I’ve always been as fascinated by sharks as I am terrified. I might or might not have recently committed to do a shark cage dive with Matt and other members of our team during a future meetup. :)
Dovi Kacev grew up in South Africa and San Diego. A longtime La Jolla surfer, Dovi is finishing up a joint SDSU-UC-Davis Ph.D. in Ecology. For the past 11 years he has carried out research on shark ecology and conservation which has allowed him to study sharks in the wild in San Diego, Baja California, and the Caribbean.
Serge Dedina: As a surfer who grew up in South Africa where there are a lot of sharks, why did you choose to make your life’s work the study of the ocean’s apex predators?
Dovi Kacev: From as early as I can remember I have been interested in sharks, but I did not think of becoming a shark biologist until I was in college. Learning about how important their roles are to maintaining balanced ecosystems, how little we know about their biology, and how much trouble they face due…
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You are a crazy man. I grew up on the coast, so yeah.. no shark bait for me. :D
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crazy: did you *really* have any doubts about that fact before this post? Sea-riously? ;)
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