Dolphin roundup

Volunteers and researchers with the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program form a semicircle with a net in shallow water east of Jewfish Key May 20 to corral bottlenose dolphins during the group’s annual health assessment. The dolphins are held for health checks, tagging and DNA sampling — all conducted without removing the animals from the water. Islander Photos: Courtesy Joey Sweet

A team of scientists and volunteers work May 20 to examine a wild bottlenose dolphin as part of the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program’s long-term study of the bay dolphin population.