Caroline Collatos

Water sprayed over the boat, soaking my clothes and some of the gear, but it wasn’t from a wave. The sandbar shark powerfully thrashed as I tried to wrangle it onto the boat for tagging and release. Alien abduction, it was probably thinking. And, honestly, it wouldn’t be wrong. At least it probably resembled an alien abduction in many ways. The shark, lured by what seemed like an easy meal, was pulled toward a bright light, poked, measured, and examined by strange beings.

The Shark and Ray Trust Family Touch Tank is under repair and currently closed. We apologize for any inconvenience. By New England Aquarium on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 By Edward Kim, Caroline Collatos, and Jeff Kneebone Another fall gone by, and a second season of false albacore acoustic tagging is officially in the books for Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life researchers.

Overall, the data from our tagged fish indicate that false albacore undergo extensive seasonal movements spanning the entire coast and provide evidence of a single connected population. While preliminary, this information aligns with ASGA’s work that points to one genetic group from Massachusetts to North Carolina. False albacore season has just arrived, and we’re in the process of gearing up for round two of tagging later this month.