One of the best shark trips ever! 3/26/2010

Sooo, I totally did not expect what 3/26/10 had in store for me when I woke up, exhausted at 5 am and under a not-to-promising-looking dark sky.  “At least its hot,” I thought, and headed out.  Furthermore discouraging was the POURING RAIN all the way down US 1 and the expressway; not to mention the […]

Amazing day of shark tagging 3/14/10

3/14/10 We were wary about how the conditions would be due to those of the day prior.  Nonetheless, I made my way down with 11 students from Palmer Trinity School to meet Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, Joe Romeiro from 333 Productions, and the rest of the shark team interns.  We were also accompanied by another VIP […]

Nurse Sharks Galore! 3/13/10

March 13th, 2010 As I woke up Saturday morning at Sea Base, I found myself looking outside to gale force winds.  The trees were moving at an alarming pace and inside the bay, the seas were close to 2 feet.  Needless to say, the morning did not look so great for a shark trip.  MAST […]

Shark Adventure 3/12/2010

March 12, 2010 We set out on Friday wary of how the weather was going to treat us yet still excited about the prospect of catching some amazing sharks.  A cloudy and overcast sky seemed like a small obstacle in our way to the ocean side reef.  South Broward High School had come out with […]

Shark Research Featured on Animal Planet – Wild Recon (March 9 @ 8 pm)

Dear All Our research was featured on a special episode of Wild Recon on Animal Planet: You can Watch the Full Episode Here (Click here to download) Our segment is occurs between the following times: 18:48 – 32:33 Wild Recon Episode: Ocean Killers Hunted for their fins, shark populations are plummeting across the globe. Animal […]

Shark Trip 2/21/2010 “Baby Tiger Shark”

Sunday Feb 21 By: Katie Sellers Despite some gnarly seas, the shark team had a great day on Sunday. The skies were blue and the weather had warmed up just enough to have a comfortable day out to sea. Our crew consisted of Dr. Hammerschlag, Captain Curt Slonim, Ashely Schenk, Brendal Davis, Josh Levy, Adam […]