Matthias arrives and receives a tour by Jackie
Marta, Matthias, Rebecca and I fix a gillnet (a local Bahamian named Stan kept us company)
Fixing gillnets
Jackie
Marta and Jackie: the most beautiful animals this net will ever catch
Matthias helps Marta with the gillnet
Marta, smoking a stick
Marta prepares to cut bait
The away team wakes up and is ready to leave for the night!
On first glance, this fish looks like it is very lucky...
... but Marta has plans for it.
The 2nd load leaves for the dock
Tag boat team: Kate, Melissa, Kristene, and Lesley
Marta. This photo is a little scary. :)
Lilian, Tarra, Joy, and Bryan arrive to get food
Alan and Laura. Someone on this boat radio'ed in for us to bring "something for chafing" :)
Laura and Drew
A juvenile lemon shark in the tagging pen
Juvenile lemon sharks in the tagging pen
Juvenile lemon sharks in the tagging pen
Juvenile lemon sharks in the tagging pen
Juvenile lemon sharks in the tagging pen
A juvenile lemon shark in the tagging pen. Notice the temporary hole in the dorsal fin. This is where the DNA sample is sometimes taken.
Melissa, with juvenile lemon sharks in the tagging pen
Melissa, doing rounds on the net to make sure all sharks are healthy.