Research projects: Biology and feeding behavior of the Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans. The video is from February 2013 when we filmed 1.8 - 2.2 meter long sailfish when feeding on sardine schools about 50 nm nort east of Cancun, Mexico and 25 nm offshore in the Yacatan channel at water depths between 30 to 40 meters. February 2013.

Collaborators:

Jens Krause, Ralf Kurvers and AlexWilson, A.D.M., Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.

Paolo Domenici and Stefano Marres, IAMC-CNR, Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Sardinia, Italy.

Herbert-Read, J.E., Department of Mathematics and Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

Couillaud, P., Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 

Filmed with GoPro Hero 2 HD by JFSteffensen February 2013.

 

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March 22, 2013.