Home Actor Riley Elliott HD Instagram Photos and Wallpapers February 2023 Riley Elliott Instagram - Big shout out to the amazing 8 year old Scout Garea from Whangamata, who has been busking and crowd funding to raise funds to sponsor a Great White satellite tag. The Great White project took off so quick that all the satellite tags have been sponsored already, but this hasn't deterred Scout from now dedicating raised funds to acoustic tags, which I will also be deploying on the Great Whites, as another tool used to track habitat use and movement. If I get more permitted tags after this round of 20 Great Whites, which is a massive hurdle in itself, I will be sure to get Scout on board as one of the first ;) What an amazingly awesome Kiwi story of citizen science, and an incredible reflection of how far we have come from the Jaws era, to a very pro-shark one through education, understanding and respect for the natural world. https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/whangamata-8-year-old-raising-money-to-track-great-white-sharks/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQ242xq4mHoMtSGNjizY79zJP0vwEqKggwENeZlfLgrrDooQEY-qXj_qe0yMSqASoQCAAqBwgKMIenrgswlLLGAw&utm_content=related Be sure to check out the Great White App at sustainableoceansociety.co.nz where you can follow the two tagged Great Whites at present, sponsor an acoustic tag or make a donation to support the running costs of field time over the next two months aimed at deploying the remaining 18 satellite tags.

Riley Elliott Instagram – Big shout out to the amazing 8 year old Scout Garea from Whangamata, who has been busking and crowd funding to raise funds to sponsor a Great White satellite tag. The Great White project took off so quick that all the satellite tags have been sponsored already, but this hasn’t deterred Scout from now dedicating raised funds to acoustic tags, which I will also be deploying on the Great Whites, as another tool used to track habitat use and movement. If I get more permitted tags after this round of 20 Great Whites, which is a massive hurdle in itself, I will be sure to get Scout on board as one of the first ;) What an amazingly awesome Kiwi story of citizen science, and an incredible reflection of how far we have come from the Jaws era, to a very pro-shark one through education, understanding and respect for the natural world. https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/whangamata-8-year-old-raising-money-to-track-great-white-sharks/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQ242xq4mHoMtSGNjizY79zJP0vwEqKggwENeZlfLgrrDooQEY-qXj_qe0yMSqASoQCAAqBwgKMIenrgswlLLGAw&utm_content=related Be sure to check out the Great White App at sustainableoceansociety.co.nz where you can follow the two tagged Great Whites at present, sponsor an acoustic tag or make a donation to support the running costs of field time over the next two months aimed at deploying the remaining 18 satellite tags.

Riley Elliott Instagram - Big shout out to the amazing 8 year old Scout Garea from Whangamata, who has been busking and crowd funding to raise funds to sponsor a Great White satellite tag. The Great White project took off so quick that all the satellite tags have been sponsored already, but this hasn't deterred Scout from now dedicating raised funds to acoustic tags, which I will also be deploying on the Great Whites, as another tool used to track habitat use and movement. If I get more permitted tags after this round of 20 Great Whites, which is a massive hurdle in itself, I will be sure to get Scout on board as one of the first ;) What an amazingly awesome Kiwi story of citizen science, and an incredible reflection of how far we have come from the Jaws era, to a very pro-shark one through education, understanding and respect for the natural world. https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/whangamata-8-year-old-raising-money-to-track-great-white-sharks/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQ242xq4mHoMtSGNjizY79zJP0vwEqKggwENeZlfLgrrDooQEY-qXj_qe0yMSqASoQCAAqBwgKMIenrgswlLLGAw&utm_content=related Be sure to check out the Great White App at sustainableoceansociety.co.nz where you can follow the two tagged Great Whites at present, sponsor an acoustic tag or make a donation to support the running costs of field time over the next two months aimed at deploying the remaining 18 satellite tags.

