Jackie, with Teabag
Beautiful day -- out baiting long-lining hooks
Kristene, Laura, and Grant, setting gangions
Kristene, at the bow of the boat
Laura throws out a baited gangion and circle hook
Kristene, Laura, and Grant
Grant feeds the pelican
Steve and Alan, at the long-lining meeting
Grant shows us how a hangman's noose works
Grant, demonstrating long-lining techniques on our lab hammerhead
Grant, showing the tool we use to insert Casey tags
Doc comes back with supplies and an Italian film crew
Joy cleans the hammerhead
Laura and Joy, on the ground
Laura and Joy, on the ground
Our long-lining team: Alan, Johanna, Grant, and Ruth
Grant and Jo pull up a large 8' nurse shark
Nurse sharks are strong
Ruth, holding the Q-Beam
Me, holding an 8' nurse shark
Alan, showing grace as he pulls on the long-line
Ruth, with fishy hands
Grant uses a "pokey knife" to punch a slit into a nurse shark's dorsal fin (for a Casey tag)
Grant inserts a Casey tag
Grant grabs onto the circle hook, preparing to remove it from the shark's mouth
Alan, with a nurse shark in tonic
Jo and Ruth, with a large nurse shark
Jo and me, on the boat
Grant, looking for a hole in his septum
Grant, having found the hole in his septum