Second Beach Seine of the Summer

By Jade Dean

Last week, we held our second beach seine of the summer with the Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy at the Colorado Lagoon and Bayshore in Long Beach, CA. All of our interns are getting the hang of catching and processing the various species we collect during these seines. Miss last month's beach seine recap? Read all about it here!

Here are some of our results:

• Over 400 Topsmelt (Atherinops affinis) caught at the Colorado Lagoon.
• The largest fish caught at Bayshore was a  Bay Pipe Fish (Syngnathus griseolineatus) that measured 20.3cm or 7.9in.
• The largest fish caught at the Colorado Lagoon was a Bat Ray (Myliobatis californicus) that measured  41cm or 16.1in.
• Our Bayshore seine had the most species diversity to date. We caught: Giant Kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus), Striped Kelpfish (Gibbonsia metzi), Diamond Turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata), California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus), Bay Pipe Fish (Syngnathus griseolineatus), and Shinner Perch (Cymatogaster aggregata).