Sunday, November 26, 2017 Sleeper Shark Salvaged by ASLC

Seward, Alaska
A dead Pacific Sleeper Shark washed ashore on Afognak Beach recently. 
On Sunday, a crew from the Alaska Sealife Center was able to haul it above the high tide line and secure it until a boat could haul it to the facility for study. The shark, about eight feet long, was thought to be a juvenile female, about 80, that’s right, EIGHTY years old.  Coincidentally, the ASLC plans to study Pacific Sleeper Sharks next year as not much is known about them.
What a fascinating discovery in Resurrection Bay for the ASLC crew and science!

Carol Griswold



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