LBWSA General Meeting - Shark Lab!!

This month we are lucky enough to be joined by Dr. Chris Lowe, Professor, Marine Biology, Director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach! Dr. Lowe has been studying sharks, rays and bony fishes for over 35 years, focusing on their behavior, physiology and ecology. For the last 15 years, Dr. Lowe and his students have been studying juvenile white sharks off the coast of southern California and in 2018 was funded to form the California Shark Beach Safety Program. Using a wide array of technology, they have found that white sharks use southern California beaches as nursery habitat for their young, placing juvenile white sharks in close proximity to beach goers. State-wide monitoring and student-based projects inform a large education and outreach program designed to reduce risks to both sharks and people.

Socializing will begin at 6:30pm, and the presentation will begin at 7pm. After the…