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The Martha s Vineyard Times White sharks tracked with new tagging technology A new device allows researchers at the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy to tag sharks with tracking devices without having to capture and handle them. Courtesy Atlantic White Shark Co The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) recently implemented a new minimally invasive shark tagging technology that allows scientists to tag sharks with tracking devices without capturing and handling them, according to a press release. With tracking technology, called Smart Position or Temperature Transmitting (SPOT) tags, shark researchers can now use a Tag Attachment Device pole (TADpole) to insert the tracker into the shark’s fin, without having to capture the shark or disturb it. ....
Researchers tag free-swimming sharks off Cape Cod using minimally invasive device By Breanne Kovatch Globe Correspondent,Updated December 21, 2020, 5:56 p.m. Email to a Friend Gregory Skomal, a Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries shark scientist, used the tagging pole on Nov. 7.Courtesy of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Researchers and scientists were recently able to use fin-mounted location tracking tags on free-swimming sharks off of Cape Cod while using a device that allowed them to tag the sharks without capturing them , according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. âThis is the first time this type of tag was deployed on free-swimming sharks off of Cape Cod,â said Megan Winton, research scientist at AWSC. ....