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More Than One Way to Survey Fish

April 9, 2018
While the SEAMAP survey will primarily use underwater cameras to study reef fish populations, at every other station, scientists will compare the camera observations to the fish caught by a bandit reel.

Photo: Dana Kosztur

This SEAMAP survey will use cameras as its primary instrument to study the population of fish in the survey area... Bandit reels are also used in this survey. There are three of these reels mounted on the starboard side of the boat. The line on each has 10 baited hooks. This leg of the trip we are only fishing every other stop.
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