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VIDEO WEBCAST
Originally broadcast live
on Tuesday, May 21, 2002
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SHARK
ATTACK NEWS CONFERENCE & SCIENCE BRIEFING --- LEARN THE
FACTS AS COASTAL TOURIST SEASON BEGINS
WHAT: News conference to introduce three experts
on the issues of shark attacks, risk reduction techniques,
and shark fishery biology and management.
WHO:
- George Burgess, Director, International Shark Attack
File, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
- Robert E. Hueter, Director Center for Shark Research,
Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
- Rebecca Lent, Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, and former Chief of Highly Migratory
Species Management Division, NOAA Fisheries, Silver Spring,
MD.
WHY: The public perception of the risk of shark bites
and attacks was heightened through intensive news media
coverage following last summer's shark attack fatalities.
The press briefing will aim to put the risk of shark attacks
in perspective; provide both the news media and the general
public with resources where they can go to learn more about
sharks and how to reduce their risk of a shark encounter;
and to provide the media with additional scientific and
fishery management background material.
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