Dave Holts, off Ucluelet, British Columbia. On Wednesday, July 25, we arrived at the fishing grounds at about 10:00 a.m. We baited and set 72 hooks out for 1.5 hours.

Dave Holts, off Ucluelet, British Columbia. At the crack of dawn on Saturday, July 21, we were off to the fishing grounds.  The seas were a little milder -- 4-foot swells

Dave Holts, off Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada. – We’re here to catch at least 10 blue sharks greater than six feet long, and tag them with satellite and archival

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 cam

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. Although humans are supposed to be rational, humans decide who lives and who dies based on the curious calculus of cuddly.

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. The surface waters of the open ocean are referred to as the “pelagic zone”, and it is hard for people who have never been out at sea

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. Sharks are tough animals and nothing about the gear that is used to catch and study them can be small or delicate.

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. Tanner Bank has been good to us, producing a variety of sharks and reasonably high catch rates.

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. Fishing has been slow inshore so we decided to change our luck.

Russ Vetter, Leg III SHARK CRUISE. It is a big ocean and mako and blue sharks live in a big neighborhood.