Paul Rudershausen and CMAST summer fellow Chloe Mikles dissecting fish stomachs to collect data on content. Fish caught in the Big Rock fishing tournament. @CMAST_NCSU
From left to right: Grad student Brendan Runde, Natalie Hummel, Steve Lommel, Derek Aday , Paul Rudershausen and Jeff Buckel. In front of CMAST building. @CMAST_NCSU
The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's sampling platform and net used to sample larval fish. NC State University collaborates on this long-term project to monitor wild fish spawning success in an effort to better understand population dynamics. @CMAST_NCSU
Hanging from the navigation buoy is a stainless steel cable/PVC pipe that contains a receiver used to track movements of electronically-tagged fish. Gathers critical data for understanding wild fish population movements and survival.
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