Field Studies

    Title Start Year End Year Oceanic Region Type of tag Species Contact
    Gamefish Tagging Programme 2001 2011 Subtropical Convergence Conventional PORBEAGLE SHARK / Lamna nasus John Holdsworth
    Porbeagle Tracking Programme 2008 2011 Southwest Pacific Satellite PORBEAGLE SHARK / Lamna nasus Malcolm Francis
    Validation of geolocation estimates based on light level and sea surface temperature from electronic tags 2002 2002 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Steve Teo
    Satellite Tagging and Cardiac Physiology Reveal Niche Expansion in Salmon Sharks 2002 2005 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Kevin Weng
    Migration of an upper trophic level predator, the salmon shark between distant ecoregions 2002 2006 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Kevin Weng
    Salmon Shark, Lamna ditropis, Movements, Diet, and Abundance in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean and Prince William Sound, Alaska 1999 2002 Subarctic Pacific Conventional SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Lee Hulbert
    foraging movements and migratory patterns of Salmon Shark 1999 2002 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Lee Hulbert
    Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean 2002 2008 Subarctic Pacific Archival SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Barbara Block
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional SANDBAR SHARK / Carcharhinus plumbeus John Stevens
    Site fidelity and movements of sharks associated with ocean-farming cages in Hawaii 2006 2009 North Central Pacific Sonic SANDBAR SHARK / Carcharhinus plumbeus Yannis Papastamatiou
    Habitat use, growth rates and dispersal patterns of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini in a nursery habitat 2000 2002 North Central Pacific Conventional SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Kanesa Duncan
    Diel movement patterns of the scalloped hammerhead shark 1981 1988 California current Sonic SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Peter Klimley
    Movements and distribution of Hammerhead Sharks Pups on their natal grounds 1990 1990 North Central Pacific Sonic SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Kim Holland
    Behavior and habitat preferences of silky sharks Eastern Tropical Pacific Satellite SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Suzanne Kohin
    Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini, utilizes deep-water, hypoxic zone in the Gulf of California 2004 2004 California current Satellite SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Salvador Jorgensen
    Residency of the scalloped hammerhead shark 2006 2009 Eastern Tropical Pacific Sonic SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Sandra Bessudo
    Hammerhead shark movements around Wolf Island, Galapagos Marine Reserve 2007 2008 Eastern Tropical Pacific Sonic SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini Alex Hearn
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini John Stevens
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 1997 2008 Subtropical Convergence Archival SCHOOL SHARK / Galeorhinus galeus Russell Bradford
    Archival Tagging Of School Shark, Galeorhinus Galeus, in Australia 1997 2001 Subtropical Convergence Archival SCHOOL SHARK / Galeorhinus galeus Grant West
    Estimation of instantaneous rates of tag shedding 1993 1997 Subtropical Convergence Conventional SCHOOL SHARK / Galeorhinus galeus Yongshun Xiao
    Movements of the New Zealand school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, from tag returns 1985 1997 Subtropical Convergence Conventional SCHOOL SHARK / Galeorhinus galeus Rosemary Hurst
    Predatory interactions and niche overlap between Mako Shark and Jumbo Squid 2004 2006 California current Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Russ Vetter
    Movements and swimming behavior of three species of sharks in La Jolla Canyon, California 1997 1997 California current Sonic SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Peter Klimley
    Movement patterns, depth preferences, and stomach temperatures of free-swimming juvenile mako sharks 2002 2002 California current Sonic SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Chugey Sepulveda