HONOLULU, July 29 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
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Research at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has identified the first known blacktip shark nursery habitat in Hawaiian waters, offering new insight into how young sharks use Hilo Bay during their earliest years.
The recently published study found juvenile blacktip sharks live in Hilo Bay year-round, with the highest activity from March through August. To track the sharks, researchers tagged juvenile blacktip sharks with acoustic transmitters and monitored their movements throughout Hilo Bay from July 2022 to January 2024.
The study's results suggest that this population of blacktip sharks reside...