Students will be participating in field work out on boats Monday through Friday each week catching, tagging, and recording data on sharks and stingrays as well as participating in classroom lectures. Students perform all aspects of the field work from baiting hooks to setting longlines and nets and processing the animals. Students may sign up for as many weeks as you would like. Weeks do not have to be consecutive. Each week will be conducted similar to the example schedule shown below. Any student who chooses to attend multiple weeks will be given more responsibility on the boat each week. Students who attend multiple weeks will hear different lectures each week. There are six weeks of different lectures. Attend six weeks to hear them all!

Students attending four weeks will be considered a chief scientist* on the research project.

Program Fees are currently $949 per week. Housing is available, if needed at a cost of $345 per week.

*Chief Scientists will be acknowledged by name on any published papers resulting from this research. Since Chief Scientists spend more time with us we are better able to write detailed recommendation letters for these students.