Area	Lower Garcia / Estuary
Topic	Tour: Garcia Estuary #2 Fish Sampling Net Techniques

 

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Steve Cannata feeds the beach seine off the front of the skiff for the first set at Station #1 in June 1995. Samples were collected using a 100 foot long, by eight foot high beach seine with l/2 inch mesh. The center of the seine also had a bag eight feet by eight feet with a mesh of 3/8 inch. Seine nets have float lines along the top and lead lines along the bottom. Craig Bell is backing the skiff up and closed a circle back towards shore. Photo by Pat Higgins.


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Craig Bell tests motor on the skiff used for sampling and transporting gear before the first set at Station #1. Photo by Pat Higgins.


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Samples in shallower areas like Station #2 were collected by walking the beach seine closed. Steve Cannata is circling back upstream against the current to Craig Bell (at right). The lead line on the bottom of the net mostly prevents fish from swimming under the net. Photo by Pat Higgins. See InfoLinks for more information.


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Steve Cannata and Craig Bell (in baseball cap) look at catch from Station #2 in June 1995 after it had been collected from the net. Fish were then counted, measured and sometimes weighed (see Tour: Garcia Estuary Fish Sample and Algal Growth). Photo by Pat Higgins. See InfoLinks for more information.


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Steve Cannata and Craig Bell get ready to reload net after a break at Station #5. The net was spread out to dry and was cleaned of algae. Photo by Pat Higgins. See InfoLinks for more information.

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