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 Shark Skin Project - click here for more information

Phil manually erecting single scales on the shark

Laura using a catheter to pressurize the skin, then erecting the scales

Phil examining the scales of a hammerhead shark
Collecting hammerheads in Trinidad

Kyle taking measurements

Kyle and Phil hard at work

From the fish market

Laura collecting her pelagic bony fishes from the fishing tournaments

Laura claiming her blue marlin head!

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The 800lb tuna

Dr. Motta's Biology of Sharks and Rays class at USF!

The crew measuring and tagging

The catch of the day

Dr. Motta demonstrates the power of the remora

Discovery Channel Canada: filming for the Daily Planet show, airing in July 2008 - for more info, click here!
 

 
Laura and Phil digitizing a barracuda head

Phil recording data points on the laptop

Laura digitally mapping 3D coordinates on a barracuda head
  National Geographic: filming for the 2008 tv special - for more info, click here!
 

 
The Mote tank with filming window

Phil and Kyle with the National Geographic crew

 
  Mexico: research with whale sharks - for more information, click here
 

 
Phil & Sam try to catch up with a whale shark

Sam & Phil getting ready for filming whale shark feeding

Kyle & Phil using lasers to get accurate length measurements of whale sharks

  Tagging Sharks
 
 
Laura & Sam take a break from shark wrangling during a Mote Marine Lab tagging trip.
Sam, Laura, and John bring in a shark to be measured
Dan helps bring in a sandbar shark during a Mote Marine Lab tagging trip.
  Class Outings
 
 
Grey snapper over a Tortuga's reef.
The 2005 ichthyology class examines their trawl
Seining in the Hillsborough River
  F.I.S.H. Meetings - for more information, click here!
 
 
 
Drs. Ralph Turringan, Steve Kajiura, and Phil Motta belt out "Day-O" for a study on vocalization patterns of ichthyologists.
Student participants of the 2007 FISH meeting at University of Tampa
   
 
       
         
  All photos are © Philip J. Motta