Field Studies

    Title Start Year End Year Oceanic Region Type of tag Species Contact
    Gamefish Tagging Programme 2001 2011 Southwest Pacific Conventional THRESHER SHARKS NEI / Alopias spp. John Holdsworth
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional WINGHEAD SHARK / Eusphyra blochii John Stevens
    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
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2005 2010 Subtropical Convergence Conventional LITTLE GULPER SHARK / Centrophorus uyato Russell Bradford
    NMFS OTC tagging 1998 2009 California current Conventional PELAGIC THRESHER SHARK / Alopias pelagicus Suzanne Kohin
    Gamefish Tagging Programme 1991 2011 Southwest Pacific Conventional BRONZE WHALER SHARK / Carcharhinus brachyurus John Holdsworth
    Validated age and growth of the dusky shark 1994 1998 Southwest Pacific Conventional DUSKY SHARK / Carcharhinus obscurus Colin Simpfendorfer
    Large-scale tropical movements and diving behavior of white sharks 2005 2005 Subtropical Convergence Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Ramon Bonfil
    Movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in South-east Asian waters as determined by satellite telemetry 1997 1997 North Central Pacific Satellite WHALE SHARK / Rhincodon typus Scott Eckert
    Diel vertical migration of the bigeye thresher shark 2003 2003 North Central Pacific Satellite BIGEYE THRESHER SHARK / Alopias superciliosus Kevin Weng
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2008 2008 Subtropical Convergence Satellite LONGCOMB SAWFISH / Pristis zijsron Russell Bradford
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2007 2011 California current Satellite COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Diego Bernal
    Expanded niche for white sharks 1999 2000 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Andre Boustany
    Telemetry and satellite tracking of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, and the north Pacific Ocean 1993 1996 California current Satellite WHALE SHARK / Rhincodon typus Scott Eckert
    Satellite Tagging and Cardiac Physiology Reveal Niche Expansion in Salmon Sharks 2002 2005 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Kevin Weng
    A multiple instrument approach to quantifying the movement patterns and habitat use of tiger and Galapagos sharks at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii 2006 2009 North Central Pacific Satellite TIGER SHARK / Galeocerdo cuvier Carl Meyer
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Heidi Dewar
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2005 2005 Subtropical Convergence Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Russell Bradford
    catch-and-release survivorship and stress-induced blood biochemistry of common thresher sharks 2007 2009 California current Satellite COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Suzanne Kohin
    Migration of an upper trophic level predator, the salmon shark between distant ecoregions 2002 2006 Subarctic Pacific Satellite SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Kevin Weng
    A multiple instrument approach to quantifying the movement patterns and habitat use of tiger and Galapagos sharks at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii 2006 2007 North Central Pacific Satellite GALAPAGOS SHARK / Carcharhinus galapagensis Carl Meyer
    Behavior and habitat preferences of silky sharks Eastern Tropical Pacific Satellite SILKY SHARK / Carcharhinus falciformis Suzanne Kohin
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Heidi Dewar
    Porbeagle Tracking Programme 2008 2011 Southwest Pacific Satellite PORBEAGLE SHARK / Lamna nasus Malcolm Francis
    Behavior and habitat preferences of silky sharks Eastern Tropical Pacific Satellite BIGEYE THRESHER SHARK / Alopias superciliosus Suzanne Kohin