Sharks Pacific
@sharkspacific.bsky.social
Protecting sharks and working with the people and places they depend on.
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Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are more than just apex predators — they’re vital storytellers of the Pacific.
Because they can swim vast distances along coastlines and even across the Pacific, tiger sharks also help us uncover how marine life connects across island nations and ocean corridors.
Because they can swim vast distances along coastlines and even across the Pacific, tiger sharks also help us uncover how marine life connects across island nations and ocean corridors.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) are more than just apex predators — they’re vital storytellers of the Pacific.
Because they can swim vast distances along coastlines and even across the Pacific, tiger sharks also help us uncover how marine life connects across island nations and ocean corridors.
Because they can swim vast distances along coastlines and even across the Pacific, tiger sharks also help us uncover how marine life connects across island nations and ocean corridors.
We removed some tangled shark fishing gear with j hooks (a no-no) that was wrapped in one of Niue’s FADs. This likely drifted from the open ocean as the Niuean fishers didn’t recognize the gear and use circle hooks (safer for sharks) to fish for tunas.
#niue #expeditionniue #sharks #pacific
#niue #expeditionniue #sharks #pacific
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We removed some tangled shark fishing gear with j hooks (a no-no) that was wrapped in one of Niue’s FADs. This likely drifted from the open ocean as the Niuean fishers didn’t recognize the gear and use circle hooks (safer for sharks) to fish for tunas.
#niue #expeditionniue #sharks #pacific
#niue #expeditionniue #sharks #pacific
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ICYMI: My interview with scientists who studied the physics of how thresher sharks whip their tails fast enough to cause an underwater shock wave
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Here’s how thresher sharks whip their tails back and forth
A new study breaks down the biomechanics of one of the marine world’s most unusual hunting behaviors. Thresher sharks have one of the strangest body plans of any fish, with almost half their body c…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICYMI: My interview with scientists who studied the physics of how thresher sharks whip their tails fast enough to cause an underwater shock wave
www.southernfriedscience.com/heres-how-th...
www.southernfriedscience.com/heres-how-th...
The first tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) ever tagged in the Cook Islands was released off Aitutaki. We’re still waiting for her tag to pop off and reveal her journey.
October 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The first tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) ever tagged in the Cook Islands was released off Aitutaki. We’re still waiting for her tag to pop off and reveal her journey.
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The Bold Efforts To Make Tuna Fishing Safer For Sharks, Rays And Oceans
The Bold Efforts To Make Tuna Fishing Safer For Sharks, Rays And Oceans
TUNACONS is redefining sustainable tuna fishing in the Eastern Pacific by combining advanced technology, rigorous observer programs, and innovative conservation practices, protecting species like…
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October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Bold Efforts To Make Tuna Fishing Safer For Sharks, Rays And Oceans
We tagged it, so what? Tags reveal where sharks travel and when, giving us a glimpse into their secret lives. These insights guide better protections (and make cool squiggly lines on maps). We are so close to funding the next tag. Let’s goooo! Invite your friends!
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We tagged it, so what? Tags reveal where sharks travel and when, giving us a glimpse into their secret lives. These insights guide better protections (and make cool squiggly lines on maps). We are so close to funding the next tag. Let’s goooo! Invite your friends!
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
How do we tag sharks? Our team uses standardized, ethical methods to attach satellite tags that transmit movement data. You fund the tags and we’ll fund the time to deploy them. Join our Sharktober Tag Team!
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
How do we tag sharks? Our team uses standardized, ethical methods to attach satellite tags that transmit movement data. You fund the tags and we’ll fund the time to deploy them. Join our Sharktober Tag Team!
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
sharkspacific.org?give=G2EXWJD6
Tag, you’re it! For this month, (Sharktober, of course), the Sharks Pacific Tag Team will donate to fund satellite tags to study shark movements in the Pacific Islands. Donors receive Tag Team swag, tracking access, and entry into a name-a-shark contest. Donate today. Link in bio. Tag a friend!
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tag, you’re it! For this month, (Sharktober, of course), the Sharks Pacific Tag Team will donate to fund satellite tags to study shark movements in the Pacific Islands. Donors receive Tag Team swag, tracking access, and entry into a name-a-shark contest. Donate today. Link in bio. Tag a friend!
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‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law
‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law
A major treaty establishing a framework for the world’s nations to jointly manage marine conservation in international waters, which cover about half of the Earth’s surface, has reached enough…
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September 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
‘Super big deal’: High seas treaty reaches enough ratifications to become law
Happy World Manta Day!
Predicted in 2009 by Dr. Andrea Marshall, but formally recognized & described in 2025, Mobula yarae became the third manta ray species. What are the scientific names for the other two species?
