Don't Take Shark Tags, Experts Urge Anglers - Weekend Argus
Published in the Weekend Argus, 16 March 2009 (Cape Argus/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)
Shark researchers have appealed to anglers not to remove tags from sharks they catch because crucial information could be lost after a well-meaning angler removed one.
A ragged tooth shark called Lesley was caught a week ago in Struisbaai by an angler who released her but removed her spaghetti tag... meaning researchers will no longer be able to keep tabs on her.
The shark, named after Lesley Rochat, founder of the AfriOceans Conservation Alliance, was first tagged in Struisbaai in 2006 as part of the Save Our Seas Foundation M-Sea Programme, a shark conservation project, which began with the release of a ragged tooth called Maxine from the Two Oceans Aquarium in 2004. Read more...
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