CURRENT PROJECT: WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK STUDY
OCEARCH is on a mission to solve the Global White Shark Puzzle. There are nine populations of white sharks across the globe and OCEARCH’s goal is to assist regional scientists to better understand the life of the white shark in each of these populations.
Over the past decade OCEARCH has been studying the western North Atlantic white shark population, whose range extends from Atlantic Canada to the east of the United States and into the Gulf of Mexico. After sampling, tagging and releasing nearly 100 sharks, and collecting data for up to 25 research projects on every animal studied in this region, OCEARCH has almost successfully solved the life history puzzle of this white shark population.