Juvenile White Shark Tagging (IMAGE)

British Ecological Society

Juvenile White Shark Tagging

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John O'Sullivan of the Monterey Bay Aquarium (left) and Dr. Christopher Lowe of the California State University-Long Beach Shark Lab (right) prepare to release a tagged juvenile white shark in Southern California. Data from 37 sharks tagged since 2002 generated new insights into causes of mortality and mortality rates for juvenile white sharks in the Northeastern Pacific waters of California and Mexico.

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Kevin Weng, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

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