Mar 2, 2016 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The first whale shark was tagged in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti, 2006. Two more followed in 2011. The Argos system allowed the association to track one of the whale shark until island of Socotra. While the other went up the Red Sea to face the coast of Yemen, where...
Dec 8, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Climate change will impact fishes in complex ways, from high-energy-demand species such as yellowfin tuna, to more sedentary animals such as tilapia. While the ability to predict these impacts is essential to adapting to climate-change, our current understanding of...
Sep 8, 2015 | Fish, Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Basking sharks are prevalent in the North Atlantic waters, off the coast of Scotland. While it is rarer to spot a basking shark in the Irish Sea, sightings have been reported off the Isle of Man. This is why a new partnership between Sea Life...
Jul 6, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Tiger sharks, an IUCN ‘near-threatened’ species, are widely believed to be a coastal species. But in an article published in Scientific Reports on June 9th, 2015, scientists James Lea and Brad Wetherbee, Ph.D., of Nova Southeastern University’s Guy Harvey Research...
May 19, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Mary Lee has recently attracted a lot of attention on social media through her @MaryLeeShark Twitter account. This 3.500 pound white shark was tagged two years ago by Gregory Skomal, Senior fisheries biologist with Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, with an Argos...
Apr 28, 2015 | Fish, News, Wildlife Monitoring
The project is implemented for a period of 2 years by the MIA – Mediterranean Association of Producers Organisations – as part of development actions and support of French Mediterranean fisheries, with the support of the France Fishing industry (FFP), the...
