Field Studies

    Title Start Year End Year Oceanic Region Type of tag Species Contact
    Horizontal and Vertical Movements of the Shortfin Mako Shark 1989 1989 California current Sonic SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus David Holts
    White Shark Offshore Habitat: A Behavioral and Environmental Characterization 2002 2005 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Nicole Nasby-Lucas
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite HAMMERHEAD SHARKS NEI / Sphyrna spp. Heidi Dewar
    Juvenile White Shark Research Initiative 2002 2011 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Kevin Weng
    An acoustic tracking of a megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios: a crepuscular vertical migrator 1990 1990 California current Sonic MEGAMOUTH SHARK / Megachasma pelagios Donald Nelson (deceased)
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite PELAGIC THRESHER SHARK / Alopias pelagicus Heidi Dewar
    Untitled STAGIS Field Study 2005 2010 California current Conventional BROADNOSE SEVENGILL SHARK / Notorynchus cepedianus Manny Ezcurra
    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
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK / Carcharhinus longimanus Heidi Dewar
    CDFG/NMFS conventional tagging 1968 2011 California current Conventional BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Suzanne Kohin
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite SILKY SHARK / Carcharhinus falciformis Heidi Dewar
    NMFS/TOPP shark tagging 2002 2011 California current Satellite BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Heidi Dewar
    Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus 2005 2007 California current Sonic COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Daniel Cartamil
    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
    CDFG/NMFS conventional tagging 1968 2011 California current Conventional SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Suzanne Kohin
    Space Utilization and Swimming Depth of White Sharks 1999 1999 California current Sonic GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Kenneth Goldman
    NMFS and collaborators mortality studies 2007 2011 California current Satellite BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Suzanne Kohin
    Diel movement patterns and habitat preferences of the common thresher shark 2005 2005 California current Sonic COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Daniel Cartamil
    Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks 2000 2008 California current Satellite GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Salvador Jorgensen
    CDFG/NMFS conventional tagging 1968 2011 California current Conventional COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Suzanne Kohin
    Archival tagging of subadult and adult common thresher sharks 2004 2005 California current Archival COMMON THRESHER SHARK / Alopias vulpinus Daniel Cartamil
    Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks 2006 2008 California current Sonic GREAT WHITE SHARK / Carcharodon carcharias Salvador Jorgensen
    CDFG/NMFS conventional tagging 1968 2011 California current Conventional OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK / Carcharhinus longimanus Suzanne Kohin
    Predatory interactions and niche overlap between Mako Shark and Jumbo Squid 2004 2006 California current Satellite SHORTFIN MAKO / Isurus oxyrhinchus Russ Vetter
    Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean 2004 2008 California current Satellite BLUE SHARK / Prionace glauca Barbara Block