Tracking
Great
Whites
Ocearch
wants
to
bring
back
the
balance
to
the
oceans
.
This
North
American
organisation
has
made
it
their
mission
.
Ocearch
gathers
information
on
sea
life
by
tracking
animals
.
They
even
track
great
white
sharks
.
In
fact
,
a
recent
successful
project
has
made
Ocearch
headline
news
.
What
did
they
do
and
what
did
they
find
?
Latest
project
Ocearch
monitors
tracks
different
animals
,
for
,
turtles
,
seals
,
dolphins
,
whales
sharks
.
In
September
,
an
Ocearch
team
was
looking
for
great
white
sharks
along
the
North
American
coast
.
In
fact
,
they
were
able
to
sample
and
tag
eight
great
white
sharks
.
Possibly
,
the
most
amazing
catch
of
all
was
an
enormous
shark
they
name
Nukumi
?
?
Queen
of
the
Ocean
.
?
Nukumi
Nukumi
was
found
off
the
coast
of
Nova
Scotia
,
Canada
.
The
team
named
her
Nukumi
,
pronounced
noo
-
goo
-
mee
,
after
the
wise
old
grandmother
figure
of
the
Native
American
Mi
?
kmaq
people
.
Why
?
,
this
shark
is
a
grandmother
.
She
is
around
50
years
old
.
Probably
,
she
had
her
first
litter
of
pups
30
years
ago
.
So
,
those
babies
will
now
be
having
litters
of
their
own
.
Caught
First
,
the
shark
was
hooked
with
a
smaller
boat
and
brought
to
a
large
lift
.
Then
,
it
was
taken
out
of
the
water
.
In
a
precisely
timed
15
-
minute
operation
,
the
shark
was
first
measured
and
then
tested
.
Nukumi
weighs
more
than
1
,
600
kg
and
is
nearly
5
,
25
m
long
.
Ocearch
has
actually
tagged
similar
sized
sharks
elsewhere
in
the
world
.
,
this
shark
is
the
biggest
in
the
northwest
Atlantic
.
After
being
measured
,
blood
samples
were
taken
.
Then
,
a
tag
was
attached
to
the
dorsal
fin
.
,
she
was
released
back
into
the
ocean
.
Tracking
Using
satellite
tags
,
researchers
can
actually
follow
the
sharks
for
five
years
.
By
tracking
the
sharks
,
Ocearch
hopes
to
find
out
more
about
them
.
First
,
where
do
these
sharks
give
birth
.
,
how
deep
do
they
swim
.
,
record
their
movements
.
The
number
of
sharks
in
the
world
is
dropping
.
But
,
oceans
need
these
large
predators
to
keep
the
balance
.
?
If
we
understand
their
lives
,
we
can
help
them
thrive
,
?
says
an
Ocearch
scientist
.
,
by
helping
them
thrive
,
we
help
the
system
survive
.