UH Researchers Tag More Tiger Sharks for Online Tracking
From Maui Now:
A total of 14 tiger sharks are now being tracked via satellite transmitters as researchers round out phase two of a project to observe their movement in Maui waters.
The study comes following an “uptick in the number of shark attacks reported on Maui,” including two fatalities last year, according to information released today by the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Read more.
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