|
|
Article: Monterey Bay Aquarium Tags, Releases its Second White Shark
- Article from:
- Sea Technology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Compass Publications, Inc. Feb 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
A young male white shark on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since September was tagged and returned to the wild last month.
This marks the second time in two years that the aquarium has exhibited a white shark and then returned it to the wild.
Aquarium staff released the shark from a boat in Monterey Bay after attaching an electronic data tag that will track its movements for the next 90 days.
Information documenting where the shark traveled, how deep it dove and the water temperatures that it favored will be relayed to scientists via satellite when the tag pops free in approximately mid-April.
The shark had grown from an initial length of five feet eight inches and 103 pounds when it ...