Joan of Shark Tagged in Albany’s Middleton Beach in Australia

The world’s largest Great White shark was recently electronically tagged off Albany’s Middleton Beach in Australia. They believe this could be the biggest of all time.

Dubbed as the Joan of Shark, it is more than 16 feet long and is estimated to weigh 1.6 tons.

The Department of Fisheries was tipped off of her presence after ‘Joan of Shark’ ventured too close to the popular swimming spot. Albany locals were issued a warning to stay out of the water while authorities handled the situation. Officers from the Department of Fisheries got to work searching for her and eventually located her with their boat. Once secured, they flipped her onto her back while she was still in the water in a state known as ‘tonic immobility’.

The photo surfacing online shows the officers inserting the electronic tag into her flesh. Once she came to, she was quickly released and reportedly swam out to sea. Department of Fisheries spokesperson Mark Kleeman commented For the next ten years, we’ll be able to keep a track of her movements, which is going to open up a whole new world. We’ll have a better understanding of the large-scale movements of white sharks.

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