There were only 57 unprovoked bites last year, and five of those were fatal, according to University of Florida's International Shark Attack File.

The research is shedding light on one of the most feared and mysterious ocean predators, according to a press release. It marks the first time that sharks have been outfitted with sensors and video recorders that measure and track where they’re going, how they’re getting there and what they’re doing once they reach their destinations. Until now, sharks have typically been observed in captivity and tracked only to get basic information on where they’ve traveled.听

Click to see some of the new footage.

The scientists are also studying how sharks and other big ocean predators, such as tuna, ingest and digest their prey. The pilot project uses electrical instruments that the animals consume.

The scientists’ footage shows sharks of different species swimming in schools, interacting with other fish and moving in repetitive loops across the sea bed, the press release says. The researchers also discovered that sharks use powered swimming more often than gliding to move through the sea, contrary to what scientists thought previously. It also turns out that deep-sea sharks swim more slowly than shallow-water species.听

“These instrument packages are like flight data recorders for sharks,” said Carl Meyer, a researcher at UH Manoa’s Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, in a statement. “They allow us to quantify a variety of different things that we haven鈥檛 been able to quantify before.”

“It has really drawn back the veil on what these animals do and answered some longstanding questions,” he added.

Experts say the research will help uncover crucial information about the marine ecosystem and the flow of energy through the ocean. The new observations, according to the researchers, could also shape conservation and resource management efforts and inform public safety measures.听

Meyer and his colleague, Kim Holland, presented their research this morning at the . The week-long biennial event brings together more than 5,000 researchers from around the world.听

Photo: A bluntnose sixgill shark outfitted with a sensor and digital camera. (Courtesy of UH Manoa via YouTube.)

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A 10-foot-long tiger shark was spotted in the channel at the Kaiser’s surf spot near Waikiki Monday afternoon, according to Ocean Safety officials.

Officials posted warning signs in the area and verbal warnings were given on the shoreline.

On Sunday, a 10-foot-long tiger shark was spotted near Kaimana Beach in Waikiki.

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Warning signs have been posted at Kaimana Beach on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki after a tiger shark was spotted about 200 yards off shore.

The 10-foot shark was see around 11:15 a.m. Beachgoers and the nearby Outrigger and Elks Club were notified.

Photo: Screen shot, Feb. 8. 2014. (KITV)

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The bill, from Rep. Nicole Lowen, :

As ocean predators towards the top of the food chain, sharks and rays keep the ecosystem balanced, regulate populations of other marine life, and ensure healthy fish stock and reefs.

听听听听 Sharks and rays are more vulnerable to fishing pressures than most other fish species. They are long-lived, slow-growing, start reproducing at an advanced age, and produce relatively few offspring per year. …

If the food chain is disrupted by a decline in the shark population, it affects the entire reef system.听…

Sharks and rays … are also valued figures in Hawaiian culture …

HB 2380 has for Friday.

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A total of 14 tiger via satellite transmitters as researchers round out phase two of a project to observe their movement in Maui waters.

The study comes following an 鈥� of shark attacks reported on Maui,鈥� , according to information released today by the University of Hawaii at Manoa鈥檚 Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. .

And here鈥檚 the latest in other neighbor isle gov鈥檛 and politics:

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