Exmouth Herald, UK
09 June 2008

A WOODBURY Salterton shark spotter has returned from trip-of-a-lifetime and helped uncover what is thought to be a new species of shark, writes Becca Gliddon.

Tony Bennett, 46, has spent two weeks in Kuwait with the Shark Conservation Society (SCS) on a ground-breaking expedition to identify the number of shark species in the Kuwaiti and Gulf seas.

Mr Bennett teamed up with shark conservationist Richard Peirce gathering valuable data which is hoped to become the basis of a much larger study in the future.

Keen scuba diver Mr Bennett, who has been a member of the society for several years, said: "Fifteen shark and 12 ray species were confirmed and recorded, and it is possible that a new species has been identified.

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