From Strandline to Science: The Journey of a Shark Eggcase

The Great Eggcase Hunt encourages people to get out on the beach in search of mermaids purses - the eggcases of sharks and skate. Each species has a distinct design so, once found, you can identify which species it once belonged to, before recording them to the Shark Trust. Find out how the Great Eggcase Hunt has evolved over the past 22 years, what it has discovered during that time, and how you can get involved as a citizen scientist.

Cat Gordon is the Senior Conservation Officer at the Shark Trust - a UK conservation charity working globally to safeguard the future of sharks, skates and rays. She leads the Community Engagement programme and is responsible for citizen science initiatives such as the Great Eggcase Hunt and the Basking Shark Project. She's previously been involved in developing a number of conservation planning documents for highly threatened species, and is now working on developing a new project called Living with Sharks.

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