In 2026, divers made a record number of dives seeing sixgills and of sixgill sightings, as reported through sixgillsharks.org.  This is our analysis of the data and our commentary on that analysis.  Take a read through and let us know your thoughts!

Title: Redondo Sixgill Sharks 2026

Presentation: Web format. Document.

At the Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium in 2026, John, Mike, and Katie created this presentation about the data from SixgillSharks.org and presented it at the conference.  We showed that data from citizen scientists like you can be used to show the return of sharks year over year.  Keep reporting data to enable more analysis like this!

Title: Citizen Eyes on the Deep: Seven Years of Sixgill Shark Sightings in the Salish Sea

Presentation: Sixgill Presentation