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Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia
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Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia
In May 2012, a satellite transmitter was attached to a subadult female white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) by OCEARCH as part of its shark expeditions in Gansbaai, a fishing town in Western Cape, South Africa. Twelve years and 37,178 kilometers (23,101 miles) later, a fisherman in Indonesia handed over the tag to Project Hiu, a local NGO. The tag belonged to a shark named Alisha, whose long journey had ended in 2016 in the longline gear of the …
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