Sharks\u00a0are on the move this spring break, as another\u00a0great white\u00a0has been spotted lurking in the Gulf.<\/p>\n
Goodall, a female great white measuring just over 13 feet and weighing nearly 1,400 pounds, was spotted pinging about 9 miles off the Gulf Coast near Port Richey, Florida, on March 17, according to OCEARCH.<\/p>\n
This follows several other shark\u00a0pings\u00a0in the Gulf from late February into March, just as many spring breakers head to the beach.<\/p>\n
Sharks, Mira,\u00a0Ernst, Bella, Penny and Ripple have all recently been tracked in the Gulf.<\/p>\n
Like most sharks, Goodall now joins the pack, as the species usually heads south along the\u00a0East Coast\u00a0to warmer waters during winter.<\/p>\n
Recently tagged on Sept. 30th, 2025, she was released in\u00a0Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, by the Tancook Islands Marine Field Station Team, in collaboration with the OCEARCH Science and Fishing Teams, said OCEARCH.<\/p>\n
Goodall, a female great white measuring just over 13 feet and weighing nearly 1,400 pounds, was spotted pinging about 9 miles off the Gulf Coast near Port Richey, Florida, on March 17. OCEARCH<\/p>\n
Goodall is part of the Atlantic Canada collaborative research that will help improve knowledge on the movement and behavior of white sharks in the vital region. OCEARCH<\/p>\n
Goodall\u2019s travel log since Sept. 30, 2025. OCEARCH<\/p>\n
She is named after Dr. Jane Goodall, as she was one of the world\u2019s most influential voices for\u00a0wildlife\u00a0conservation\u00a0that inspired generations to protect our planet and revolutionized how we understand animal behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLike her namesake, Goodall the shark will play an important role in advancing science,\u201d they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Providing up to ten years of valuable data, Goodall is part of the\u00a0Atlantic\u00a0Canada\u00a0collaborative research that will help improve knowledge on the movement and behavior of white sharks in the vital region.<\/p>\n
OCEARCH highlighted that Goodall represents a long-standing commitment to scientific research and conservation, serving as a symbol of how science can advance understanding and promote\u00a0environmental\u00a0protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharks\u00a0are on the move this spring break, as another\u00a0great white\u00a0has been spotted lurking in the Gulf. Goodall, a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":666853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[723,936,159,2415,213240,67,132,68,1154,837],"class_list":["post-666852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-florida","tag-ocean","tag-science","tag-sharks","tag-spring-break","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116255977963322017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}