Sharks in the St. Lawrence

If you want to help the scientists Volunteer scientists studying large sharks in the St. Lawrence Seaway are seeking help from the public.

Their research on the little-known Greenland shark, funded by their own money and private donations rather than government grants, just got a boost in the form of a donated boat.

The problem is that they have no way to get the boat from Rouses Point, N.Y., to a shipyard in Les Méchins, Que., where it will be refitted for scientific work in the seaway.
The group is seeking donations to pay for transport company to move the 4.6-metre-high boat with a special trailer so it will fit under highway underpasses. The researchers hope to have the boat ready in time for the 2011 research season. "We're at the point where we need a boat," said Jeffrey Gallant, a college teacher in Drummondville, Que. As founder of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Research and Education Group, he has been studying the sharks for about 10 years.

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