MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries White Shark Research Program

MATOS Project Code: MSRPWS

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: August 2010 - on-going

Project Description: Over the past decade, the coastal waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, have emerged as the only known aggregation site for the white shark in the western North Atlantic. To study the habitat use and movements of this species, our Shark Program has tagged more than 250 individual white sharks off the eastern coast of Cape Cod since 2010.

Principal Investigator:	Gregory Skomal (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries)
Email:	Gregory.Skomal@mass.gov

Point of Contact:	Gregory Skomal
Email:	Gregory.Skomal@mass.gov

Collaborators:

Megan Winton (Atlantic White Shark Conservancy)

External URL: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/shark-movement-and-habitat

Massachusetts White Shark Research Program