GPS World, August 2015
NATURAL RESOURCES Tracking A SPOT TRACKER top and an accelerometer are attached to Mary Lees dorsal fin OCEARCHS Global Shark Tracker app according to OCEARCH SPOT tags are designed to function in salt water The tag is mounted on a sharks dorsal fin and provides location data when a sharks fin breaks the surface for at least 90 seconds The five year battery life of the trackers has helped scientists decipher the sharks three year migratory loops After that time the sharks tend to shed the trackers We just borrow that access for five years to solve the puzzle and collect the data Fischer said The data from OCEARCH has revealed that sharks come right to shore into the breakwater more often than most people thought Also their range is much bigger than expected with some juvenile sharks discovered migrating all the way from Cape Cod to New Orleans THIS HYDRAULIC LIFT allows scientists to pull in and tag a live mature shark in this case Mary Lee GREAT WHITE SHARK Katherine spotted by plane before being captured and tagged RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS are conducted worldwide aboard the M V OCEARCH which serves as both a mothership and at sea laboratory GPS World August 2015 www gpsworld com 30
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