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All Hands on Shark? Not quite, but Ultrasounding a Bull Shark Definitely Requires Teamwork
May 1, 2017
The science team uses an ultrasound machine to check whether a female bull shark is pregnant.
Photo: Karen Grady
When the crew on the bridge gives us the 10 minute call, we all don our life jackets, grab our gloves and head to the bow to see what we might have caught.... We have two measuring boards, a small sling for weighing bigger sharks on deck, two types of taggers, scales, scissors, tubes for fin clips, pliers, measuring tape, bolt cutters, data sheet, and hard hats for all. One person works the computer... Another person takes the line and hook and places it in a barrel ready to be baited next time. ... Two people are ready to do the measurements, weights and any tagging, and one person fills out the data sheet. It all works very quickly and efficiently.Read the blog post
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