NOAA Fisheries scientist Beth Matta's first encounter with a baby Pacific sleeper shark on an Alaska research survey in 2002 was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with the species

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NOAA Fisheries scientist Beth Matta's first encounter with a baby Pacific sleeper shark on an Alaska research survey in 2002 was the beginning of a lifelong fascination with the species

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