Friday, April 29th 2011 The shark team took to the seas again today, this time accompanied by a very excited group from the Island Christian School. Our sights were set on “The Reef”, the deepest location that we sample. On our ride out to the site, we took the time to brief the group on […]
Friday, April 22nd 2011 It was a textbook Miamian spring morning, clear blue skies with the sun shining bright. For the RJ Dunlap squad, the smell of bait sparked the prospect of sharks. Our crew on board today was also hoping to pull in a few sharks. Instead of students today, the RJD program was […]
Sunday, April 3rd 2011 One of our sampling sites, the outer reef site, represents a southerly migratory route for larger coastal and semi-pelagic Atlantic sharks, as it is so close to the Gulf Stream. In fact, our most recent trip out to the deep reef yielded a variety of unique, larger shark species, providing some […]
Saturday, April 2nd 2011 Today we had the pleasure of going out to sea with Miami Dade College students. They were an interested and curious group, anxiously awaiting the first shark of the day. Unfortunately their anticipation was not relieved until later in the day. Many of the drumlines afforded no sharks, or even the […]
Friday, April 1st 2011 Today the team headed out for another shark research adventure, joined by a Fisheries Ecosystem graduate class from RSMAS, taught by Dr. David Die and Dr. Beth Babcock. The day started out beautifully, except for a vicious wind blowing from the west. In order to escape it, the team headed to […]
Look Great, While Also Saving the Oceans… Dear all, It is with great excitement that I inform you of a new initiative from the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at the University of Miami (RJD). We have created an online shop with extremely cool fashion items and gear. All proceeds go directly to supporting […]
Sunday, March 27th 2011 After a very unlucky day on the water on Saturday, Captain Curt was determined to catch some sharks today, hopefully even a large bull shark, on our trip out to our site in Everglades National Park. He predicted that we were overdue for a large bull shark and that we would […]
Ok, not really…,but sort of. Saturday, March 26th 2011 Fresh off an awesome trip to the Dry Tortugas over spring break, we were hoping that the good fortunes would continue to be with us as the shark trips were brought back to Sea Base. The conditions could not have been any better- a light chop […]
Wednesday, March 16th – Sunday, March 20th 2011 This five day long expedition was set in the Dry Tortugas, a small group of islands about 70 miles west of Key West. This area was chosen, and is particularly special, because of its status as a very well protected national park. In being such, special permits […]
Blog 31 – “Shark Month” My church had “Shark Month” in January to help me raise more donations. I gave a speech to all the Sunday School and they had a big board of pictures up. All the kids “noisy offering” is going to help sharks. It’s “noisy offering” because we all drop our coins […]