Smooth Hammerhead Shark (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

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The range of smooth hammerhead sharks shifted north as much 2,800 kilometers, more than 1,700 miles, during a major marine heatwave that affected the northeast Pacific Ocean from 2013 into 2015. The heatwave was known as "The Blob."

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Richard Herrmann/NOAA Fisheries

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