There and Back Again: New Zealand’s Great White Shark movements

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New Zealand’s great white sharks have been in the news this week as shark scientists from NIWA, DOC and Auckland University uncover more about the movement of the world’s largest predatory fish.

Read more about the research into the long and short term movements of sharks tagged in the Foveaux Strait as they head to the tropics for a winter break at

http://www.niwa.co.nz/news/record-number-of-great-white-sharks-tagged-in-new-zealand-waters

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10836331

and http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/6720058/The-science-of-tagging-a-great-white

So here’s a question: do you think that these movements could be called a migration?  Post a comment and let me know what you think and why.

 

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