Predicted in 2009 by Dr. Andrea Marshall, but formally recognized & described in 2025, Mobula yarae became the third manta ray species. What are the scientific names for the other two species?
September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy World Manta Day!
Predicted in 2009 by Dr. Andrea Marshall, but formally recognized & described in 2025, Mobula yarae became the third manta ray species. What are the scientific names for the other two species?
Predicted in 2009 by Dr. Andrea Marshall, but formally recognized & described in 2025, Mobula yarae became the third manta ray species. What are the scientific names for the other two species?
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Brazil weighs new measures to manage shark trade, fishing
Brazil weighs new measures to manage shark trade, fishing
The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks. Measures now under consideration include a potential ban on fin exports and stricter rules for shark fishing and…
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September 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Brazil weighs new measures to manage shark trade, fishing
A white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) near Isla Guadalupe, MX.
Fun fact: Research shows their brains are dominated by huge olfactory bulbs, among the largest of any shark, letting them track prey and navigate by scent across vast distances.
Research: @profsharkbrain.bsky.social
📸 Shane Myers
Fun fact: Research shows their brains are dominated by huge olfactory bulbs, among the largest of any shark, letting them track prey and navigate by scent across vast distances.
Research: @profsharkbrain.bsky.social
📸 Shane Myers
September 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) near Isla Guadalupe, MX.
Fun fact: Research shows their brains are dominated by huge olfactory bulbs, among the largest of any shark, letting them track prey and navigate by scent across vast distances.
Research: @profsharkbrain.bsky.social
📸 Shane Myers
Fun fact: Research shows their brains are dominated by huge olfactory bulbs, among the largest of any shark, letting them track prey and navigate by scent across vast distances.
Research: @profsharkbrain.bsky.social
📸 Shane Myers
Our BRUVS camera footage never disappoints
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Our BRUVS camera footage never disappoints
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“fisheries from 46 nations now face stringent import restrictions, ensuring that seafood entering U.S. markets adhere to the same high standards as American-caught seafood.”
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NOAA Fisheries bolsters American seafood industry with new import provisions
Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions ensure foreign fisheries meet U.S. standards of excellence
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September 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“fisheries from 46 nations now face stringent import restrictions, ensuring that seafood entering U.S. markets adhere to the same high standards as American-caught seafood.”
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www.noaa.gov/news-release...
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Niue is often called “The Rock of Polynesia”—a raised coral island surrounded by some of the clearest water on Earth. With no rivers to carry sediment into the sea, visibility here can be up to 80m (basically infinity). We love doing our work here.
August 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Niue is often called “The Rock of Polynesia”—a raised coral island surrounded by some of the clearest water on Earth. With no rivers to carry sediment into the sea, visibility here can be up to 80m (basically infinity). We love doing our work here.
Ocellated eagle rays (Aetobatus ocellatus) flying through open space.
Fun fact: They use electroreception to locate buried mollusks in the sand, sometimes crushing shells with their plate-like teeth.
Fun fact: They use electroreception to locate buried mollusks in the sand, sometimes crushing shells with their plate-like teeth.
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ocellated eagle rays (Aetobatus ocellatus) flying through open space.
Fun fact: They use electroreception to locate buried mollusks in the sand, sometimes crushing shells with their plate-like teeth.
Fun fact: They use electroreception to locate buried mollusks in the sand, sometimes crushing shells with their plate-like teeth.
An oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus) cruises through the blue waters of the Pacific.
Fact: Once considered one of the most common pelagic sharks, due to overfishing (both targeted & bycatch) their populations have drastically declined and they are now Critically Endangered.
Fact: Once considered one of the most common pelagic sharks, due to overfishing (both targeted & bycatch) their populations have drastically declined and they are now Critically Endangered.
August 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
An oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus) cruises through the blue waters of the Pacific.
Fact: Once considered one of the most common pelagic sharks, due to overfishing (both targeted & bycatch) their populations have drastically declined and they are now Critically Endangered.
Fact: Once considered one of the most common pelagic sharks, due to overfishing (both targeted & bycatch) their populations have drastically declined and they are now Critically Endangered.
Silky sharks, affectionately known as silkies (Carcharhinus falciformis) aggregating in the Southern Line Islands.
Fun fact: They can detect low-frequency sounds from distressed prey—making them extremely efficient open-ocean hunters.
Research by the late Dr. Jeff Carrier, et al.
📸: Pristine Seas
Fun fact: They can detect low-frequency sounds from distressed prey—making them extremely efficient open-ocean hunters.
Research by the late Dr. Jeff Carrier, et al.
📸: Pristine Seas
July 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Silky sharks, affectionately known as silkies (Carcharhinus falciformis) aggregating in the Southern Line Islands.
Fun fact: They can detect low-frequency sounds from distressed prey—making them extremely efficient open-ocean hunters.
