Photo of the Week

We are excited to bring back our Photo of the Week section so stay tuned for new content coming soon! In the meantime, take a look at these fantastic pictures from our teachers.

Hard to tell from here, but some of the plankton in this jar are really tiny larval fish– “ichthyoplankton.”

February 1, 2016
This sample jar contains a plankton collected from the Gulf of Mexico. It is being preserved for later analysis.

Photo: June Teisan

The data collected on plankton cruises provides one piece of the complex puzzle of the regulation of commercial and recreational fishing. Ichthyoplankton data is added to findings from trawl teams catching juvenile sizes of certain species, analysis of gonads and spawn from adult fish caught on other cruises, and other stock assessment information. Data analysis and modeling examine these information streams, and serve as the basis of stock assessment recommendations brought to policy makers.
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