Great White sharks are highly migratory and some return to the same spot year after year. Once thought to be mainly solitary, small groups sometimes swim together for a period of time who are generally of the same… instagram.com/p/B6BbVngApu6/…

Recently, ICCAT has been under heavy criticism because of their failure to sufficiently cut catch quotas for bigeye tuna & shortfin mako sharks which were highlighted prior as bring two at the greatest risk.… instagram.com/p/B52rEPGh-Df/…

Happy #GivingTuesday

In the next hour, more than 10,000 sharks will die. That’s more than 250,000 a day and more than 100 million per year. That number is not only staggering, it’s simply not sustainable. Countless… instagram.com/p/B5nlXbpBhnx/…

Have a very Spooky and Happy Halloween everyone from all of us at The Atlantic Shark Institute! instagram.com/p/B4S1fFOB0t6/…

On Monday, September 30th in partnership with the RI Department of Environmental Management we confirmed that two of the acoustic receivers we deployed off of Block Island detected great white sharks in RI… instagram.com/p/B3HbwXkhij5/…

Longfin Mako: spotted off Florida. Little is known about the biology and population of this elusive shark. It is assumed to be deep dwelling due to its diet of schooling fish and cephalopods. Due to its slimmer build… instagram.com/p/B211pEOBqFL/…

Its official! The mako shark has earned the final vote needed to confirm its new listing on appendix II alongside the giant guitarfish and wedgefish.

Thank you to everyone that has been fighting for the mako shark.… instagram.com/p/B1w-I9IBn_X/…

Today at #CITIES a vote took place that included mako sharks to appendix II allowing them to gain international protection. Although a final decision is still to be made on the 28th this is the beginning to… instagram.com/p/B1lzaM7BrjJ/…

Shortfin Mako by joshuakmoyer taken aboard R/V WARFISH as part of a collaboration between Joshua and the Atlantic Shark Institute to study the functional morphology of feeding in various species of sharks

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This amazing video captured the natural behavior of a salmon shark off British Colombia. Scientists witnessed the shark rubbing along the side of a floating barnacle encrusted log. It is assumed that these sharks… instagram.com/p/B00vhBBBkqU/…

Coming soon to Rhode Island!!!!
Introducing the - ATLANTIC SHARK INSITUTE!!

It's Official, we closed on this 4 thousand square foot space with 4 acres and parking for over 80 cars in Exeter R.I. Office space, and… instagram.com/p/B0lzcsGBsLZ/…

Swimming in shark-infested waters may not be on everyone's summer bucket list, but for Atlantic Shark Institute Executive Director Joe Romeiro, it's pure joy: bit.ly/2LMkRHB

Rhode Island with Atlantic Shark Institute and how romeiro.

‼️SHARK WEEK GIVEAWAY‼️

Prize includes:
Either a short sleeve, long sleeve or hat. This gear will be seen throughout shark week on both cinematographers & scientists.

HOW TO WIN
1. Tag a friend
2. Must be… instagram.com/p/B0gdnW8h9jL/…

Sharks need our help. Please support the hard work from our friends at @sharkallies by viewing this message by Eli Roth & JoeRomeiro333 on the #NoFinFL campaign to keep Florida and the rest of the US #finfree

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BLUE SHARK

Taken while doing field work on R/V WARFISH. Josh is a Ph.D candidate looking at bite morphology and reflexology in blue & mako sharks. In addition to finding out if their bite is affected by hooks.

📸:… instagram.com/p/B0bMqKvh95u/…

Did you know that the genus of the Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) is derived from Greek meaning 'equal tail'? The dorsal and ventral lobes of a mako's caudal fin are almost equal. This is great for generating thrust and accelerating through the water! #Mako #SpeedyShark

Caught while filming natgeowild two white sharks lunge out of the water at each other off South Australia’s Neptune Islands.

Why do you think this happened? Comment below 👇

🎥: Adam Malski

#water #ocean #sharks … instagram.com/p/B0D77Z5BSs-/…

Caught while filming natgeowild two white sharks lunge out of the water at each other off South Australia’s Neptune Islands.

Why do you think this happened? Comment below 👇

🎥: Adam Malski

#water #ocean #sharks … instagram.com/p/B0D7zZJhmdr/…

Conducting field work with Atlantic Shark Institute means seeing just how blue the Blue Shark really is.

Did you know that this open ocean species is one of the most commonly caught sharks in the world? Unfortunately, it is regularly caught as bycatch on longlines.