Riley Elliott Instagram – Big shout out to the amazing 8 year old Scout Garea from Whangamata, who has been busking and crowd funding to raise funds to sponsor a Great White satellite tag. The Great White project took off so quick that all the satellite tags have been sponsored already, but this hasn’t deterred Scout from now dedicating raised funds to acoustic tags, which I will also be deploying on the Great Whites, as another tool used to track habitat use and movement.
If I get more permitted tags after this round of 20 Great Whites, which is a massive hurdle in itself, I will be sure to get Scout on board as one of the first 😉

What an amazingly awesome Kiwi story of citizen science, and an incredible reflection of how far we have come from the Jaws era, to a very pro-shark one through education, understanding and respect for the natural world.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/whangamata-8-year-old-raising-money-to-track-great-white-sharks/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwQ242xq4mHoMtSGNjizY79zJP0vwEqKggwENeZlfLgrrDooQEY-qXj_qe0yMSqASoQCAAqBwgKMIenrgswlLLGAw&utm_content=related

Be sure to check out the Great White App at sustainableoceansociety.co.nz
where you can follow the two tagged Great Whites at present, sponsor an acoustic tag or make a donation to support the running costs of field time over the next two months aimed at deploying the remaining 18 satellite tags. | Posted on 10/Jan/2023 01:44:10

Riley Elliott Instagram – I didn’t create a shark app to try and scare surfers. I created it because I am a surfer. I was afraid of sharks as a surfer. It’s easy to be a tough guy and think a good shark is a dead shark, from the safety of a boat. But try acting like that sitting on a polystyrene board, chest deep in the sharks’ domain. My thoughts were either stick with ignorance is bliss and just walk blind in the savannahs, so to speak. Or learn what a shark is, how they behave, when and where they are dangerous and apply this info out of respect to this capable predator, given I am literally playing in its hunting ground. Choosing the latter has taken me all around the world. I’ve dived with almost every single large shark species and I am still here. But I am still afraid of sharks. And it’s ok to be afraid of an apex predator. You should be. It’s natural instinct. How we react to fear is the important thing. Malice is wrong and short lived and generally only possible from cowards on a boat. Respectfully informed and accepting of self instigated risk is the reality surfers should take, and most do. The Great White app may be scary to some, but I guarantee you that in the long run, knowing what’s out there is more beneficial to you and those animals. I think it’s important to walk the talk in this day and age. I love to surf and I love learning about sharks. I have had nothing but positive feedback about the Great White tracking. I see it as similar to a ski slope, where you are provided with information about risk and then you choose where to go play. How do you feel about it? Images by @jimagesnz
Riley Elliott Instagram – All 20 Great White satellite tags have been sponsored!!!!! Once I have deployed this round of 20 tags, I will endeavour to apply to DOC to tag more than 20 Great Whites. This may provide future opportunity to sponsor a tag, however that may be years away pending their processes and the time it takes to tag these 20 sharks at present. This project is not only satellite tagging, but also acoustic tagging the GWs, which uses smaller ‘sound emitting’ tags, enabling me to actively track the sharks in real time, using an underwater hydrophone and drone flying above. This gives us real time insight as to what the sharks are doing in certain areas. I will also be deploying acoustic receiver stations around areas of interest, like swimming beaches, ski lanes, fishing spots and surf zones. These receivers detect acoustically tagged sharks for periods up to 10 years, and thus map the habitat use of the GWs over the long term, and do not require the sharks to break the waters surface, like satellite tags do. These long term acoustic tags cost $700 NZD each, and while they will not come with naming rights, as per the satellite tags, the sponsor of any acoustic tag will be named in the profile part of satellite tagged Great Whites. So if you still want to support this project, I apologise that its success means all satellite slots are taken for now, but there is more research planned, so if you want to sponsor an acoustic tag, please email me at nzsharkman@gmail.com or if you want to contribute a donation through SOS to help support the running costs of fuel, DNA sampling, and general logistics, this is just as helpful. Thank you to all of the NZ public who sponsored tags. Thank you to @extremeboats.nz @mazda_nz @yamahamarinenz @gfabtrailers @raymarine_nz @seadek for the boat and vehicle support used for this project.

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