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Shark "Traffic Jam": Inside a Biscayne Bay Shark Survey

Season 1 Episode 1 | 12m 02s

Jasmin joins PhD student Amani Webber-Schultz on a shark biodiversity survey off the coast of Miami. They are leading a workshop for Diversifying Ocean Sciences, an initiative to provide research experience to women and gender minorities of color. At sea, the students race to capture and release as many sharks as possible in order to provide data for long-term studies of Biscayne Bay’s ecosystem.

Aired: 07/24/23
Funding for SHARKS UNKNOWN WITH JASMIN GRAHAM is provided by the National Science Foundation.
Extras
The tiny bonnethead shark might be holding a secret or two.
Explore how we find and tag a massive and mysterious shark: the basking shark.
Could a shark prey unlock the secret to the ultimate shark repellent?
Learn about how Environmental DNA can be used for conservation management practices.
Jasmin teams up with Weathered host, Maiya May, to search for sharks in the Gulf Stream.
Shark scientists head over to La Jolla to investigate a natural “shark spa.”
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The tiny bonnethead shark might be holding a secret or two.
Explore how we find and tag a massive and mysterious shark: the basking shark.
Could a shark prey unlock the secret to the ultimate shark repellent?
Learn about how Environmental DNA can be used for conservation management practices.
Jasmin teams up with Weathered host, Maiya May, to search for sharks in the Gulf Stream.
Shark scientists head over to La Jolla to investigate a natural “shark spa.”