The NMFS Alaska Shark Assessment Program page has links to some information
on Pacific sleeper Sharks:

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/oil/sharks.htm

The short species profile on on the NMFS page is:

http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/oil/sleepersharks.htm\

These are common sharks down the Pacific coast from Alaska to British
Columbia and I think Washington and Oregon so I'm sure there's a fairly
extensive literature on them.  I have never seen a sleeper shark while
diving.  In fact, the only shark I have ever seen while diving in Alaska was
a small dog fish.  The sharks up here tend to be deep water or pelagic
species so we don't see them diving like you do in Australia.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Krazy Kiwi
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 8:38 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] more on Sharks in Alaska
>
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 11:51:24 Kent Lind <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >By the way, here's an interesting newspaper article on salmon sharks
> >in Alaska and shark research being done by NMFS in Alaska.  Salmon
> >sharks are the most common sharks in Alaska and a close relative of
> >the great white shark.
> >http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/oil/sharkADN8272000.htm
>
> Thanks for the link Kent. That certainly is a very interesting shark
> tagging trip report.
>
> There was mention of sleeper sharks that are often blind as adults.
> Ive never heard of them .. do you know of any links that has interesting
> stuff about them also?
> Viv
>