Shark update

The tag from the Great White Shark that the Monterey Bay Aquarium released into the wild 3 months ago has popped up and sent out its signal to be picked up. The shark traveled all the way down the North American coast and was off the tip of Baja California when the transmitter popped off.

The electronic tag on our white shark popped free and reported in on Sunday, April 15, off the southern tip of Baja California-90 days and more than 1,100 miles south of the shark's release point in Monterey Bay. The first signals from the tag arrived by satellite after the tag floated to the surface on schedule, in waters southwest of San José del Cabo in Baja California, Mexico.

Details of where the shark traveled, including the water temperatures and depths he favored, will emerge over the next few weeks as researchers at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University—our lead partner in the white shark tagging project—analyze data being transmitted by the tag.

The On TOPP of the World Blog, gives daily updates on the search for the tag and the information it will release. Very cool images and information. A must visit.

UPDATE: Image added. Photo credit RG