MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Maine White Shark Monitoring Program

MATOS Project Code: NGOMWS

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: August 2020 - on-going

Project Description: The Maine Department of Marine Resources, in cooperation with DMF, AWSC, and additional collaborators is working to monitor white shark populations in and around the coastal and near-shore state waters.

Objectives:

Provide information to collaborators
Learn migratory patterns
Learn habitat use
Improve public safety

Principal Investigator:	Matthew Davis (Maine Department of Marine Resources)
Email:	Matthew.M.Davis@Maine.gov

Point of Contact:	Matthew Davis
Email:	Matthew.M.Davis@Maine.gov

Collaborators:

James Sulikowski (Arizona State University)
Megan Winton (AWSC)
Cynthia Wigren (AWSC)
John Chisholm (New England Aquarium)
Greg Skomal (Mass. DMF)
Carl Wilson (Maine DMR)
Erin Summers (Maine DMR)

Participating Organizations:

Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries