OCEARCH Docks at Working Waterfront Festival in New England
Rhonda Moniz
September 30, 2012
The ship and crew from OCEARCH are currently tied up at the dock in New Bedford, Ma during the annual Working Waterfront Festival. The research supported by OCEARCH can be seen on the series Shark Wranglers televised globally by History Channel. OCEARCH fieldwork involves the attracting, catching, tagging, and bio-sampling of sharks before they are released. The shark is monitored at all times under expert guidance and maintained on the platform by water over its gills. OCEARCH facilitates research by supporting leading researchers and institutions seeking to attain groundbreaking data on the biology and health of sharks, in conjunction with basic research on shark life history and migration.