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Bradley M Wetherbee

Department of Biological Sciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences

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2019

https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/uri-students-swim-with-whale-sharks-in-mexico/article_18183ae2-f202-11e9-a3e0-6b4932ac8904.html

https://today.uri.edu/news/uri-students-swim-with-whale-sharks-in-mexico-as-part-of-summer-shark-class/

https://today.uri.edu/news/for-this-uri-professor-its-about-shark-conservation/

https://turnto10.com/news/local/going-deeper-into-what-bit-a-visitor-at-moonstone-beach

https://turnto10.com/news/local/surfer-describes-possible-shark-bite-at-ri-beach

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/rhode-island/2019/07/23/just-passing-through-sharks-don-seem-stop-rhode-island-their-way-cape-cod/yxExV7nwupBzedEQpvLCpO/story.html?s_campaign=rhodemap%3Anewsletter

http://www.independentri.com/news/article_244d6a36-a8d2-11e9-b72e-7b9f9dec1a67.html

https://www.rimonthly.com/rhode-island-heads-up-latest-shark-research/

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190714/uris-shark-camp-connects-city-teens-with-ocean-environment/1

https://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20190715/uris-shark-camp-connects-city-teens-with-ocean-environment

https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20190715/uris-shark-camp-connects-city-teens-with-ocean-environment?rssfeed=true

https://turnto10.com/news/local/shark-camp-gives-urban-students-opportunities-on-the-water

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/students-set-sail-for-uris-summer-shark-camp/

https://www.wpri.com/rhode-show/diving-into-marine-science-at-uri-shark-camp/

https://www.sharkophile.com/2019/03/12/new-species-of-lantern-shark-discovered/

https://www.businessinsider.com/laila-lantern-shark-new-shark-species-2019-3

https://www.cnet.com/news/a-strange-deep-sea-shark-discovered-almost-30-years-ago-now-has-a-name/

http://www.valleybreeze.com/2019-03-06/cumberland-lincoln-area/new-shark-species-named-after-lhs-senior#.Xcni8DNKgdU

https://turnto10.com/news/local/massachusetts-officials-look-to-better-prevent-and-handle-shark-attacks

https://www.theday.com/article/20190228/NWS12/190229434

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190226/uri-researcher-names-newly-discovered-shark-species-after-his-daughter

https://today.uri.edu/news/uri-shark-researcher-names-new-species-of-deep-sea-shark-after-daughter/

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/02/27/Biologists-name-new-deep-sea-shark-species-after-30-years-of-research/7251551293197/?ur3=1

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-shark-species-deep-sea-daughter.html

https://turnto10.com/news/local/uri-professor-names-new-shark-species-after-daughter

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/28/researcher-names-newly-discovered-shark-species-fo/
2018

https://today.uri.edu/news/high-school-students-from-central-falls-providence-learn-about-sharks-ocean-life/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2018-08-17/low-seal-numbers-lead-sharks-to-pass-rhode-island

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2018/08/low_seal_numbers_lead_sharks_to_pass_rhode_island

http://www.therepublic.com/2018/08/17/ri-sharks-rhode-island/

http://www.westernmassnews.com/story/38906826/low-seal-numbers-lead-sharks-to-pass-rhode-island

http://www.abc6.com/story/38906829/low-seal-numbers-lead-sharks-to-pass-rhode-island

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Low-seal-numbers-lead-sharks-to-pass-Rhode-Island-13163466.php

https://www.wpri.com/news/new-england/massachusetts/low-seal-numbers-lead-sharks-to-pass-rhode-island/1378133012

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180816/ri-waters-less-attractive-to-white-sharks-because-of-low-seal-numbers-uri-expert-says?rssfeed=true

https://www.ricentral.com/narragansett_times/news/great-white-caught-in-ri/article_c6611708-9737-11e8-adf7-3349439d5f03.html

http://www.independentri.com/news/narragansett/article_9c2d09b8-95c2-11e8-9c66-9f00644a37a7.html

https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2018/08/02/shark-tagged-off-ocean-city-has-journey-cut-short/883089002/

https://en.brinkwire.com/science/science-tagged-shortfin-mako-shark-caught-and-killed-by-fishermen-report/

