Great Whites: Fact or Folklore?
with Dr. Allan Waterfield

Evening at Seacoast Science Center Dinner for Adults

Thursday, November 13, 2014

6:00pm cocktail reception, 6:30 pm dinner, 7:30 presentation

Famed as one of the world’s deadliest creatures, the great white shark hunts the seas around the world in waters no higher than your waist. But out of the 100-plus annual shark attacks worldwide, less than one-half are attributed to the great white. Is this infamous predator getting a bad rap?

Join marine scientist Dr. Allan Waterfield at the Great Whites: Fact of Folklore? Evening at the Seacoast Science Center Dinner on Thursday, November 13 at 6pm to find out the facts. His illuminating presentation will dispel the legends and inform you about the current research being done on this elusive predator. 

You’ll find out the answer to the questions “are the numbers of great whites increasing in New England? And, if so, why?” While scientists speculate that great whites normally give birth to five to seven pups at a time, no one has ever witnessed their birth or discovered their birthing grounds. Discover the latest information that marine biologists are learning about the streamline swimmer’s behavior through tracking devices, data, and observation.

Tickets for the Great White Sharks: Fact or Folklore dinner are $50 for Seacoast Science Center members; $60 for non-members and include a cocktail reception, catered dinner, and presentation.

Sponsored by Appledore Marine Engineering, all proceeds support the Center’s ocean education mission.

For more information call Ashley at 603-436-8043, ext. 24.

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About the Speaker

Dr. Allan Waterfield retired from the University of Delaware in 2007 after a 45 year career in higher education as a professor, researcher, and administrator. He was at the University of New Hampshire from 1970 to 1987 where he developed the New England Hyperbaric Center and the UNH SCUBA program. Allan’s ocean related projects included serving as lead scientist for the US in North Sea saturation program with Germans and Russians, spending 31 days of saturation in “shark alley” in the Puerto Rican habitat the PRINUL and as principal investigator in the JEST (Jim Evaluation and Science Trials) conducted at the Isles of Shoals. Allan’s service included numerous state, regional, and national boards primarily focusing on health related issues. As consultant for NOAA’s Manned Undersea Science and Technology Office, Allan developed a training program for aquanauts for the proposed Ocean Lab. Allan serves on the Center’s Board of Directors.