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 CREEK WHALER / Carcharhinus fitzroyensis John Stevens
    Satellite tagging of blue sharks 2004 2005 Southwest Pacific Satellite COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus John Stevens
    Results on movement of tiger, Galeocerdo cuvier, and other large shark species in Southern and Northern Province, New Caledonia 2009 2011 Southwest Pacific Sonic BULL SHARK / Carcharhinus leucas Jonathan Werry
    Gamefish Tagging Programme 1975 2011 Southwest Pacific Conventional SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus 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 SCALLOPED HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna lewini John Stevens
    Satellite tagging of blue sharks 2004 2005 Southwest Pacific Satellite BIGEYE THRESHER SHARK / Alopias superciliosus 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 GREAT HAMMERHEAD / Sphyrna mokarran John Stevens
    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 BLACKTIP REEF SHARK / Carcharhinus melanopterus 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
    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
    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