Just another week of data collecting for me, I haven't really noticed anything new. I've got about another week or so of collecting to do before we have our final presentations. I'm excited to put it all together with a couple of images and possible graphs to show off what I've learned. We're right at the beginning of mating season for sharks and the tags certainly show that for most of them.
Let's get to a question from Garth:
Let's get to a question from Garth:
Garth: Section 201 - Why do you think these sharks would be specifically spending time in certain locations. Could this relate to breeding or feeding grounds?
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| Blue Shark North Atlantic Circuit |
Sharks do generally mate in certain areas along with have their pups in others. Let's take Blue sharks for example, they generally mate around the New England area, then the female will conserve energy by taking the North Atlantic Gyre to Europe to have her pups.
Below here is a map of this past week of shark pings on the OCEARCH website. I've color coated them to show each species and you can see how the blue sharks are pretty close to the image above showing their circuit.
I hope I answered your question Garth! Thank you!
Fins and grins,
Carly
Garth: Section 201- You did indeed! I have another one for you Carly. Is there any known competition for (ownership) over known mating and pupping grounds between species? So,is there fighting between species for these specific locations or territories?
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