The University of Miami R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program (RJD) has joined forces with The Billfish Foundation (TBF) to develop a billfish tagging program for high school students that will educate, invigorate, and create conservation-minded anglers, ultimately providing research opportunities. This new and exciting program will provide RJD students with the opportunity to spend time on the water with […]
Friday, December 9th 2011 For the last trip of the semester we headed out to the University of Miami’s field research station at Broad Key with members of the Board of Visitors from UM’s Rosenstiel School. After Captain Curt, myself, Kyra, Evan and James set out the first 10 drumlines we met up with Dr. […]
Friday, November 18th 2011 Based on the weather report from the night before, a sunny, calm day out on the water did seem to be in the cards. Members of Prana Yoga studio, along with some students from Dr. Hammerschlag’s marine conservation and ecology class, joined us on the boat today. Captain Curt decided to […]
Saturday, November 12th 2011 Ladies ruled the water today, as a female dominated group from St. Thomas Aquinas High School accompanied the RJ Dunlap team for some good old fashioned sharking. In addition to the lovely ladies (and Blake), we had the pleasure of adding Dr. Norse to our all star cast. The morning went […]
Friday, November 11th 2011 Today marked a special day in this millennium, 11/11/11! Conditions were questionable before going out, with high winds and possible rain. Although the outlook was bleak at the start of the day we managed to land two gorgeous sharks, a blacknose and a blacktip. By about 10:00 am, ten drums lines […]
The RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program is headed to Science Online 2012, an annual gathering of scientists, science journalists, science educators, and bloggers from around the world! Director Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, as well as Ph.D. students Julia Wester, Austin Gallagher, and David Shiffman (who Science Online regulars know as WhySharksMatter from Southern Fried Science) will […]
Thursday, November 10th 2011 “Stand back!” Fiona said. After many let downs, one of our lines finally shared a shark. Our hearts were racing for, what we didn’t know at the time was to be, our only catch of the day. We watched the water, waiting for a glimpse of a fin or tail. Finally, […]
Friday, November 4th 2011 Today marks another uneventful day out on the water for the program. However, the important thing to remember here is that no data is still data, as we reminded each other after a long day of pulling in empty (very heavy) lines. We set out to UM’s field research station on […]
Thursday, November 3rd 2011 Today was a special day for the RJ Dunlap Program as we ventured out on the waters off of Key Largo with a group from the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), rather than our more traditional group of high school students. YPO is a worldwide group of young chief executives that aims […]
About a month ago we heard from Evan Byrnes, RJD shark research intern, in his blog “Sharks, S’mores and Sleepovers.” In his blog he detailed the events of a two-day stay at the University of Miami’s Broad Key field station with students from Our Lady of Lourdes High School. Now, with the help of OLLA’s […]