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“We continue to see skates, various fishes, lobsters and sand dollars, and in places, huge amounts of scallops.”

November 19, 2012
Up close and personal with scallops

Photo: Janet Nelson

We continue to see skates, various fishes, lobsters and sand dollars, and in places, huge amounts of scallops. In the past ten days we have conducted 71 scallop dredge tows and processed 15, 979 scallops. We also took over 4 million images with the HabCam in 691 nautical miles of this leg. We have been a little busy." - Janet Nelson
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The HabCam is a custom built 3,400 pound, steel-framed “camera cage” that is towed behind the vessel as it moves to characterize underwater habitats.October 19, 2015RV Hugh R. Sharp crew cleans up after a dredge.July 20, 2015“What is the difference between an ocean quahog (left) and an Atlantic surfclam (right)?”February 24, 2014“What is the difference between an ocean quahog (left) and an Atlantic surfclam (right)?”February 24, 2014“The sea mouse is actually a polychaete which is a type of marine segmented worm.”July 29, 2013“We continue to see skates, various fishes, lobsters and sand dollars, and in places, huge amounts of scallops.”November 19, 2012