The silky shark is more active, yet less aggressive than the other two big pelagic sharks, the blue shark and oceanic whitetip.

A better knowledge of sharks has led to more species (including the large pelagic sharks) being able to be kept for far longer.

Twenty pelagic sharks traveled in giant tanks because they must keep moving to pass water and oxygen over their gills.

Bycatch is a major environmental issue in the longline fishery, especially impacting billfish, sea turtles, pelagic sharks, and seabirds.

Blue sharks, like most pelagic sharks, tend to fare poorly in captivity.

As with other pelagic sharks, they seem to have trouble avoiding walls or other obstacles.

They were in a bare thirty fathoms of water-and, like the great pelagic sharks, nuclear attack submarines are creatures of the deep, not the shallows.

Spiracles are reduced or missing in active pelagic sharks.

The average FAD-caught fish is smaller and comes with relatively large bycatch raising concern about declining populations of several species of pelagic sharks.

The pups are born in reef nursery areas on the outer continental shelf, where there are ample food supplies and protection from large pelagic sharks.