Expedition 20: Sharks & Plankton Offshore PBC
FIU scientists worked with citizen scientists to deploy drum lines, tag sharks and collect plankton from aboard R/V ANGARI.
Expedition 18: FIU Shark Education – Forest Glen Middle School
A group of students and teachers spent the day aboard R/V ANGARI conducting shark research in Palm Beach County alongside scientists from Florida International University.
Expedition 17: Photogrammetry & Sea Turtle Tagging
Scientists aboard R/V ANGARI spent 9 days in the Western Bahamas studying, tagging, and photo-capturing sea turtles for an ongoing study of fibropapillomatosis, as well as gathering new high-speed biting data from nurse, lemon, and bull sharks in order to help better understand shark morphology, biting, and feeding behaviors.
Expedition 12: Discovery Channel Shark Week
R/V ANGARI served as a support vessel for the filming of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special, Sharkwrecked. In this TV special, shark attack survivor Paul de Gelder teamed up with fellow serviceman and marine survival expert, James Glancy to record what happens when a shipwreck occurs in shark-infested waters.
Expedition 8: Shark Research & Conservation
Researchers from the University of Miami's Shark Research and Conservation Program and citizen scientists aboard R/V ANGARI caught and tagged several different species of sharks.
Expedition 7: Shark Research & Conservation
The University of Miami Shark Research and Conservation team and citizen scientists from Youth Making Ripples had a productive day onboard R/V ANGARI, tagging 9 sharks total and collecting a wealth of valuable data for the shark science community.
Expedition 5: Science-At-Sea and Shark Migration
Students and teachers from Conniston Middle School and Wellington Landings Middle participated in a variety of marine science field experiences aboard R/V ANGARI, ranging from conducting plankton tows to learning methods used to study the annual black tip shark migration.
Expedition 4: Shark Research & Conservation
University of Miami's Shark Research and Conservation Program researchers came aboard R/V ANGARI and tagged a wide-range of sharks, and collected valuable data to greatly benefit the shark science community.
Expedition 2: Shark Research & Conservation
A successful day trip onboard R/V ANGARI tagging sharks off West Palm Beach with the University of Miami Shark Research and Conservation Program, OceanLED and YACHTSIGN.
Expedition 1: Shark Research & Conservation
Researchers from the University of Miami Shark Research and Conservation Program came aboard R/V ANGARI and tagged a wide-range of sharks, collecting valuable data to greatly benefit the shark science community.