Monterey Bay Aquarium lands another great white shark

[glumace]

The Aquarium has a new white shark, collected August 12 near Malibu, California, and placed in the Outer Bay exhibit on August 26. This is its fifth white shark.

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_whiteshark/whiteshark_ours.aspx

And some video

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_whiteshark/whiteshark_multimedia.aspx

[troutdog]

Good find Glumace, thanks for sharing!


TD

[jerryG]

They catch a juvinile GWS each year in Malibu for research. The research boat and juvinile great white bin is usually parked in Paradise Cove during the summer. A few years ago they reported buying a juvinile from a commercial boat which by the way is illegal to keep, sell, or buy. I understand the researches are permitted to possess the fish buying it from a commercial boat just doesn't seem right. The commercial boat reported catching the shark while wrapping a school of sand bass which is also illegal to catch and sell commercially. Anyways I heard the researchers ussually catch their specimen in the area around Paradise Cove/ Point Dume.

JerryG

[candyman]

man I wish that aquarium was closer to us, I would love to go see it!!!!