trawling

Yesterday our Icthyology class went on an otter trawl in the Puget Sound. It is so great to get the opportunity to see the animals in the marine environment which is usually such a mystery to us. I am surprised by the sheer number of shrimp in the Puget Sound. We caught quite a few fish but there were many more shrimp. Besides that, there were few other animals. Most fish that we caught were of the Liparidae family but we also caught quite a few flatfish and other varieties of fish as well, such as poachers and sculpins. It is interesting how different the species selection is in the small area of Puget Sound around San Juan Island depending on what part of it you look like. Jackson Beach, Dead Man's Cove and the area where we went trawling today were all very different in terms of diversity and types of fish.

Posted on November 4, 2012 07:41 PM by bitsyblatt