Hello everyone, I hope all of you have had a good couple of weeks! Today I want to go over my procedures and some of the materials that I use so all of you know a little more about my project.
I typically go shark fishing within a mile and a half offshore of the Ponce Inlet Jetties. First to attract the sharks we use a constant output of chum. We then use a rod and reel setup with a hook, weight or float and line to catch the sharks. For bait, we typically use cut dead Bonita, whole dead Finger Mullet, or live Pinfish.
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| Bonita |
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| Finger Mullet |
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| Pinfish |
Once we catch the shark we take a total length measurement, a fork length measurement, we take identification photos of the full body and the dorsal fin of the shark and we tag the shark depending upon the size. We use a spaghetti style tag to identify different individual sharks so if we or someone else catches the same shark we can gain data on the species.
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| Spaghetti Shark Tag |
I received a question on my last post from
Jackie sec. 102. We are collecting the data through the catching, tagging and measuring of the sharks. If we can catch enough Scalloped Hammerheads of juvenile size and maturity in this area then I believe that we have enough to prove that this is at least a nursery area for these sharks and if we get enough of the right data we can conclude that this is a birthing site for these sharks.
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