Galapagos Shark Tagging
© courtesy Justin Gilligan (a, d) and Ian Hutton (b, c).
Description
Images of the tagging process for Galapagos sharks. (a) hooked shark about to be brought onto the vessel; (b) inserting an acoustic tag into the body cavity of a shark whilst it is restrained in the purpose-built cradle device for tagging; (c) removing the hook prior to releasing the shark; (d) shark swimming away after being tagged and released.