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-tagged-shortfin-mako-shark-caught.html

https://www.ricentral.com/narragansett_times/news/local_news/uri-hosts-first-ever-shark-camp-for-students/article_676221b0-90f3-11e8-baa8-07e3281c8c16.html

https://turnto10.com/news/local/high-school-students-get-hands-on-experience-at-uris-shark-camp

http://www.abc6.com/story/38732962/uri-brings-high-schoolers-to-shark-camp

https://www.yurview.com/sponsored-post/iyrs-shark-week-screening-offers-fin-tastic-fun/

https://today.uri.edu/news/media-advisory-providence-central-falls-students-to-tag-sharks-during-uri-shark-camp/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boe8NF_qmP4

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article214182684.html

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180628/missing-shark-tag-found-in-marshfield

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180627/shark-mystery-research-tag-transmitting-from-fairhaven-again

https://ux.delawareonline.com/story/sports/2018/06/26/shark-tagging-provides-new-insights/730770002/

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20180625/have-you-seen-this-shark-tagged-mako-shark-landed-in-fairhaven

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/uri-offering-summer-shark-camp/1222645841

https://today.uri.edu/news/this-summer-camp-has-a-little-more-bite-than-most/
2017

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.1534

http://time.com/4932377/sharks-hurricane-irma-florida/

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170814/uri-research-too-many-mako-sharks-being-caught

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.ecori.org/natural-resources/2017/8/8/uri-researcher-mako-sharks-being-killed-at-high-rate&source=gmail&ust=1517863187387000&usg=AFQjCNEieZ3_ndO4PXAmzCUCIabAiemA8w

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/08/14/mako-sharks-face-fishing-threat-says-guy-harvey-study/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUwMDc0Njg2MDE0Mjc3MjQ5MzMyGmUyMWIxN2Y5MzM3MzAyODQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGV0vqE6GHh5ZPgwDL1264otc-s1g

http://www.providencejournal.com/videos/0516721B-3CE5-4418-B8D5-A97CBE010C17/Professor-Brad-Wetherbee-is-working-with-students-on-a-survey-of-Rhode-Island-end-shore-sharks-Sharks-are-baited-and-then-caught-and-tagged-before-being-released-in-order-to-learn-about-their-population-and-abundance?start=2

https://www.projectaware.org/news/conservationists-call-mako-shark-fishing-ban?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=news-iccatpr&utm_campaign=sharks

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.google.com/url?rct%3Dj%26sa%3Dt%26url%3Dhttp://wpri.com/2017/08/24/will-a-shark-really-get-me-just-be-careful-says-uri-expert/%26ct%3Dga%26cd%3DCAEYACoUMTEzNzYwNzcyMjYwOTc2MzkyMzkyGjk1NTA0YzBmOTJiOWEwOGI6Y29tOmVuOlVT%26usg%3DAFQjCNGiX2ZVlID8monRpZKV8UvGADg9gw&source=gmail&ust=1517863187348000&usg=AFQjCNF1LKFi_PAHpnyVEt2N7ExvSPnPgA

https://www.gotscience.org/2017/08/shortfin-mako-shark-threat/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3693821/new-research-paints-grim-future-for-mako-sharks-in-atlantic-canada/

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.abc6.com/story/36091987/uri-researcher-mako-sharks-being-killed-off-more&source=gmail&ust=1517863187325000&usg=AFQjCNGRiCxmcsKxyn0fznHFJzdTZwb3Zw

http://www.golocalprov.com/live/live-data-from-uri-shark-research-suggests-mako-sharks-are-overfished

http://time.com/4932377/sharks-hurricane-irma-florida/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/08/shortfin-mako-fastest-shark-ocean/

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.1534/full

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiger-sharks-go-south-in-winter-like-birds-and-retirees/

http://www.leisurepro.com/blog/explore-the-blue/tiger-shark-study-reveals-surprising-results/

