The tags used advanced technology to collect
data on the sharks’ movements, allowing scientists
to track the sharks beyond the feeding site and
record the temperatures and depths of the places
the animals traveled. These tags released from the
sharks anywhere from two to 190 days later, floated
to the surface and sent data to the Mote scientists
via satellite.
moved from the Yucatan Peninsula to other parts
of the Gulf of Mexico, and at least three satellitetagged sharks visited waters off Cuba.
When the project started, the researchers had no
idea what they would find. In fact, Mote researchers
had been studying blacktip sharks off Mexico’s
Holbox Island since 1995, never knowi