Category Archives: tagging

The Future

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Chuck

Posts have been a little sparse here for the past month or so, and it’s because I’ve been spending a lot of time a.) finishing up my first year of PhD school, and b.) setting up a new batch of … Continue reading →

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AFS 2011 – Big Ol’ Recap

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Chuck

I’ve spent the last week at the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, where nearly 4,000 fish nerds from the worlds of academia, management, and even art descended on Seattle for four days of talks, socials, interesting conversation … Continue reading →

Posted in AFS, conference, conservation, dorkiness, fisheries management, grad school, research, sharks, skates, spiny dogfish, striped bass, tagging | 4 Comments

Sharks of the Jersey Shore

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Chuck

Just got back from a little pre-school-year vacation visiting the Hot Girlfriend up in New Jersey, which has seen its share of shark sightings this summer.  New Jersey has a long history with sharks, what with the first high-profile string … Continue reading →

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Hunting Bull Sharks in the Neuse

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Chuck

Yesterday I got the chance to wake up before dawn and head down to Morehead City to help out Duke PhD student Meagan Dunphy-Daly in her research on bull sharks and their habits in the Neuse River.  She has a … Continue reading →

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AES 2011 Day 4

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Chuck

Today marked the last official day of shark talks at JMIH/AES, though there will still be plenty of bony fish a reptile talks tomorrow.  Most likely I’ll be exploring Minneapolis, and then it’s time for the long trip back and … Continue reading →

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AES 2011 Day 1

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Chuck

I’ll have to be fairly brief with this recap of day 1 of JMIH/AES 2011 so I can make the shuttle to the first “official” social of the conference, so hear goes:

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Playing With Sharks in Charleston

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Chuck

As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve spent the weekend in Charleston hanging out with David “WhySharksMatter” Shiffman and taking part in the coastal shark survey run out of the Charleston SCDNR lab.  Since most of my work has been … Continue reading →

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Twitter Discoveries: Bycatch.org and RJ Dunlap

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Chuck

I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical about Twitter for a while.  However, since jumping on the bandwagon I’ve actually found it to be an incredible source of information and news that I would never have had the time to … Continue reading →

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The Cape Cod Tagging Recap

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Chuck

The past few posts have been quick short-form recaps of what’s been going on that day.  Now that I’m back in town (after we called the trip early due to weather) I finally have a chance to upload the pictures … Continue reading →

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Where the #@$8* Are the Dogfish!?

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Chuck

Just a brief one today. Yesterday we got out on the water again for what should have been a nice half-day excursion to wrap up this round of tagging and surgically implant acoustic receivers into live dogfish.  What it turned … Continue reading →

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