FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at University of Miami Fosters Ocean Science for Future Generations Shark expert Hammerschlag to lead program to promote interest in research and conservation, provide hands-on learning opportunities for students Photo by: Eric Cheng MIAMI — January 18, 2010 — The University of Miami (UM) today announced […]
Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, RJ Dunlap Director, will be featured on an upcoming I will be featured TV show on History Channel…Wednesday January 13th at 9pm eastern/8pm CST for the two hour special of MonsterQuest. The episode, “Jaws: The Silent Killer” The show will feature some of the latest Great White Shark Research recently published by […]
I would like to inform you of a new scientific publication based on our research that will be published in the journal “Marine Ecology.” The article titled “Nocturnal Fish Utilization of a Subtropical Mangrove-Seagrass Ecotone” is based on research we did at night in Biscayne Bay (Florida), surveying fish distributions using seine nets. A PDF […]
We just finished the last field trip of 2009. It was a busy year.. In total we tagged, sampled and released 255 sharks! Here was the species breakdown: Blacktips = 91 Lemons = 53 Bulls = 21 Great Hammerheads = 6 Nurse = 42 Atlantic Sharpnose = 16 Blacknose = 21 Spinner = 2 Sawfish […]
For those in Florida, I encourage you to attend the South Florida Shark Conservation Party on Jan 10. For more info and to RSVP, please visit: http://floridashark.pingg.com/2010SharkParty Happy New Year, Neil
January 18 is the inaguaration of the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at the University of Miami. The R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program is a joint program of the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. Fore more […]