Long-lost white shark tag traces remarkable journey from South Africa to SE Asia

Mongabay
Sep 26, 2025, 7:24 am228 ptsTop
In May 2012, a satellite transmitter was attached to a subadult female white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) by OCEARCH as part of its shark expeditions in Gansbaai, a fishing town in Western Cape, South Africa. Twelve years and 37,178 kilometers (23,101 miles) later, a fisherman in Indonesia handed over the tag…

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