Research by the late Dr. Jeff Carrier, et al.
📸: Pristine Seas
Fun fact: They can detect low-frequency sounds from distressed prey—making them extremely efficient open-ocean hunters.
Research by the late Dr. Jeff Carrier, et al.
📸: Pristine Seas
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Can blue sharks change color? 🦈🌈
Blue sharks might shimmer blue, green, or even gold, thanks to tiny crystals in their skin. These pressure-sensitive structures, found in their tooth-like scales, shift as the shark changes depth, reflecting light in different ways. 🧪
Blue sharks might shimmer blue, green, or even gold, thanks to tiny crystals in their skin. These pressure-sensitive structures, found in their tooth-like scales, shift as the shark changes depth, reflecting light in different ways. 🧪
July 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Can blue sharks change color? 🦈🌈
Blue sharks might shimmer blue, green, or even gold, thanks to tiny crystals in their skin. These pressure-sensitive structures, found in their tooth-like scales, shift as the shark changes depth, reflecting light in different ways. 🧪
Blue sharks might shimmer blue, green, or even gold, thanks to tiny crystals in their skin. These pressure-sensitive structures, found in their tooth-like scales, shift as the shark changes depth, reflecting light in different ways. 🧪
Tawny nurse sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) waiting for fish scraps on Penrhyn Island.
Fun fact: They use powerful suction to extract prey from narrow crevices. This is among the strongest suction forces recorded in sharks.
📸: Erin Feinblatt
Fun fact: They use powerful suction to extract prey from narrow crevices. This is among the strongest suction forces recorded in sharks.
📸: Erin Feinblatt
July 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tawny nurse sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) waiting for fish scraps on Penrhyn Island.
Fun fact: They use powerful suction to extract prey from narrow crevices. This is among the strongest suction forces recorded in sharks.
📸: Erin Feinblatt
Fun fact: They use powerful suction to extract prey from narrow crevices. This is among the strongest suction forces recorded in sharks.
📸: Erin Feinblatt
Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) scour the shallows off Palmerston Island.
Fun fact: In some locations, during specific times of the year, they form an unusual “inverted food pyramid” where they outnumber their prey.
Research: Dr. Johann Mourier, et al.
📸: Kirby Morejohn
Fun fact: In some locations, during specific times of the year, they form an unusual “inverted food pyramid” where they outnumber their prey.
Research: Dr. Johann Mourier, et al.
📸: Kirby Morejohn
July 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) scour the shallows off Palmerston Island.
Fun fact: In some locations, during specific times of the year, they form an unusual “inverted food pyramid” where they outnumber their prey.
Research: Dr. Johann Mourier, et al.
📸: Kirby Morejohn
Fun fact: In some locations, during specific times of the year, they form an unusual “inverted food pyramid” where they outnumber their prey.
Research: Dr. Johann Mourier, et al.
📸: Kirby Morejohn
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Condition assessment and best-practice handling guidelines for skate (Rajiformes) bycatch: Lessons from demersal longline fisheries in the Southern Indian Ocean
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July 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Condition assessment and best-practice handling guidelines for skate (Rajiformes) bycatch: Lessons from demersal longline fisheries in the Southern Indian Ocean
A blue shark (Prionace glauca) cruises through the sun's rays.
Fun Fact: They have some of the largest litters of any shark species, with females giving birth to as many as 135 pups in a single litter.
(research by Drs. Hideki Nakano and John D. Stevens)
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📸: Ethan Daniels
Fun Fact: They have some of the largest litters of any shark species, with females giving birth to as many as 135 pups in a single litter.
(research by Drs. Hideki Nakano and John D. Stevens)
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📸: Ethan Daniels
July 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A blue shark (Prionace glauca) cruises through the sun's rays.
Fun Fact: They have some of the largest litters of any shark species, with females giving birth to as many as 135 pups in a single litter.
(research by Drs. Hideki Nakano and John D. Stevens)
🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
📸: Ethan Daniels
Fun Fact: They have some of the largest litters of any shark species, with females giving birth to as many as 135 pups in a single litter.
(research by Drs. Hideki Nakano and John D. Stevens)
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📸: Ethan Daniels
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Tracking Sharks Around A South Pacific Island
Tracking Sharks Around A South Pacific Island
Even in a small area like Norfolk Island, sharks sort out who goes where and when, showing us just how complex and flexible their ecological roles really are.
www.forbes.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tracking Sharks Around A South Pacific Island
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I have a new op-ed out today about how new proposals at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species can help protect sharks! Please read and share. therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ 🧪🦑🌎🦈
Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks? • The Revelator
Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
therevelator.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I have a new op-ed out today about how new proposals at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species can help protect sharks! Please read and share. therevelator.org/cites-sharks/ 🧪🦑🌎🦈