Bimini Biological Field Station
Bimini Biological Field Station
Bimini Biological Field Station



  CJ Crooks | Media Manager


CJ swimming with a great hammerhead
CJ swimming with a great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)


CJ holding a lemon shark for an eversion
CJ photographing a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught on a deepline.

At Lab Since: July 6th, 2012
From: Plymouth, Devon, England
Educational/Work Background:
  • 2012 - present: Assistant Lab Manager
  • 2011-2012: Research project at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth England. Project title: A behavioural artefact of captive breeding on the foraging motivation of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula
  • 2010-2011: Volunteer and project student at the lab for 11 months. Project title: Non-consumptive predator effects on nursery habitat use in juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris)
  • 2008-2012: BSc in Zoology w/ Industrial Placement, University of Manchester, England
  • Research Interests:
  • Monthly Longline Survey
  • Deepline survey
  • Behavioural ecology of juvenile lemon sharks
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    Contact Info:
    christopherjcrooks@gmail.com
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