose of scientific research. We thus do not take passengers or conduct recreational dive charters.

01.10.2022

Mission accomplished for the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and Écomaris.

The St. Lawrence Shark Observatory and EcoMaris document white shark behaviour at Brion Island.

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