First-ever Mediterranean mako shortfin shark tagged for conservation
Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the ...
Young Mako Shark Travels 750 Miles, Offering Hope For Conservation Efforts
Virginia Tech researchers tagged the first mako shark in the Mediterranean, uncovering key movement data critical for ...
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Can the Ocean’s Fastest Shark Outswim Our Appetite for It?
The first mako Grey got on the line ... you have to know one of the first things you learn when you’re fishing for makos: They share territory with blue sharks. The two species are kind of ...
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Researchers tag first Mediterranean shortfin mako shark
This research by Virginia Tech documents the first-ever satellite tracking of a critically endangered shortfin mako shark in ...
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A 255-lb ‘apex predator’ mako shark is lingering off NC’s Outer Banks
A 255-pound mako shark that is nearly 7-feet long has spent the past week off the North Carolina coast, prowling along the Outer Banks. Makos are defined as apex predators and can get up to 1,000 ...