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Bimini Biological Field Station “PIT” lemon shark census 2009

Posted: 19 June 2009 11:42 AM
Last Update: 19 June 2009 11:47 AM
Categories: News,  Environment
Author: Eric Cheng ( echeng )
This Article's URL: http://wetpixel.com/i.php/full/bimini-biological-field-station-pit-lemon-shark-census-2009/
Related Link: http://www6.miami.edu/sharklab/pit_09_intro.html

Wetpixel member Matt Potenski is in Bimini, Bahamas, is on location covering this year’s Bimini Biological Field Station juvenile lemon shark census. I’ve been out to Bimini to spend time with the enthusiastic volunteers, whose job it is to catch, measure, weigh, and tag every juvenile lemon shark in the mangrove forests around Bimini. Each night, volunteers walk up and down gill nets every 15 minutes, braving “PIT rot” (use your imagination) and swarms of mosquitoes and sand flies. It sounds terrible, but it is a lot of fun!

Check out Matt’s coverage at the BBFS blog.

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