1. ID of the sharks and their migrations
Adult sharks swim in the bay only two months a year. Where do they go after that? Newborns should remain in the bay for several months, until they are big enough to face the hazard of life in the open sea. But is it true in this Turkish bay? In order to find and answer to these questions we will carry out:
- A pluriennal programme of photo-identification of the sharks which swim in the bay, in order to verify the freuqency of their visits and to star a database to confront with specimen caught in other areas.
- Taggings of males and females with permanent and satellite tags in order to gain information on their migratory routes through the Mediterranean sea.

2. What makes this bay so special?
Finding out the peculiarities of this bay (in terms of temperature, salinity etc) may show us why this bay is so special to the sharks, and that in turn could give us a hint on where to find other nursery areas as yet unknown. Identifying and protecting such areas is or primary importance for the protection of the species in such a vulnerable moment of their lives.

3. Survey of other bays
Are sharks found in neighbouring bays? We will interview fishermen and conduct direct research trying to identify other possible bnursery areas for sandabrs or other species of sharks. Informal talks last year hint at the possibility of other species of sharks, possibly grey nurse sharks.

4. Dissemination of the results
We believe to be of foundamental importance for the protection and conservation of this species to start an important education campagin, in order to inform the public of the presence and hardships of sharks in the Mediterranean sea.

The project begins: April 15th 2003 and will last 3 years, which may be prolonged. Four annual expeditions are scheduled