Field Studies

    Title Start Year End Year Oceanic Region Type of tag Species Contact
    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
    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
    Pop-up archival satellite tagging of Carcharias taurus 2003 2008 Southwest Pacific Satellite GREY NURSE/ SAND TIGER SHARK / Carcharius taurus Nick Otway
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional GREY REEF SHARK / Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos John Stevens
    Gamefish Tagging Programme 1999 2011 Southwest Pacific Conventional BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK / Notorynchus cepedianus 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 AUSTRALIAN BLACKTIP SHARK / Carcharhinus tilstoni John Stevens
    Wet-season effects on the distribution of juvenile pigeye sharks 2008 2010 Southwest Pacific Sonic PIGEYE SHARK / Carcharhinus amboinensis Danielle Knip
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional BLACKTIP REEF SHARK / Carcharhinus melanopterus John Stevens
    Porbeagle Tracking Programme 2008 2011 Southwest Pacific Satellite PORBEAGLE SHARK / Lamna nasus Malcolm Francis
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional SPOTTAIL SHARK / Carcharhinus sorrah John Stevens
    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
    White Shark Tracking Programme 2005 2011 Southwest Pacific Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Malcolm Francis
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional HARDNOSE SHARK / Carcharhinus macloti John Stevens
    Habitat use and movement patterns of grey nurse sharks 2003 Southwest Pacific Archival GREY NURSE/ SAND TIGER SHARK / Carcharius taurus Barry Bruce
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional BLACKTIP SHARK / Carcharhinus limbatus John Stevens
    Habitat use and foraging behavior of tiger sharks 1997 2000 Southwest Pacific Sonic TIGER SHARK / Galeocerdo cuvier Michael Heithaus
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional MILK SHARK / Rhizoprionodon acutus John Stevens
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional SNAGGLETOOTH SHARK / Hemipristis elongatus John Stevens
    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
    Depth and movement behaviour of the Pacific sleeper shark in the north-east Pacific Ocean 2001 2002 Subarctic Pacific Satellite PACIFIC SLEEPER SHARK / Somniosus pacificus Lee Hulbert
    Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean 2002 2008 Subarctic Pacific Archival SALMON SHARK / Lamna ditropis Barbara Block
    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