Highlighting the Cooperative Shark Tagging Program for Shark Week

🦈 Tagging a Bonnethead Shark — Real Science in Action In this video, our students are tagging a bonnethead shark using a PIT tag (Passive Integrated Transponder)—a tiny, internal tag that gives researchers powerful, long-term data with minimal impact on the animal. ✅ Why PIT tags matter: • Each tag has a unique ID, allowing individual sharks to be identified for life • Helps track growth rates, movement patterns, and site fidelity • Provides long-term data when the animal is recaptured in futur