Hey everyone, it's been a while.
Recently it's come to be that I'll be (most likely) moving from the USA to Ankara to work with Hacettepe medical school for 6 or so years. I live not too far from the mediterranean and I was wondering whether any experts had any suggestions to help keep a velvet belly lanternshark.
It almost definitely a temperate if not cold water shark, and I an interesting in seeing if it could potentially even be bred (though I doubt I can succeed at breeding them) I wouldn't have even considered the shark, however after research I have found that they are found in waters as shallow as 20m. I am aware that the success rate for deep water sharks is low, but I will be working with bycatch from fisheries; sharks that will otherwise have no chance to survive. Can I get some help?
Zoodiver Especially looking for some suggestions and help from you since I know you have worked with sharks quite a bit.
Let me note again (just in case anyone missed it the first time): these sharks are BYCATCH, especially in trawling operations. Left in the hands of fisheries, they will definitely not survive. I am NOT capturing these sharks myself to keep them in an environment they don't belong in.
Recently it's come to be that I'll be (most likely) moving from the USA to Ankara to work with Hacettepe medical school for 6 or so years. I live not too far from the mediterranean and I was wondering whether any experts had any suggestions to help keep a velvet belly lanternshark.
It almost definitely a temperate if not cold water shark, and I an interesting in seeing if it could potentially even be bred (though I doubt I can succeed at breeding them) I wouldn't have even considered the shark, however after research I have found that they are found in waters as shallow as 20m. I am aware that the success rate for deep water sharks is low, but I will be working with bycatch from fisheries; sharks that will otherwise have no chance to survive. Can I get some help?
Zoodiver Especially looking for some suggestions and help from you since I know you have worked with sharks quite a bit.
Let me note again (just in case anyone missed it the first time): these sharks are BYCATCH, especially in trawling operations. Left in the hands of fisheries, they will definitely not survive. I am NOT capturing these sharks myself to keep them in an environment they don't belong in.