By JH ( April 6, 2011 at 6:26 pm) · Filed under 2. Sharks Guide, Shark films, Sharks in Media, east coast australia, grey nurse shark, grey nurse shark collage, grey nurse sharks are not endangered, John Harding, new south wales, seal rocks, shark hunting, underwater photography, vanishing grey nurse shark myth
Needle-teeth of Grey Nurse sharks were popular trophies in the 1960′s. Taking a set from that species today, in Australia, would guarantee a terrible penalty. The young lady is Tanya Binning - a famous surf girl of the era. Grey Nurse sharks made a dramatic return to the east coast of Australia in 1988. The population has been steadily increasing since. Unreliable out-of-date reports continue to circulate promoting a demise.
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By JH ( August 20, 2010 at 9:56 am) · Filed under Around the Coast, John Harding, Shark films, australia, australian underwater cameramen, fathom magazine australia, john h harding, john harding underwater photographer, underwater photographer, underwater photography collage
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By JH ( October 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm) · Filed under Shark films, 16mm film shows, aquarius - people of the sea, australian seafari, John Harding, queensland seafari, seafari, traveling film shows
Ron Taylor’s Shark Fighters (1965) was three half-hour films made primarily for TV. ”Surf Scene” was not mentioned on this dive magazine advertisement.
Running length each documentary was 90 minutes plus optional 30 minutes of extra "shorts".
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By JH ( September 1, 2009 at 3:58 pm) · Filed under Fathom Annual, Free divers and Spear fishermen, Shark films, Sharks in Media, powerhead tests on shark, rodney fox, shark hunting 1960's, shark victim who turned shark protector
(Below left) Flinders Reef, Cape Moreton, Queensland in 1965 (right) Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island 1967 – Diver Rodney Fox was bitten by White Pointer shark in 1963, today is an established shark conservationist.
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