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New study finds global reef shark conservation depends on a combination of protected areas and national fisheries management

May 20, 2024 | Kaitlyn Fusco

SARASOTA, Fla (May 21, 2024) – Marine protected areas (MPAs), areas that provide legal protection to important marine and coastal ecosystems, often have more reef sharks compared to non-protected areas, but according to a new study in Nature Ecology and Evolution by researchers of Curtin University,...

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Global threat to sharks highlighted in Nature paper co-authored by Mote scientists

July 30, 2019 | Hayley Rutger

A new study in the prestigious, peer-reviewed, scientific journal Nature reveals that major high seas fishing activities overlap significantly with important shark hotspots worldwide. Study partners point out that North Atlantic blue sharks and shortfin mako – the fastest shark in the sea – have...

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Expedition New York – Learning more about white shark nurseries

August 08, 2017 | mote

Mote Marine Laboratory scientists have joined the latest OCEARCH expedition to study great white sharks off New York, with the hope of encountering juvenile sharks to better understand the lives of these important top predators. In 2016, OCEARCH and a team of participating scientists tagged nine young-of-the-year...

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Great white sharks off Nantucket in the scientific spotlight

September 20, 2016 | Hayley Rutger

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...

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