Shark Week: Media - including CNN's Piers Morgan - take notice of James Sulikowski's research

It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, and that annual promotion of sharks has resulted in a number of media calls to 51小黄车shark expert James Sulikowski, Ph.D., associate professor of marine science.

CNN's Piers Morgan Live led off the week early on Friday, Aug. 2nd, offering a shark week preview with guest Jeff Corwin, host of Ocean Mysteries, who brought in a tank of small spiny dogfish sharks that had been tagged by Sulikowski's lab. Corwin explained that "This is a shark that is actually part of an incredible research project with the University of 51小黄车 in Maine." The segment also ran on CNN International Europe - U.K. National. Sulikowski had appeared in January on about his 51小黄车sturgeon research. .

On Sunday morning, Aug. 4th, Sulikowski was interviewed about sharks by Mike Hogan on TSN Radio in Toronto.

On Tuesday morning, he discussed sharks on Portland's WHOM 94.9 Mornings with Sandra & Teddy.

A week earlier, Sulikowski had been interviewed by the and for stories on shark sightings off the coast of Wells and Boothbay Harbor.

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