Sarasota magazine reports on grant to study migratory sharks
Sarasota magazine reported Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida is working on a project led by the University of Maine to improve stock assessment, management and sustainability of highly migratory species such as tuna, swordfish and sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The new research consortium was awarded a $1.6 million grant from NOAA Sea Grant. The Pelagic Ecosystem Research Consortium (PERC) was one of three competitive awards totaling $2 million awarded through the 2019 Sea Grant Highly Migratory Species Research Initiative. Mote’s Center for Shark Research is leading the shark component of PERC’s objectives, the article states.