[Capt. Tom]

Here’s a question: The chances of a shark being tagged must be pretty low, right? And how do they tag a shark? Is it shot with an arrow from a boat?

I asked a knowledgeable person directly involved in tagging Cape Cod's white sharks and he told me for every tagged shark, there are approx 3 untagged sharks in that area, at least

When the spotter pilot puts them on a targeted white shark they get close and put a hydrophone in the water and see if they can pick up a ping signal from a previously tagged white shark.
If no signal; they come up behind the shark and with a pole and a dart and transmitter attached, they stick the anchoring dart into the back of the shark alongside the middle of the dorsal fin, and pull the pole back out of the water.-Tom

[dsrtsage]

Good to have a few extra minutes to find shelter before a sharknado touches down

[poconopundit]

Hey, Cap'n, You've got the facts, Tom.  Impressive.  Sounds kind of tricky and exciting throwing dared poles at these sharks -- from a motorboat I guess. A bit of return to the good ole days of whaling and Captain Ahab! I tell you what, after 4 years in Georgia and four hours drive to the Ocean, I miss living close to the sea. On a Sunday in Yarmouth we used to get out in the sometimes bitter cold Spring day to dig up the quahogs.  Beautiful exercise and an invigorating way to be out in Nature and hear the gulls cawing. We'd take our legal basketful to show the shellfish warden, jump in the car, and go home to shuck 'em and have them baked stuffed on the half-shell with a secret "Samurai" sauce my wife cooked up. I used to live on South Sea Avenue, the road to Sea Gull Beach.