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Explore the Depths: Hudson Canyon Live! From Sept. 14 to 26, 2025, coral scientists, ecologists, and ocean explorers will embark on a two-week expedition to investigate the canyon's rich and under-explored ecosystems. Using the remotely ope...

NOAA research cruise and ROV live streams from the depths of Hudson Canyon this week. 🦑 🐟

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Why You Can’t Count On Seeing Sharks From The Air In New York Sharks in New York waters spend very little time near the surface, and even when they do, murky water and waves make them hard to spot from the air.

Thanks @melissacmarquez.bsky.social !

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Are Gulf sharks really an ‘overwhelming problem’? It’s complicated, experts say Scientists are using everything from angler surveys to videos to DNA testing to study shark populations in the Gulf.

Are Gulf sharks really an ‘overwhelming problem’? It’s complicated, experts say ca.news.yahoo.com/gulf-sharks-...

We have some great keynote speakers lined up for our Conference on the 29-30th at ATU.

Remember that you can register on-site or attend virtually: www.baskingshark.ie/conference2025

Underwater photo of a boring shark with its mouth open. PC: T. Curtis

I somehow accidentally got a not-so-boring image of the most boring shark in the world: the sandbar shark. 🦈 🐟
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Tagged sand tiger. PC: T. Curtis.

Another beefy sand tiger shark tagged with a @lotektelemetry.bsky.social PSAT to study their habitat use in New York waters! @fishguyphotos.bsky.social

#SOFOsharks 🦈 🐟🦑

Looks like they’re targeting blue mussel beds. Way more abundant.

Conference | The Irish Basking Shark Group Please join us for the International Conference on Basking Sharks in Galway August 29-31st.

One month to go until the International Conference on Basking Sharks at ATU in Galway, Ireland! If you haven’t registered but want to attend, you can register on the day. Check out the conference page on our website for details: www.baskingshark.ie/conference2025

Aerial photo of a large school of cownose rays. PC: FishGuyPhotos

Hide your bay scallops! Cownose rays have invaded Shinnecock Bay! 🐟 PC: @fishguyphotos.bsky.social

One of the more poignant and under appreciated moments in Jaws is when the privileged politician finally decides to do the right thing because he was suddenly personally affected. #Jaws50

Photo of a sand tiger shark being caught on rod and reel.

A feisty sand tiger shark about to be tagged and released by the #SOFOsharks team off New York! Just one of 5 different species already tagged this season. 🦈 🦑

Shark depredation: future directions in research and management - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Shark depredation is a complex social-ecological issue that affects a range of fisheries worldwide. Increasing concern about the impacts of shark depredation, and how it intersects with the broader co...

Drymon at #AES25 #JMIH25 asks what have we learned about shark depredation in the last ten years?

Referenced this paper, with several coauthors here today

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Integrating diverse marine predator data for robust species distribution models in a dynamic ocean Abstract. Species distribution models (SDMs) are an important tool for marine conservation and management, yet guidance on leveraging diverse data to build

NEW PAPER: Pooled, ensemble, or integrated? Examining tradeoffs in blue shark SDMs. Led by @sdsuresearch.bsky.social and @whoi.edu. 🦈 🧪 🌎

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The disputed paper was Myers, et al.'s 2007 paper

Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean

Here is the 2015 Grubbs et al paper explaining why some of the trophic Cascade claims in the Meyers paper are wrong

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Taking my kids swimming with feeding whale sharks last week was definitely a top Proud Dad moment. The conditions off Isla Mujeres, Mexico were excellent. Sticking our heads in the sand for a few days was also therapeutic.

These scientists will be posting from the upcoming Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists #JMIH25 #AES25 ! Give them a follow, and let me know if I should add you!

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Underwater photo of a whale shark

Underwater photo of a snorkeler and a whale shark

This week I was excited to introduce my kids to whale sharks! We visited an aggregation site off Isla Mujeres, Mexico, where we got up close and personal while following responsible guidelines. Hoping this gets them hooked on more shark adventures in the future! #WhaleShark 🦈

YouTube video by Fish Guy Photos Juvenile White Shark in the Hamptons

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Underwater photo of a small white shark

It’s baby white shark season off Long Island, New York! This little one, less than 5 feet long, was photographed yesterday off Southampton. PC: C. Paparo, FishGuyPhotos. #SOFOsharks #WhiteShark

“Whale sharks are still apex predators. It’s just a very short food chain.” —Rachel Graham @maralliance.bsky.social

Proud to share that my second dissertation chapter is now published in Oecologia! Great hammerheads often eat other elasmobranchs, which suggests there must be some kind of advantage to going after big prey instead of smaller fish. (1/4)🦑🧪🌊🐟

Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ Shark Science Is Still Surfacing

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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences social card to promote call for papers on new collection 'Fish telemetry to address management and conservation' with image of boat and fish underwater.

Now open for submissions! A new @cjfas.bsky.social collection on the use of telemetry to support freshwater and marine conservation. This includes work from @icft2025.bsky.social and beyond! Submit by Sept 30, 2025 ▶️ buff.ly/SfcYJZN

Geek Talks lecture series delivers a decade of community - Riverhead News Review When Chris Paparo, owner of Fish Guy Photos, started the lecture series that would become Geek Talks, his plan was simple.

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Bad Hat Harry = Bunsen. I like Scooter for Hooper.

New Paper: Another collaborative multi-species shark tracking effort predicts delays in southerly migration timing under warming oceans. 🦈 🐟🧪

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Fun evening @museumofscience.bsky.social with photographer, Keith Ellenbogen, and the OmniMAX premiere of his documentary on marine life in the Gulf of Maine!

Sharks aren’t the only thing that SOFO is tracking!

White Sharks’ Return a Good Sign | The East Hampton Star A certain New York City tabloid did its best to sensationalize drone footage captured this month depicting a great white shark a few hundred feet off the Montauk shoreline, but the sighting is neither...

#SOFOsharks

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