On day 3 we went to the community centre to start another day but made a quick decision when we got there to go on the boat because of the good weather. We put on extra layers and life jackets and waited for the Gemini 2 to come into Portmore pier. When we got out it was calm until we went past the tower and the waves made it bit choppy. We turned round and went past the Garvin Isles where it was a bit calmer. We used the last known position of Emmetts's satellite tag to search for sharks and just when we were eating our lunch and about to give up our shark searching, Zoe spotted our first shark! We saw about ten basking sharks and managed to tag three.
Basking Shark Fin
A variety of tags are used to tag the basking sharks. The tags we put in were coloured and numbered visual tags, so if they re re-spotted you know where and when the shark was first tagged. The newest tags are capable of giving their position (lat/long) when on the surface and variety of different measurements such as temperature.
Approaching the shark for tagging!
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