{"id":230363,"date":"2026-03-04T08:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=230363"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:07:54","slug":"image-of-the-week-shark-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/04\/image-of-the-week-shark-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of the Week: Shark tag"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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This week\u2019s UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> Image of the Week is from the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

From Maria Frostic, HIMB<\/abbr> communications coordinator: The HIMB<\/abbr> Shark Lab recently celebrated a historic ‘Personal Best’ with the capture and tagging of a 470 cm<\/abbr> (15\u2019 5\u201d) female tiger shark—the longest in the lab\u2019s 30-year history.<\/p>\n

Initially tagged on October 7, 2025, near Kapapa Island by a team including Edward Cardona, Molly Deppmeier, Michaela Johnson, and David Itano, the shark was remarkably recaptured seven weeks later within Kāneʻohe<\/span> Bay. This second interaction enabled visiting researcher Takuya Fukuoka to deploy a short-term biologging tag that was successfully recovered at Penguin Bank. Data from her satellite transmitter now shows the shark frequently traveling between the bay and the bank, providing researchers with invaluable oceanographic insights.<\/p>\n

\nPrevious Images<\/strong>
\n‘Patrick Star’ tree<\/a>
\nZentangle<\/a>
\nRainbow<\/a>
\nAppreciating astronomy<\/a>
\nBird of Paradise<\/a>
\nAll Images of the Week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Send us your image!<\/h2>\n

A big mahalo to everyone who has sent in their images! If selected, they will be posted throughout the semester, so check back to see the amazing work, research and experiences of the UH<\/abbr> ʻohana!<\/p>\n

Want to get in on the action? The next UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> Image of the Week could be yours! Submit a photo, drawing, painting, digital illustration of a project you are working on, a moment from a field research outing or a beautiful and\/or interesting shot of a scene on your campus. It could be a class visit during which you see an eye-catching object or scene.<\/p>\n