Adults come into the bay to give to their young in the spring and early summer.
Pups use the bay as a protective nursery until they are large enough to enter the pelagic environment. It has been estimated that up to 10,000 pups can be born in this bay over the summer. Little is known about the impact that this shark population has on Kaneohe Bay. One way to measure this impact is by quantifying the energetic demands of this predator. Respirometry techniques were used to quantify the metabolic rate of the shark pups over a range swimming speeds.