{"id":132,"date":"2013-08-15T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee\/?p=132"},"modified":"2013-08-15T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:22:45","slug":"site-fidelity-and-residence-of-juvenile-sandbar-sharks-carcharhinus-plumbeus-in-delaware-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/site-fidelity-and-residence-of-juvenile-sandbar-sharks-carcharhinus-plumbeus-in-delaware-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Fidelity and Residence of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Delaware Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Naeem Willett &amp; Dewayne Fox<\/strong> &#8211; Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University<br \/>\n<strong>Brad Wetherbee<\/strong> &#8211; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p>Sandbar sharks (<em>Carcharhinus plumbeus<\/em>) are one of the most abundant sharks on the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0east coast and have formed a large component of the shark fishery off the eastern seaboard, leading to a disquieting decline in the population of this species.\u00a0 In an attempt to recover stocks of sandbar and other heavily fished species of sharks the National Marine Fisheries Service implemented a Federal Management Plan for many Atlantic shark species. \u00a0Fisheries managers continue to point out the importance of adequate nursery areas for rebuilding depleted stocks, and substantial effort has been taken to identify essential nursery habitat for Atlantic sharks.\u00a0 One of the most important shark nursery areas for sandbar sharks is Delaware Bay, where previous studies have identified core areas of activity that are heavily utilized by young sandbar sharks while in the nursery.<\/p>\n<p>This study uses an array of automated receivers deployed within this core area for quantification of fine-scale spatial and temporal use of this habitat by sandbar sharks.\u00a0 The movements of sandbar sharks carrying transmitters are monitored throughout their entire summer residence within\u00a0Delaware Bay\u00a0.\u00a0 Data collected in this study will be used to quantify habitat requirements and activity patterns, and ultimately to precisely identify essential habitat on a long-term basis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-133  \" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/25total_detections-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/25total_detections-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/25total_detections-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/25total_detections-768x593.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relative detections of sandbar sharks within acoustic array along Delaware shoreline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-134 \" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/naeemandewayne-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/naeemandewayne-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/naeemandewayne-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/naeemandewayne-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/naeemandewayne-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wetherbee-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2253\/naeemandewayne-500x375.jpg 500w, 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