About this shark

This shark was caught on the east side of Andros, Bahamas, and is the beautiful animal in the images featured.

About this Adoption

This shark is female, measures a total length of 220cm, and was fitted with a PIT tag and 30-day pop-off archival tag (PSAT) in April 2019.

The PSAT tag recorded and stored temperature, depth and light data at 5 minute intervals and popped off exactly as planned. On adoption we will provide you with the data for your shark, including the analyses revealed as to where the shark spent most of its time, including dive migrations.

Regarding the PIT tag, which is now the only tag left in this animal, it does not transmit signals, but is scanned by researchers during a recapture, just like the tags used in pets.

We’ll only get further information on this shark if we or other scientists catch it again. In exchange for this adoption donation, you will have the privilege of naming her, you will receive an adoption certificate, and if we recapture your shark, we will excitedly be in touch with an update!

General Information

We work with silkies from as small as 80cm juveniles all the way through to adults exceeding 350cm. If you would like to adopt a curious, bold, and seemingly fearless shark, silkies are the ones for you! These pelagic sharks have been consistently recorded as the second highest traded shark in global fisheries, and with so little known about them in the northwest Atlantic, you can play a part in our research efforts to help them.

** Your adoption certificate will be sent as a PDF to your email address **