Do sharks use marine protected areas?

Click here to subscribe ► http://bit.ly/2dPZNN2 Waterlust scientist Fiona Graham explains the findings of her paper published in the scientific journal of Diversity and Distributions entitled "Use of marine protected areas and exclusive economic zones in the subtropical western North Atlantic Ocean by large highly mobile sharks." The study investigated the core home habitat use of bull, great hammerhead and tiger sharks tagged in waters off south Florida and the northern Bahamas to understand if these highly mobile shark species might benefit from spatial protection, such as marine protected areas (MPAs). Full paper: https://sharkresearch.rsmas.miami.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Graham_et_al-2016-Diversity_and_Distributions.pdf Authors: Fiona Graham, Patrick Rynne, Jiangang Luo, Jerald Stephen Ault, Maria Estavanez, Neil Hammerschlag Press Release: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2016/study-says-marine-protected-areas-can-benefit-large-sharks/ For more videos: www.waterlust.com For more about the research: www.sharktagging.com