The whale shark is so docile as she swims along the surface filtering the plankton through her gills. They will be here in these waters as long as there is the plankton bloom which usually ends around the end of August.
Today we were invited to assist the biologist that is directing the Mexican Atlantic Whale Shark Project called "Domino" as that is what the locals call the whale shark. Rafael wants to know how long the whale sharks are here, how many there are, where they came from and where they go from here.
He has tagged over a hundred whale sharks with transmitters and is installing acoustic receivers on the bottom of the sea that will record the data as the whale shark passes within 500 meters of a receiver.Today we placed 3 of these cylinders on the sandy bottom (21 feet deep) by driving in a stake with a sledgehammer and affixing a cable that is attached to the device. They will be taken up in 6 months and will have the data inside.
When combined with similar data from other projects in Belize, Honduras, Cuba etc, we will have a better idea of the migration patterns of this mysterious shark.
The whale shark is so docile as she swims along the surface filtering the plankton through her gills. They will be here in these waters as long as there is the plankton bloom which usually ends around the end of August.
Today we were invited to assist the biologist that is directing the Mexican Atlantic Whale Shark Project called "Domino" as that is what the locals call the whale shark. Rafael wants to know how long the whale sharks are here, how many there are, where they came from and where they go from here. 
He has tagged over a hundred whale sharks with transmitters and is installing acoustic receivers on the bottom of the sea that will record the data as the whale shark passes within 500 meters of a receiver.Today we placed 3 of these cylinders on the sandy bottom (21 feet deep) by driving in a stake with a sledgehammer and affixing a cable that is attached to the device. They will be taken up in 6 months and will have the data inside.
When combined with similar data from other projects in Belize, Honduras, Cuba etc, we will have a better idea of the migration patterns of this mysterious shark.
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