Photography Jay Fleming on 19 Dec 2009 03:16 pm
Shark Tagging
2009
This summer marks the second season tagging for the APEX Predator Investigation. We caught and released 44 sharks this season, with a greater species diversity than previous years. Scroll down for more pictures and last years report.
Jay Fleming
Barratt Cullen
Sean Kane
Harper Cullen and Payton Kulina
2008
We took a break from spear-fishing this summer and started taking shark fishing a little more seriously after several close encounters while diving. The National Marine Fisheries Service’s APEX Predator Investigation, based out of Narraganset, Rhode Island sent us tags and instructions as part of their cooperative shark tagging program. The program uses data from tagging to asses migration patterns, abundance, mortality, and behavior of over 50 different species of sharks on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America.
We released a total of 42 sharks this year, tagging as many as possible before we ran out of tags. The largest Sandtiger measured 9.5 feet (114″).
Carla and Ben Fleming
