Category Archives: tagging

Updates from the Field (No Pictures Yet…)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Chuck

I want to start this post off by apologizing for forgetting the upload cable for my camera.  Because of this glaring oversight, I won’t be able to post any pictures from the trip until I get back.  Here’s hoping I … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season…

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Chuck

As I get ready to head up to Cape Cod to help out with the latest round of dogfish tagging, some exciting news popped up on Underwater Times.  A great white of impressive proportions was sighted off of Martha’s Vineyard … Continue reading →

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Unintentional Shark Tagging

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Chuck

This might possibly be the most awesome paper about tagging fish ever. One of the handiest advances in telemetry, especially of large, highly-migratory oceanic species, has been the advent of PSAT tags.  These tags do it all: movement, depth, temperature, … Continue reading →

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Not All Great Whites are Snow Bunnies

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Chuck

Tip o’ the hat to The Dorsal Fin for this article.  It’s been a while since I’ve written about the great whites of New England, but this is mainly because, according to the tagging studies performed by Greg Skomal of … Continue reading →

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Wolves at the Door: Shark Interactions with Aquaculture

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Chuck

In the greater spectrum of shark/human interactions, the majority of encounters undoubtedly take place between sharks and fishermen, even if encounters between sharks and swimmers get all the press.  However, that aquaculture is becoming more widespread as a use of … Continue reading →

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New England Sharks Still Sharkin’ Around

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Chuck

The hits just keep coming from Cape Cod (and Underwater Times).  I almost can’t keep up with all the Carcharodon carcharias-related news coming out of my old motherland. The first successful tagging of one of this year’s great whites happened … Continue reading →

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First New England Great White of 2010

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Chuck

I’m headed back up to my motherland of Rhode Island next week for the Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists (mainly because of the heavy AES presence there), and it seems the great whites are going to be there to … Continue reading →

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New England Great Whites Return

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Chuck

Here’s an incredibly timely news item, given that my last post was a little Carcharodon carcharias humor and I’m watching “Expedition Great White” as I write this.  Last summer five great whites were tagged with satellite tracking tags as they … Continue reading →

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