More shark photos, black sea bass research photos Posted on April 25, 2024May 24, 2024 by Judy Benson Christopher Mills, UConn Marine Sciences Department technician, works to remove a hook from a sandbar shark he caught while fishing in the waters east of Montauk, Long Island, in August 2022 so the shark could be released. Photo: Calvin Hansen Mills maneuvers a sandbar shark onshore after catching it while fishing on a Connecticut beach on an August evening in 2023. Once the hook was removed, the shark was released. Photo: Calvin Hansen A spiny dogfish, a type of shark found in Long Island Sound, is captured by a baited remote underwater video (BRUV) camera. Photo: Peter Auster A 14-foot great white shark closes its jaws around a seal in the waters off Chatham, MA in July 2022. Photo: Breanna Racicot A four-foot white shark is tagged and released off Montauk, N.Y., in August 2021. Photo: Breanna Racicot A microphotograph of a transversal section of a black sea bass sagittal otolith. This structure in the inner ear of fish was used in the research project to count and measure annual increments. Image: D. Riser A series of microphotographs of transversal black sea bass otolith sections showing examples of specimens aged 0 – 11 years. Image: D.Riser, arranged by Hannes Baumann