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Article: Monterey Bay Aquarium Tags, Releases Great White Shark After 4 1/2 Months on Exhibit.
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- January 16, 2007
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MONTEREY, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A young male white shark on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since September was tagged and returned to the wild shortly after sunrise today -- the second time in two years that the aquarium has exhibited a white shark and then returned it to the wild.
Like a female shark released two years ago, the white shark was "a powerful emissary for ocean conservation," said aquarium Executive Director Julie Packard.
Aquarium staff released the shark from a ship in Monterey Bay after attaching an electronic data tag that for 90 days will document where the shark travels, how deep it dives and the water ...