8th Annual Pt. Lookout Shark Tournament Location: Point Lookout, New York, USA.Date: 13. June 2021 WINNERS 1st Place:Boat: Lady MaureenSpecies: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)Weight: 456 lbs 2nd Place:Boat: Sea Moose IISpecies: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)Weight: 295 lbs 3rd Place:Boat: Cannonball IISpecies: Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)Weight: 278 lbs Winning Mako: Boat: Hooking OnSpecies: Shortfin mako shark
Basking shark sub-surface behaviour revealed by animal-towed cameras Jessica L. Rudd, Tiago Bartolomeu, Haley R. Dolton, Owen M. Exeter, Christopher Kerry, Lucy A. Hawkes, Suzanne M. Henderson, Marcus Shirley, Matthew J. Witt ABSTRACT: While biologging tags have answered a wealth of ecological questions, the drivers and consequences of movement and activity often remain difficult to
The whale shark genome reveals patterns of vertebrate gene family evolution Milton Tan, Anthony K. Redmond, Helen Dooley, Ryo Nozu, Keiichi Sato, Shigehiro Kuraku, Sergey Koren, Adam M. Phillippy, Alistair D.M. Dove, Timothy D. Read ABSTRACT: Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) are fundamental for understanding vertebrate evolution, yet their genomes are understudied. We report long-read sequencing of