Field Studies

    Title Start Year End Year Oceanic Region Type of tag Species Contact
    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
    NMFS OTC tagging 1998 2009 California current Conventional PELAGIC THRESHER SHARK / Alopias pelagicus Suzanne Kohin
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional AUSTRALIAN SHARPNOSE SHARK / Rhizoprionodon taylori John Stevens
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2004 2005 Subtropical Convergence Conventional BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Russell Bradford
    Movements, recapture patterns, and factors affecting the return rate of carcharhinid and other sharks tagged off northern Australia 1983 1985 Southwest Pacific Conventional SICKLEFIN LEMON SHARK / Negaprion acutidens John Stevens
    Movement patterns of rig (Mustelus lenticulatus) tagged in southern New Zealand 1978 1986 Subtropical Convergence Conventional SPOTTED ESTUARY SMOOTH-HOUND / Mustelus lenticulatus Malcolm Francis
    NMFS OTC tagging 1998 2009 California current Conventional SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Suzanne Kohin
    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
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Heidi Dewar
    Evaluating post-release behaviour modification in large pelagic fish deployed with pop-up satellite archival tags 2002 2005 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias John Hoolihan
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2004 2010 South Central Pacific Satellite BULL SHARK / Carcharhinus leucas Juerg Brunnschweiler
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2005 2005 Subtropical Convergence Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Russell Bradford
    Satellite tagging of blue sharks 2004 2005 Southwest Pacific Satellite BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca John Stevens
    Pop-off satellite archival tags to chronicle the survival and movements of blue sharks following release from longline gear 2001 2002 North Central Pacific Satellite BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Michael Musyl
    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
    Evaluating post-release behaviour modification in large pelagic fish deployed with pop-up satellite archival tags 2005 2005 North Central Pacific Satellite SILKY SHARK / Carcharhinus falciformis John Hoolihan
    Satellite tagging of blue sharks 2004 2005 Southwest Pacific Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus John Stevens
    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
    Behavior and habitat preferences of silky sharks Eastern Tropical Pacific Satellite BIGEYE THRESHER SHARK / Alopias superciliosus Suzanne Kohin
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite HAMMERHEAD SHARKS NEI / Sphyrna spp. Heidi Dewar
    Evaluating post-release behaviour modification in large pelagic fish deployed with pop-up satellite archival tags 2004 2004 North Central Pacific Satellite OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK / Carcharhinus longimanus John Hoolihan
    Satellite tagging of blue sharks 2004 2005 Southwest Pacific Satellite COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus John Stevens
    Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks 2000 2008 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Salvador Jorgensen
    Connectivity of Tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier) andother large shark species in the South Pacific 2009 2009 Southwest Pacific Satellite TIGER SHARK / Galeocerdo cuvier Jonathan Werry