Clinton Duffy (scientist)

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Clinton holding a small Spotted Smoothhound Australian Museum

Clinton Duffy (born c.1966) is a New Zealand marine scientist, who works in the Marine Conservation Unit of the Department of Conservation.[1] Duffy is a shark expert, whose work includes the taxonomy and conservation status of New Zealand’s deepwater dogfishes, attaching GPS wildlife tracking devices to great white sharks,[2] and surveying basking sharks.[3]

He performed the public dissection of a great white shark at the Auckland Museum in 2009.[4]

Duffy has BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Canterbury.

References

  1. ^ Cumming, Geoff (7 March 2009). "Scientists get their teeth into shark preservation". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10560451&pnum=0. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
  2. ^ Rorke, Claire (25 January 2009). "Hunt on for man-eaters". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10553492. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
  3. ^ Gorman, Paul (18 January 2010). "Scientists survey basking sharks". The Press. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3236101/Scientists-survey-basking-sharks. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 
  4. ^ "Great white shark opened up to the public". Stuff.co.nz. 8 January 2009. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/787661. Retrieved 17 February 2010. 

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