Recently, a group of scientists with the conservation group Oceana asked, ‘Just how big of a problem is illegal fishing?’ They asked how many fish are illegally caught. And how does it affect our oceans?

Blue Ocean Fellow, Dr. Demian Chapman, is in The Bahamas right now catching, tagging and releasing oceanic whitetip sharks. Here is his latest dispatch:

Right now in The Bahamas, Blue Ocean Fellow, Dr. Demian Chapman is hunting sharks—for their own good. Chapman’s team is catching, tagging and releasing oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus).