South Louisiana is covered with swamps. Spanish Moss-draped cypress trees, drooping willow-lined bayou banks, mucky, murky backwaters and palmetto-laced ridges make up as much of the landscape as sugar cane fields, oak-tree bottoms, towns and cities. The swamps go by uniquely Louisiana names like Maurepas, Des Allemands, LaBranche and Bonnet Carre. While all of Southern […]
As shark biologists, we often need to get up close and personal with sharks in order to attach tags and collect necessary samples to answer critical questions about shark migrations, physiology, fisheries interactions, reproductive biology, etc. Over the years, scientists have developed various methods of capture and handling, which often involve removing sharks from the […]
Do you have a secret spot you like to access to fish your favorite run? Maybe your spot is accessed through public BLM or Forest Service land? I have a few spots like this and remember a place I use to hike to that later was closed to the public. I remember thinking in frustration, […]
Did you know that removing a billfish from the water not only causes unnecessary harm to the fish, but in the Atlantic it is illegal to remove any highly migratory fish from the water that is not harvested. Learn how to ensure safe, healthy billfish release and still get great pictures of your catch without […]
2015 is starting out to be a great year for the IGFA Great Marlin Race! On New Year’s day, a satellite tag on a Pacific blue marlin popped up 2,292 nautical miles (nm) away from where it was deployed last summer in Kona, Hawaii, USA and pushed the IGMR total miles to 63,764 nm! The […]
OCEARCH and collaborating Australian scientist tagged the first Australian tiger shark February 2nd. Jedda is an 11 ft. 8 in. Australian female tiger shark named by Cat Products fan Schwarz Wolf. She is named after the Australian movie Jedda, the first film to star two Aboriginal actors in leading roles. James Cook University’s Dr Adam […]