Proud Daddy; R.J.Dunlap Marine Conservation Program

[loftus 42]

So now I get to live my life vicariously through my daughter Kyra, a freshman at the University of Miami, Marine Sciences Program. Hardly there a couple of months and already recruited by Neil Hammerschlag to participate in a shark tagging program run through the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program.

So yesterday was a great day, 2 Hammerheads, a Tiger, a baby Atlantic Bottlenose, and a Mako tagged.... yes a Mako near Tavernier Florida, how cool is that. Apparently the first Mako ever tagged with a satellite tag. These guys are doing great work, so if anyone feels the urge to donate, the R.J. Dunlap program does great work and needs all the help it can get. http://www.rjd.miami.edu/

Photographs below were taken by Christine Shepard

 

 

[Scubamoose 0]

Congrats mate

Edited November 15, 2010 by Scubamoose

[Deep6 7]

Doubles from me. Ain’t it great when your little genetic instantiations turn out to be so good?

Bob

[diggy 47]

Must be an awesome feeling. Congrats

 

Diggy

[danielandrewclem 3]

I hope there will soon be an Atlantic version of the TOPP project, so people could see where various sat-tagged pelagics have been swimming. Here are some makos in the Pacific from the past five years: http://www.topp.org/species/mako_shark