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 S ean
Van Sommeran is the Executive Director of the Santa Cruz, California based
Pelagic Shark Research Foundation (PSRF). Originally an affiliate of the
Earth Island Institute, the PSRF was established in 1990 (see
www.pelagic.org)
and is now an independent, non-profit research, education and conservation
group. The PSRF co-sponsored the white
sharks’ protected status in California waters and recreational sport fish
limits for other marine species.
Van Sommeran is an instructor for an
Elasmobranch field course conducted seasonally in the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary and Elkhorn Slough Estuarine Research Reserve. Van Sommeran
received a World Wildlife Fund 'innovations' award in 1996.
Van
Sommeran is working closely with Barbara Block's lab, the Tuna Research and
Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station. He is
deploying satellite tags on white sharks for the Hopkins Marine Station
research team, and is expected to be a co- author of the subsequent
publications.
Benz, G.W., H. F. Mollet, D. A. Ebert,
C. R. Davis, and S. R. Van Sommeran. 2003. Five Species of Parasitic
Copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) from the Body Surface of a White
Shark Captured in Morro Bay, California. Journal Pacific Science: pp. 39-43.
Klimley, A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J.E. Richert, S.F. Davis, S. Van
Sommeran, J. T. Kelley. 2001. The hunting strategy of white sharks
(Carcharodon carcharias) near a seal colony. Marine Biology 138:617-636.
Klimley, A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J. E. Richert, S.F. Davis, S.
Van Sommeran. 2001. Radio-acoustic positioning as a tool for studying
site-specific behavior of the white shark and other large marine species.
Marine Biology 138: 429-446.
See Sean being interviewed about sharks...http://youtube.com/watch?v=sQ8_8WyCa0s
Email:
s.vansommeran@conservationinstitute.org
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