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The number of shark attacks in recent years has increased. The purpose of this study was to find out if sharks are finding their way closer to shore. The research used a combination of Quantitative and Qualitative methods.

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Methodology

The number of shark attacks in recent years has increased. The purpose of this study was to find out if sharks are finding their way closer to shore. The research used a combination of Quantitative and Qualitative methods.

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Methodology Quantitativeresearchisaformal,objective,systematicprocessinwhichnumericaldataareusedtoobtain informationabouttheworld(Burns201). Qualitativeresearch,ontheotherhand,placeslessofan emphasisonnumbers,andmorevalueontheperspectivesofkeyinformantsknowledgeableabouta particulartopic. Theresearchundertakenusedacombinationofthesetwomethods. QuantitativeMethods Withtheincreaseinthenumberofsharkattacksinrecentyears,wefeltitimportanttoattempttolearn moreaboutthelocationofsharksinDeepBay. Thepurposeofsuchinformationwouldbetotellusif sharksareindeedfindingtheirwayclosertoshorethaninrecentyears. TheDataStorageTag(DST)isa miniaturedataloggerthatisattachedtofishandothermarineanimals (StarOddi2012).

i2012). Thisdevice(seeFigure2),producedbyacompany calledStarOddi,wasattachedtothedorsalfinoffourGreatWhiteSharks inFalseBayfora30dayperiodfromAugust1,2012toAugust30,2012. ThedeviceproducedaGPSdatapointevery30secondsthroughoutthis 30dayperiodallowingustotracktheprecisewhereaboutsofthefour GreatWhiteSharksthroughoutthestudyperiod. ThemonthofAugust waschosenduetothisbeingthehightouristseasoninCapeTown (CapeTourism2010).

formarineanimaltracking. QualitativeMethods Inadditiontothelocationalbaseddatacollectedthroughsharktagging,wealsoconductedtwo, approximately90minute,interviewswithkeyinformantsknowledgeableonthetourismandfishing industriesinCapeTown(seeFigure3below). JacquesKallis,afishermanandparttimeSharkDiving guide,whowasbornandraisedinMuizenburg(5kilometersfromFishHoek)wasanimportantprimary contactwhomwespoke withonSeptember13, 2012. LouiseFitzgerald,a representativeoftheCape TownTourismAssociation, wasavaluablekey informantgivenher knowledgeofthetourism Figure3:Interviewswithkeyinformants industryintheWestern Cape. WehadlunchwithLouiseinFishHoektheafternoonofSeptember14,2012. Interviewquestions (seeAppendix1)werepreparedinadvanceofthesemeetings,butthediscussionswerenotboundby thesequestionsalone. AccordingtoSteveMaddonstexttitledResearchMethods,interviewsshouldbe fluidconversations,allowedtoflowinthedirectionthattheintervieweetakesthem(32).

Figure2:StarOddiDataStorageTagused

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