Michelle Passerotti
@shellspc.bsky.social
Fish biologist, mostly sharks.
NOAA Fisheries Apex Predators Program,
Rhode Island, USA.
Mom, military spouse (EOD, retired).
Recent New England transplant, beginning beekeeper, wannabe homesteader and forager.
NOAA Fisheries Apex Predators Program,
Rhode Island, USA.
Mom, military spouse (EOD, retired).
Recent New England transplant, beginning beekeeper, wannabe homesteader and forager.
22ft of shark makes for a long day, but the company was amazing!
Time lapse video of today’s basking shark necropsy led by @shellspc.bsky.social. Three hours of work condensed into just over a minute. 🦈
May 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
22ft of shark makes for a long day, but the company was amazing!
It's the rounder, more "derpy" face that gives it away (that's a technical term)... also note it actually looks like a rock 🤷🏼♀️ #science
📷 J. Nielsen
📷 J. Nielsen
January 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It's the rounder, more "derpy" face that gives it away (that's a technical term)... also note it actually looks like a rock 🤷🏼♀️ #science
📷 J. Nielsen
📷 J. Nielsen
We're wrapping up Year 1 of our UK Blue Shark Tagging Project (www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...), and here are some highlights!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
December 11, 2024 at 8:04 PM
We're wrapping up Year 1 of our UK Blue Shark Tagging Project (www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...), and here are some highlights!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
Thanks @ma-sharks.bsky.social for the flashback, this was an incredible necropsy made possible by your dedication to securing these fish when they wash ashore.
Here are some other photos from today. If you'd like to see more, check out photographer Michael Snow's pictures here: www.msnowphoto.com/Porbeagle-Sh...
December 11, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Thanks @ma-sharks.bsky.social for the flashback, this was an incredible necropsy made possible by your dedication to securing these fish when they wash ashore.
Reposted by Michelle Passerotti
This female Porbeagle had 4 developing embryos. They are nourished by feeding on unfertilized eggs. The term for this strategy is Oophagy, meaning 'egg eating'.
You can see their yolk stomachs and some of the eggs they were feeding on in these photos. 🦈
You can see their yolk stomachs and some of the eggs they were feeding on in these photos. 🦈
December 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
This female Porbeagle had 4 developing embryos. They are nourished by feeding on unfertilized eggs. The term for this strategy is Oophagy, meaning 'egg eating'.
You can see their yolk stomachs and some of the eggs they were feeding on in these photos. 🦈
You can see their yolk stomachs and some of the eggs they were feeding on in these photos. 🦈
My first #Bluesky post is a good one! Happy to announce the publication of "Morphometric Conversions for 33 Shark Species from the Western North Atlantic Ocean", a culmination of thousands of #shark measurements collected over 50+ years! OA here: spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
October 12, 2023 at 7:40 PM
My first #Bluesky post is a good one! Happy to announce the publication of "Morphometric Conversions for 33 Shark Species from the Western North Atlantic Ocean", a culmination of thousands of #shark measurements collected over 50+ years! OA here: spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...