iOS app Android app More  SUZETTE LABOY   |   August 17, 2013
  12:03 AM ET  ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- Sharks abound in the waters
off Florida. But not on this day at this particular spot off the
Keys as some `young scientists' are on watch for them.  About a
dozen high school students – guests of the University of Miami's
marine research program – went aboard the vessel Curt-A-Sea.
Their mission: to help scientists capture sharks, measure them,
take blood and conduct other tests before tagging them so they
can be tracked. The sharks would then be released back into the
ocean.  Shark Series Part 2  SidneyAnne Stone   |   July 31,
2013   10:21 AM ET  If you are not familiar with shark finning,
it is a brutal process in which the shark's fin is removed for
the purpose of making shark fin soup. The shark is then thrown
back into the water where he/she is unable to swim and drowns to
death. For a graphic clip of an actual occurrence of shark
finning, click here. It is my hope that after viewing this clip
you will want