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2015061015540031.html

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/tracking-tiger-sharks-reveals-bird-migration/

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113404764/longest-tiger-shark-tracking-reveals-bird-like-migration-061015/

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/01/lionfish-patterned-suit-said-to-repel-sharks/

http://www.seeker.com/sand-tiger-sharks-surprisingly-social-in-open-ocean-1770933648.html

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-tracking-sharks-20150704-story.html

http://www.ricentral.com/narragansett_times/news/local_news/uri-shark-researcher-concerned-with-spike-in-mako-fishing/article_c806e46a-5072-11e6-8911-fb08fbba436a.html

http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2015/05/22/shark-tagging/27717843/

http://newenglandboating.com/tagged-mako-sharks-yield-curious-data/

http://www.sportfishingmag.com/sharks-light-up-atlantic

http://web.uri.edu/celsnews/uri-researcher-helps-keep-an-eye-on-traveling-sharks/

http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2016/07/uri-researcher-worries-shark-fishermen.html

http://turnto10.com/archive/scientists-thrill-seekers-catch-and-tag-sharks

http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160830/shark-tracker-hunts-for-missing-transmitter

http://www.changingseas.tv/401/experts.html

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20160718/charlotte-shark-running-the-gauntlet-off-ri-coast

http://subseaworldnews.com/2015/06/12/uri-scientists-publish-tiger-sharks-tracking-study/

http://www.scoutboats.com/testimonials/scout-boats-customer-chronicle-112/

http://www.golocalworcester.com/lifestyle/ri-shark-week

http://sharkyear.com/2013/uri-students-shark-research-aims-to-reduce-shark-deaths-from-fishing.html

http://guyharveysportswear.com/blog/2011/08/moving-track-of-tiger-sharks/

https://issuu.com/pubs1/docs/uri_quadangles_fall_2015

http://www.rimonthly.com/Rhode-Island-Monthly/December-2008/Bad-Reputation/

http://www.independentri.com/independentri_com/article_59f6d88e-af3b-5797-800f-434feb1caee3.html

http://advicecover.com/uri-students-join-shark-tagging-expedition-to-learn-about-shark-uri-today-press-release/

https://narwhalslefttooth.blogspot.com/2016_07_01_archive.html?m=0

http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/latestnews/5512431-129/ri-boat-captains-see-shift-in-shark-populations.html

http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160831/reward-offered-for-return-of-shark-satellite-tag

http://www.sportfishingmag.com/species/conservation/guy-harvey-research-institute-tracks-shark-halifax

http://www.risaa.org/newsletter/1115/1115_24.pdf

http://guyharveysportswear.com/blog/2011/04/tagging-tiger-sharks-in-bimini/

https://nsunews.nova.edu/nsus-guy-harvey-research-institute-researchers-release-long-term-study-of-tiger-sharks/

http://www.sail-world.com/USA/photo/267351

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/23/week-of-sharks-mako-sharks-caught-for-eating-and-sport/

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20151108/282557312088021

https://guyharveyoutpost.wordpress.com/tag/great-shark-race/

http://www.guyharvey.com/guys-journal/playing-tag-with-mako-sharks/

http://www.saveourseasmagazine.com/flight-of-the-tiger/

https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/10/16/awe-and-respect-cayman-youth-swim-with-sharks-for-guy-harvey-docu/

http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/species/conservation/tagging-mako-sharks-mexico

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/LK/20130605/News/605067242/DN/

https://www.outsideonline.com/1911941/what-weve-learned-about-tiger-sharks-hawaii

http://www.fishtrack.com/features/mako-shark-tagging_95463

https://news.agu.org/press-release/new-research-reveals-surprising-social-networks-of-sharks/

http://wpri.com/2016/07/18/uri-researcher-worries-shark-fishermen-will-capture-his-research-subjects/

https://www.ecori.org/natural-resources/2016/2/2/researcher-uses-shark-race-to-study-movement-patterns-of-makos

https://guyharvey.wordpress.com/tag/guy-harvey-ocean-foundation/page/7/

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