Atlantic Shark Institute Tags 50th Great White

Atlantic Shark Institute tags 50th great white

The Atlantic Shark Institute has now tagged 50 great white sharks off the coast of Rhode Island in an ongoing study that aims learn more about the species.

Atlantic Shark Institute tags its 50th great white shark

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Atlantic Shark Institute has announced a significant milestone, the tagging of its 50th great white shark. ASI Executive Director Jon Dodd said that their study of the great white began in Rhode Island in Massachusetts because of a lack of data on the animals in the region’s waters. The white shark most recently tagged was a juvenile, as are the majority of the ASI’s study subjects. The data collected from the taggi…

Atlantic Shark Institute Tags 50th Great White Shark in Rhode Island Waters

Newport Buzz Atlantic Shark Institute Tags 50th Great White Shark in Rhode Island Waters SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) has reached a major milestone in its ongoing study of white sharks off Rhode Island and Southern New England, tagging its 50th shark since the project began. The long-term study aims to better understand how white sharks use local waters in the Ocean State and beyond. “If someone had said we’d tag 50…