OCEARCH heads down under: Australian sharks to be monitored online 24/7

By Aleisha Orr
Updated February 26 2015 - 10:08am, first published January 21 2015 - 9:28am
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
The research will take their vessel from Perth to Broome in a bid to lean more about sharks of WA's coast Photo: OCEARCH
The research will take their vessel from Perth to Broome in a bid to lean more about sharks of WA's coast Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH
Although the research at the moment won't allow tagging of great whites OCEARCH have tagged them in the past Photo: OCEARCH

The exact location of 40 Australian sharks will soon be monitored online at any time of the day thanks to technology being used by an American outfit currently in the country.