As summer begins and people spend more time in the ocean, researchers are on the verge of learning more about the mysterious apex predators that swim beneath the surface.
On a research ship in the Atlantic Ocean, twelve miles off the coast of North Carolina, a group of scientists have been studying and tracking great white sharks.
Ocearch has been studying and tagging great white sharks for the last decade. In that time, Fischer has observed an increase in the number of white sharks. in 2012, a 15-foot shark which Fischer at the time called maybe"the most important fish we've ever caught in our lives." "We know almost everything except for proving where they mate," Fischer said.
Within minutes, samples were collected for 24 different scientific studies, including one that would test the shark's hormone levels to discern whether she was mating. "As we bring them back, then we set the ocean back into balance and reset the system so that we have the best health [not only] for the sharks, but for ourselves," Heuter said.
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