Sea Steward researcher Tom Law holds a Brown Smoothound shark at Paradise Cove as part of our ecosystem assessment of the Tiburon Shoreline and the San Francisco Bay Shark study.
Shark tagged and released
Also known as the Tope or School sharks, these sleek semi pelagic species use the bay to feed and reportedly pup.
Commercially fished out for their livers in the 40s, this population may have rebounded, however these sharks are now getting protected in Canada where they range.
Sea Stewards is currently working on verifying this and with the Shark Watch tool we hope to this year. Part of the San Francisco Bay Shark Study.
Elasmobranchii (pronounced /ɛˌlæzmɵˈbræŋki.aɪ/) is the subclass of cartilaginous fish that includes skates, rays (batoidea), and sharks (selachii).
