May 2012
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April 27th - Interesting Photos | Derek in the...
-Today was a slower day as far as the number of fish caught per set is concerned, usually catches are some where in the hundreds while today we averaged 50 fish per set with the lowest catch was at 8 individuals. -SO instead of dragging on about the 8 fish we caught I am posting some cool photos. By some strange luck a day before I got back the team managed to snag 83 yearling steelhead in one...
April 2012
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April 26th - Back to the Basics and Parasites |...
Today, we headed out to one of the tributaries that drain into the estuary, Elliott Slough and the Wynoochee river. I have finally started to not only get the hang of bringing in the nets after and between each set but I have started to figure out ways I should of been doing it. Bringing in the nets is a technique where there is a wrong and a right way; if the net is brought on to wide it gets...
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April 25th | Derek in the Field
It’s back to the coast after a week and a half break, the weather has turned for the worse after a full week of sun. Thunder storms have been keeping us off the bay but we still are taking the small boat out each day and sampling the Hoquiam and Elliott Slough rivers. The rivers consist of fresh and brackish water that really lowers the species diversity to salmonids passing through and...
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Plankton Field trip (via FHHS Oceanography)
Last Thursday, Gavin, Austin, Brandon, Steven, and Hayden were fortunate enough to get out of class to venture out onto one of the University of Washington’s research vessels. During our field trip we researched and analyzed the planktonic species in the San Juan Islands. First, we calculated the velocity of the boat to get a consistent speed. The slowest the boat (slower means more...
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My first public presentation on my research, January 25, 2012 at Town Hall Seattle
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Episode: Local Ocean
Small producers still play a big role in America’s food system. Many consumers are interested in fresh, local products, like those provided by the clammers, or baymen, of Long Island’s South Shore. Every weekend, Alex Duschere motors his boat out on the hunt for hard clams. It’s labor-intensive work, using technology that hasn’t changed much since...
The aftermath...
The recent article “Acidity in ocean killed NW oysters, new study says”on the front page of The Seattle Times (nice nail polish Emma) is resonating with the public. While volunteering at the Seattle Aquarium this morning, the validity and accuracy of the article was the topic of a vibrant discussion among other volunteers during coffee break. I sat back quietly and listened to them...
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April 11th: Turquoise Chum | Derek in the Field
We sampled toward the mouth of the estuary at a site called Half Moon Bay, this site doesn’t contain a large diversification of species but does serve as a great place for chum to hold up before heading out to sea. The deep blue color is controlled by the fish and will disappear if placed in a lightly colored bucket or if it is killed. It is really amazing to see how many fish we catch so...
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April 9th - 10th: Sea Lions and Endangered Fish |...
So far the weather has been amazing and Monday started out humorously with a male sea lion barking at the group as we hauled gear to the boat. Seeing sea lions perched out on the docks is a common site around the docks and are no danger unless provoked. Caroline walking to the far left of the sea lion. The sampling Monday and Tuesday went very well, especially up in South Bay where the catches...
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Emma's April Goals
Spring is underway! Which means yet another quarter of Shellfish Biology and lots of fun field trips with vans full of undergrads. My first goal of the month is to be a good TA and teach my students lots of fun facts about aquatic invertebrates. They’ve already started their independent projects and some of them look to be really interesting.
The revisions on my larval oyster and OA...
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March 28th - Rough Weather | Derek in the Field
Today was the first day that I had been within the estuary during a storm and I have to tell you how different the experience was compared to the first couple days of fair weather. The winds were gusting up to 50mph from the South in some areas leaving exposed hands or face to be instantly frozen. Beside from the annoyances of constant rain and harsh winds the work is easily doubled for each...
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Mac's highlights from NSA
The 104th meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association was held last week in the always lovely Seattle, WA. I think I have about a million pages of notes and highlights, but I will try to be concise here and just mention a few things that I found particularly interesting.
1) The impending Crassostrea gigas genome. In Tuesday morning’s plenary, Dennis Hedgecock (USC) presented a...
