Ocean TRAC Our Mission Who We Support Thresher Tagging Program     Mass. Shark Research Program     UNH Large Pelagics Research     NMF Cooperative Shark Tagging FL Program for Shark Research Save The Bay Track-A-Fish Why Bamboo? Old Harbor Outfitters Thresher Tagging Program The Thresher Tagging Program is a collaborative effort of marine biologists working together to deploy satellite tags in thresher sharks and other pelagic fish with the purpose of studying the fish's habits and migratory patterns.  This group also utilizes pop-up archival tags that regularly collect water temperature, depth and light levels while deployed on the fish.  At a specified time and date, the tag will release from the fish, float to the surface and transmit the archived data to an Argos satellite, which will then send it to a team of researchers*.  The data will then be broken down and used to recreate the three dimensional movements and behavior of the fish in it's environment. The information derived from these two types of tags provide researchers, fishermen, and fishery managers the life history and ecological data essential for the conservation of thresher sharks and other critically important species.   *team of researchers: Dr. Greg Skomal, Massachusetts Shark Research Program (MSRP); Dr. Molly Lutcavage, UNH Large Pelagics Research Center; Dr. Nancy Kohler and Dr. Lisa Natanson, Apex Predators Program at the NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Tag and Release Tee World Oceans Tee Trac Tee Home | Contact Us | OHO