Ocean-Basin Traveler: Pacific Sleeper Sharks Span Thousands of Kilometers

This deep-sea giant ranges across an ocean wider than the United States.

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The North Pacific is the largest ocean basin on Earth.

Pacific sleeper sharks are distributed throughout the North Pacific Ocean, from sub-Arctic waters off Alaska to regions near Japan, covering vast transoceanic distances.

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Such a distribution across thousands of kilometers places the species within multiple national jurisdictions and dramatically different marine conditions.

Its basin-wide presence means environmental shifts—from Arctic ice retreat to deep-sea fisheries—can influence a single slow-growing predator that already takes decades to replace.

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