Multi-year acoustic tracking reveals transient movements, recurring hotspots, and apparent seasonality in the coastal-offshore presence of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus)

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jena E. Edwards, Kevin J. Hedges, Steven T. Kessel, Nigel E. Hussey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: acoustic telemetry; arctic marine ecosystem; movement ecology; seasonality; distribution; Somniosus microcephalus; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Cumberland Sound; Grise Fiord; Baffin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.902854; https://doaj.org/article/e27794ebb94b4819b456c0fcf0331bda

Variable movement strategies can complicate the conservation and management of mobile species. Given its extreme life history traits as a long-lived, deep-water species, the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is vulnerable to fisheries bycatch, but little is known over its long-term movements...