Sharks are some of the most widely travelled ocean inhabitants 🦈
Today is world migratory fish day, so I thought I would shine a spotlight on some of the incredible journeys that tagged sharks have made.
'Nicole' the great white shark, (named after Nicole Kidman) was tagged off Gansbaai in South Africa and travelled all the way to Western Australia in 99 days. An incredible journey of 6,897 miles before showing up in the Gulf of Exmouth. This is an incredible journey in itself, but even more impressive was that Nicole made her way back to South Africa in just under 9 months from when she first set off. Recognised by researchers through dorsal ID. 🇿🇦
I get asked a lot over the summer about where our basking sharks go over winter and tagging studies have shown us some answers to this mysterious sharks life. Two sharks were tagged off the Isle of Man by researchers and one crossed the Atlantic to Newfoundland in Canada. This transatlantic migration took 82 days and a huge 9,589km! 🇬🇧
'Anne' the whale shark also made a huge journey of over 20,000km from the coast of Panama across the Pacific to the Marianas Trench over 841 days! 🌊
Another reason why global protection of our seas is essential 👌
Speaking of journeys after a very uncertain week I'm about to embark on a transatlantic crossing of my own! See you on the other side 👋
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