Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. On Thursday evening, we had just finished our last set and, in true Walt Disney fashion, we were about to clean up as the last hooks came in and the largest fish of the cruise came up on the very last hook! It was a beefy male blue shark well over 6.5 feet (2 meters) long.

As we come to the end of our cruise, thanks to all of the shark tagging crew shown here commemorating the 200th anniversary of NOAA.