September 15, 2020: White Shark
Image courtesy of the Voyage to the White Shark Cafe 2018. Download larger version (jpg, 382 KB).
In 2018, the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research’s Dr. Amanda Netburn joined a multidisciplinary team of oceanographers, marine ecologists, and molecular biologists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Research Vessel Falkor on a journey to an open patch in the Pacific Ocean known as the “White Shark Café” to study one of the most iconic predators in the ocean: The white shark.
By learning more about the role the White Shark Café plays in these animals’ life histories, the expedition team is hoping to deliver information fundamental to making decisions to best protect white sharks in the high seas. Tom Johnson, pictured here, was one of the tagged sharks the team followed during the expedition. He is the oldest and longest studied white shark in the world.
From: Voyage to the White Shark Café.