Greenpeace rescued 14 fish caught on the boat’s line, including eight near-threatened blue sharks, four swordfish and an endangered longfin mako shark. The group also removed 210 hooks and 20 ...

Next comes the longfin mako, which has a maximum known length of 14 feet. Even the biggest shortfins reach just 12.8 feet long. 3. Shortfin mako shark can reach speeds of at least 31 mph.

Longfin mako sharks live in oceans worldwide, although they are less common than their close relative, the shortfin mako. Like shortfin makos, longfin makos prefer warm and temperate waters.

The journey of a rare longfin mako shark, featured on this year’s Shark Week on Discovery Channel, ended off Delmarva’s coast July 15. It’s recorded journey, that is. The shark was tagged ...

A rare longfin mako shark satellite-tagged near Cuba recently “phoned home” off the U.S. Atlantic coast, say scientists who tagged the mako during the first-ever expedition to satellite-tag ...

The longfin mako tagged in the northeast Gulf of Mexico in April 2012 covered about 4,231 miles in three months, averaging about 46 miles per day before the tag detached.

Mako sharks are visual hunters, so the longfin sharks’ larger eyes are believed to be an adaptation for hunting in deeper parts of the ocean with less visible light. Shortfin makos grow to ...

The longfin mako was also listed as endangered. The meat and fins of makos are valuable in many countries, according to the release, though there are no international fishing quotas for the sharks.

In March 2019, Fox News reported that both the shortfin and longfin mako shark are listed as endangered. A nine-foot mako shark was captured off the coast of Navarre Beach on Saturday.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , mako sharks can grow to lengths of up to 13 feet long, and weights of 1,200 lbs. Shortfin and longfin mako sharks, which are ...

Longfin mako sharks live in oceans worldwide, although they are less common than their close relative, the shortfin mako. Like shortfin makos, longfin makos prefer warm and temperate waters.