We are so grateful to Ph.D. Nico Lubitz and his team for taking a group of FINstitute members out to Orpheus Island to observe him and his team tag some truly incredible sharks.
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This was a first-of-a-kind trip as we are the first JCU club to organize and execute a completely student-led field trip to Orpheus Island, and we could not be happier with how it went.
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With just one day out on the water, we got incredibly lucky and got to watch Nico and his team tag 3 Spottail sharks, one pig eye shark, one tiger shark, and one great hammerhead.
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We spent the weekend learning about the history and uses of different types of tags and got to participate in an R coding workshop top by Nico
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It was truly one for the books and we are so grateful for this experience. We hope to carry this out again in the future to continue connecting students with hands on experiences in the field like this trip.