Sal Jorgensen, at Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA.-- Here's an updated plot of the juvenile white shark that John O'Sullivan and the team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium outfitted with a SPOT - satellite position only tag -- on July 17. It was accidentally caught in nets by fishermen fishing for sea bass on July 12, and transferred to the aquarium's holding pen for tagging. It was released in excellent condition, O'Sullivan said, and is looking good off of Oceanside, California! (Mike Castleton at Hopkins Marine Station did the map.)

Notice in the image below that the shark has been hanging out in the waters that show the warmest surface temperatures. When the young shark was tagged in July, it was 5.5 feet long. White sharks grow to be about 20 feet long. We're hoping that he makes it to adulthood.

You can keep up with the shark's movements on the TOPP Data section of this site -- scroll down to "white shark" and click on the link.

Also if you click on the map where the southern Pt. Conception square is, you can see the shark's movements along with other species.