Great Whites off Jacksonville!!!!

[Robert D.]

Well now it is proof that great whites do congrigate off of the Jacksonville coast. check out the map of their migration.

February 13, 2010
The second of five satellite tags attached to great white sharks off Chatham last summer has surfaced off Jacksonville, Fla., according to Lisa Capone, a spokeswoman at the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The five tags are programmed to release from the sharks at intervals between five and 10 months after they were attached. Capone said the latest one popped to the surface on Feb. 4, within 30 miles of the first tag, which was located on Jan. 15 about 50 miles east of Jacksonville. The last tag is expected to release in May, she said.

Each tag is worth thousands of dollars. They were attached to the sharks using a harpoon in September.

Greg Skomal, a senior biologist with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, is conducting the shark study. Tuna fisherman Bill Chaprales of Marstons Mills tagged the sharks using his boat and a harpoon.

The tag records water temperature, depth, sunlight and other data to help scientists trace the movements of a shark over the months since it was tagged. When the instrument surfaces, it begins transmitting data to a satellite and takes three days to upload its information.

Capone said Skomal and his team could release information from both sharks by the end of the month.

DOUG FRASER

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[SpearMax]

Originally Posted by Robert D.

Well now it is proof that great whites do congrigate off of the Jacksonville coast. check out the map of their migration.

February 13, 2010
The second of five satellite tags attached to great white sharks off Chatham last summer has surfaced off Jacksonville, Fla., according to Lisa Capone, a spokeswoman at the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The five tags are programmed to release from the sharks at intervals between five and 10 months after they were attached. Capone said the latest one popped to the surface on Feb. 4, within 30 miles of the first tag, which was located on Jan. 15 about 50 miles east of Jacksonville. The last tag is expected to release in May, she said.

Each tag is worth thousands of dollars. They were attached to the sharks using a harpoon in September.

Greg Skomal, a senior biologist with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, is conducting the shark study. Tuna fisherman Bill Chaprales of Marstons Mills tagged the sharks using his boat and a harpoon.

The tag records water temperature, depth, sunlight and other data to help scientists trace the movements of a shark over the months since it was tagged. When the instrument surfaces, it begins transmitting data to a satellite and takes three days to upload its information.

Capone said Skomal and his team could release information from both sharks by the end of the month.

DOUG FRASER

Media Group, a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group. All Rights Reserved.

Interesting Robert!

My buddies saw one while spearing off Jupiter a few years ago. Scared the heck out of them.

[donkeys4hire]

As if we didn't have enough sharks here to keep in mind. Now we add white shatks to the list.

Originally Posted by SpearMax

Interesting Robert!

My buddies saw one while spearing off Jupiter a few years ago. Scared the heck out of them.

[sacha58]

MMMMHHHHHH Fresh water fly fishing is suddenly starting to sound interesting

[DANM]

Originally Posted by sacha58

MMMMHHHHHH Fresh water fly fishing is suddenly starting to sound interesting

now that's just funny

[Captain Eggwash]

Well, this will at least give us a reason to burn our gas offshore. Since we cant shoot any snapper or grouper, we can just start hunting shark tags.

[pirate_diver]

They are popping up way offshore for the most part. My advisor was interviewed by a local news station in Jax. They ended up mis quoting him, but this is just further confirmation of older science, that most researchers already accepted. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Edit: Here's the link to the news article. http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content...pp-DMWbeQ.cspx From what my advisor told me, they want to do a follow up and come out on the boat when we sample.

Please not the single post in the comments section on the internet write-up. That is the correction my advisor made on the mis-quote.