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October 16, 2026 by Sharkophile Staff

The Northwest Atlantic migration of the great white shark

A white shark with a gray back and white belly swims over a sandy seafloor in cool, sunlit Atlantic water

The great white shark migration takes Northwest Atlantic white sharks from New England and Canada to the Carolinas, Florida and the Gulf each fall.

Filed Under: Biology, Ecology Tagged With: Great white, ocearch, satellite tagging, shark conservation, tagging

January 18, 2019 by J. Scott Butherus

Shark Talk: OCEARCH’s Chris Fischer

Last week,  satellite tracking data revealed that the waters near the Atlantic continental shelf off the shores of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida are a winter hot spot for large great white sharks. Such a discovery may not have been possible without OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer. OCEARCH, along with […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Experts, Featured, News, Science Tagged With: Great white, ocearch, Shark Experts, tagging

January 14, 2019 by J. Scott Butherus

OCEARCH reveals possible great white gathering spot in Atlantic

 Years of study tracking sharks in the Atlantic Ocean may have revealed a warm-weather aggregation point for great white sharks, according to OCEARCH. Researchers have dubbed this region as the Northwest Atlantic Shared Foraging Area (NASFA). Satellite tracking data from the OCEARCH Tracker database system revealed, since 2012,  the Atlantic continental shelf waters off North Carolina, South […]

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: Great white, ocearch, tagging

January 25, 2018 by J. Scott Butherus

Bullsharking the backwaters of the 10,000 Islands

PORT OF THE ISLANDS — Everything will bounce back. There were a few more downed branches and barren, wind-swept tree tops but, on the whole, the estuary was safe. I was worried. From the time we passed the Peace River in South Florida on our trip down Interstate 75, the signs of Hurricane Irma’s destruction […]

Filed Under: Fishing Tagged With: bull shark, tagging

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