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OCEARCH EXPEDITION WITH FLORIDA SCIENTIFIC LEADER AIMS TO BUILD UPON SERIES OF SHARK-TAGGING SUCCESSES Today OCEARCH and its collaborating scientists launched a three-week expedition to tag mature great white sharks off Nantucket, Massachusetts. They aim to build upon results from now-famous sharks...
As you enjoy recreational fishing this summer, please remember to handle and release protected fish species with care to help them recover and survive. One adult male and three adult female great hammerhead sharks – a protected species in Florida – washed ashore dead in late June through July...
Fitbit-like sensors are the best tools for monitoring whether sharks survive catch-and-release fishing — essential data for fisheries management — according to a peer-reviewed study published today, June 23, by scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory. The study, published online in the scientific...
Please note: The shark-research expedition aboard the M/V OCEARCH that was scheduled to launch this month in the Gulf of Mexico with a Mote Marine Laboratory scientist on board has been postponed because of bad weather. We will provide more information when the expedition resumes in early November. A...
FROM LEFT: MOTE SCIENTISTS DR. ROBERT HUETER AND DR. KIM RITCHIE, AND CUBAN SCIENTISTS ALEXEI RUIZ ABIERNO OF UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA AND DR. FABIÁN PINA AMARGÓS OF CUBA’S CENTER FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH RIDE THROUGH A MANGROVE CHANNEL DURING THE FEBRUARY 2015 EXPEDITION TO STUDY SHARKS AND...
A great white shark nicknamed “Betsy” and tagged for research off Cape Cod was swimming about 63 miles off Boca Grande, Fla., as of Friday, April 25. The female shark was tagged by a team led by OCEARCH and including scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
Kids around the world can watch “Sharks Alive!” – a free webcast by Mote Marine Laboratory via Google Hangouts and Youtube from 10 – 10:25 a.m. EST on Earth Day, April 22. “Sharks Alive!” will focus on shark research at Mote Marine Laboratory — home to the nation’s only Center for...