This adult common thresher shark was caught, tagged, and released alive during the 2009 Juvenile Shark Survey off of the Channel Islands. The hose in the sharks mouth pumps seawater across the gills so that the shark can breathe during the tagging operation.

Scoring:

+ 1 😊 Best
+ 1 🙂 Good
+ 1 😐 OK
+ 1 🙁 Unsure

Topics:
   + Alopias vulpinus
   + Fish tagging
   + Veterinary medicine for fish

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Licensing:

• Artist: SWFSC Large Pelagics Program
• License: Public Domain

Media information:

• Original datetime: 2009-08-24
• Upload datetime: 2012-04-02T06:19:52Z
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Technical Topics:
   + PD US NOAA