MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: ASI - Studying Spinner Sharks in southern New England waters.

MATOS Project Code: ASISPINNER

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: July 2022 - on-going

Project Description: The Atlantic Shark Institute and the Elasmobranch Research Laboratory at Florida Atlantic University are collaborating to study the migration of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) between the southern waters of Florida and southern New England. For over a decade, Dr. Stephen Kajiura has tagged blacktips and tracked their northward migration. This leg of the blacktips’ journey is well documented, but their return trip to southern waters is not. Now researchers are undertaking a tagging effort to equip blacktips in New England and Long Island waters with both acoustic and fin-mounted satellite transmitters. This will document this coastal species’ southern journey to better understand an annual roundtrip migration that spans the waters of nine states. This is a three-year study that will likely be extended and expanded as the project objectives are achieved.

Principal Investigator:	Jon Dodd (Mid - Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System)
Email:	jonfdodd@gmail.com

Point of Contact:	Jon Dodd
Email:	jonfdodd@gmail.com

Collaborators:

Stephen Kajiura (FAU)
Greg Skomal (MA DMF)
Michelle Passeroti (NOAA)
Cami McCandless (NOAA)
Conor McManus (RI DEM)

External URL: www.atlanticsharkinstitute.org

ASI Spinner Shark Study