Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Avnic-Cameogroup-Garmin
the White Shark Trust
VEMCO
PADI Project AWARE
Evolushark
GIMS (Pty) Ltd
Article History
Received: 7 March 2018
Accepted: 4 July 2018
First Online: 17 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they had no conflict of interest during the duration of the study. Oceans Research is, at the moment, the official distributor of VEMCO products in Africa.
: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutions at which the studies were conducted. Furthermore, the tagging and tracking of white sharks was authorised by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs: permit RES2009 to RES2012.