Sharks play a critical role in the ecosystem along the North Carolina coast—but what are shark researchers hoping to learn from great white sharks tagged off of our coast? Learn more about these elusive apex predators, the role they play in balancing the ocean’s ecosystems, why OCEARCH’s research vessel is docked in Brunswick County, and how you can join OCEARCH’s efforts to address the two largest threats facing our oceans: data deficit and time. OCEARCH is a data-centric organization instituted to help scientists collect previously unobtainable data about great white sharks in their ocean environment.