Involvement in Shark Tagging 

 "Snappa" has been involved with the National Marine Fisheries Service Shark Tagging Program since 1976. Results from our tagging provide useful information concerning feeding, reproduction, growth, and migration habits. Of the 2109 sharks that have been tagged and released, 215 have been recaptured. Our most notable tag releases were from a 20 ft. Great White Shark weighing approximately 4000 lbs. and a 4 ft. Great White. One being the largest and the other being one of the smallest Great Whites ever released for the N.M.F. Shark Tagging Program. A number of our sharks were at liberty for as long as 12 yrs. prior to recapture. Notable returns have come from areas as distant as the Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, the Azores and off the west coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands some 2,700 miles away. The types of sharks one may encounter in our waters include the Dusky, Blue, Thresher, Basking, Sandbar, Great White, Hammerhead, Mako and Tiger.

Leaping 544 lb. Mako Shark	Tagging a Mako     Photo by Mike Procopio	20 ft Great White Shark