The Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research, PIER, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Oceanside, California. PIER is dedicated to the advancement of sustainable fisheries management through applied field research and public education.

 

SUMMER 2010 The BBC highlighted a recent PIER publication on the feeding ecology of the common thresher shark. PIER researchers use under water video to describe how the common thresher uses its tail to stun prey prior to feeding. Read more about PIER's ongoing thresher research.

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