Monitored by international NGO shark caught in Póvoa do Varzim
Remember of Lydia, a great white shark who is close to go down in history as the first of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean â€" being monitored, of course? One of the other sharks monitored by Ocearch, the NGO that is driving the project, should have been caught in Portugal.According to the BBC, the shark, called Rizzilient, was "apparently caught by commercial fishermen". The shark, a female mako of 1.5 meters, is one of several animals that are monitored via satellite by the NGO."The latest satellite information Rizzilient shows-on land, in the city of Póvoa do Varzim, North of Portugal", explains the BBC.Millions of sharks die every year as a result of hunting specifically for removing their fins, highly valuable in the Asian market for shark fin soup or in alternative medicine.Click here to see the route of the Rizzilient.The project Ocearch monitors almost 150 sharks, including great white sharks, hammerhead sharks, Tiger sharks and other species. One of the objectives of the project is to move away from academic research â€" sometimes very competitive, betting on a disruptive approach to research linked to the seas and make all the collected data to the public.Foto: Martin Burns/Creative Commons
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