Transcript: Interview: John O'Sullivan discusses the release of a great white shark back to the wild from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
08-06-2003
Interview: John O'Sullivan discusses the release of a great white shark back to the wild from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

California scientists have given up their effort to keep a great white shark in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's extremely rare to find a great white in captivity, so scientists were hoping to study this young female shark after it was caught in a commercial fishing net and placed in a pen of ocean water. But the aquarium had to let this one go. To find out why, our own Renee Montagne called John O'Sullivan, the aquarium's curator of field operations.

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