HALIFAX - Many anglers catch-and-release trout; but in early July, Steve Campana was part of a team of researchers catching, tagging and releasing four-metre porbeagle sharks.
Putting a satellite tag on a shark can be an "exciting exercise,"...
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HALIFAX Scientists have discovered a new breeding ground for porbeagle sharks off Canada's East Coast, giving hope to a species whose numbers have been steadily slipping around the world.
A research team located the mating area on Georges Bank...
Steve Campana, a marine biologist who specializes in the species, said the find makes it only the second known breeding ground in the Northwest Atlantic for the fast, fierce-looking shark that can reach almost four metres in length.
"This is...
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