The preservation of sharks, which has been of utmost importance in regards to the marine ecosystem as a whole due to their recently declining populations, has recently been aided by the development of new satellite tracking technologies. Acquiring policy-accommodating material puts pressure on marine researchers to better understand the habits and migratory patterns of threatened […]
New satellite tracking tags tested on tiger sharks
New satellite tracking technology developed by the European Space Agency for the study of sharks are now being tested on four tiger sharks that were caught and tagged in the Dutch Caribbean. The new satellite tags, which records pressure—indicating the depth of the shark—temperature, light level and tilt to enable three-dimensional mapping, is smaller and […]