The China Post
Date: July 1, 2016
By: CNA

TAIPEI–More than 30 shark pups rescued earlier this month from two separate dead

A baby tiger shark is seen swimming in an outdoor pool in Taitung, Thursday, June 30. The baby sharks were birthed by staff of the Fisheries Research Institute’s East Coast Marine Biology Center from two separate tiger shark mothers caught in stationary fishing nets. (CNA)

pregnant female tiger sharks found off the coast of Taitung County are growing well, and 20 of them were released into the sea Thursday. Two of the tiger sharks were given microsatellite markers to record their movement patterns, according to a marine biology expert.

Fishermen operating out of Chenggong fishing port in Taitung County brought in two dead pregnant female tiger sharks on June 13 and June 14, from which 75 live baby sharks were rescued and later sent to the Fisheries Research Institute’s East Coast Marine Biology Center in Taitung for observation.

When they were pulled from their dead mothers, the first litter of 38 shark pups averaged about 80 centimeters in length, while the second litter of 37 averaged 60 centimeters in length. Eventually, 35 were able to survive, according to the marine biology center’s director, Ho Yuan-hsing.     [FULL  STORY]