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02/08/2005: "SCHOOL OF SHARKS and a diver"

EXCLUSIVE - FIRST TIME PUBLISHED PICTURE.

Here's a school of NSW grey nurse sharks - 'thought to be endangered'.

In reality they are clever at avoiding boat-loads of scuba divers trying to count them. The noise underwater involved with a dive boat arriving and anchoring is substantial - it must be experienced to be believed.

The dozing sharks learn and move off when the sounds tell them learner-divers with flashlights are on their way. Grey nurse are noctural and twilight feeders that mostly seem to rest by day.

The protective ban on catching them or fishing near the known grey nurse pit-stops is positive for the underwater environment - and the sharks.