URI Researchers Use Tracking Data to Better Inform Mako Shark Management
March 04, 2021
March 04, 2021
NARRAGANSETT, Rhode Island, March 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
University of Rhode Island shark expert Brad Wetherbee has been tagging mako sharks up and down the East Coast for nearly 20 years and tracking their migratory movements around the North Atlantic. That data is now proving useful in a study aimed at improving the management of this imperiled species.
Mako sharks are among the fastest fish in the ocean, and they trave . . .
University of Rhode Island shark expert Brad Wetherbee has been tagging mako sharks up and down the East Coast for nearly 20 years and tracking their migratory movements around the North Atlantic. That data is now proving useful in a study aimed at improving the management of this imperiled species.
Mako sharks are among the fastest fish in the ocean, and they trave . . .