Seining for emerald shiners

  • a person wearing chest waders walks through shallow water carrying a large rolled up net over their shoulder.

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    In 2014, graduate students Chris Osborne and Jake Cochran worked on the Emerald Shiner project collecting emerald shiners in various habitats. The seine was used for collecting fish in shallow water along shorelines. Here, Chris is carrying the seine net to the sample site.

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  • Two people wearing chest waders stand in water and hold opposite ends of an 8 foot long net that they pull through the water toward shore

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    Graduate students Jake Cochran and Chris Osborne seining in shallow water.

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  • Two people wearing chest waders stand in water and hold opposite ends of an 8 foot long net that they pull through the water

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    Graduate students Jake Cochran and Chris Osborne seining in shallow water.

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  • Two people wearing chest waders stand in water and hold opposite ends of an 8 foot long net that they strain through the water through shallow water near shrub-covered banks. Weeds are collecting in the net at the surface of the water.

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    Graduate students Jake Cochran and Chris Osborne seining in shallow water.

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  • two people stand in shallow water and hold an 8 foot by 3 foot rectangular net with a small bucket in the center

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    The seine net with bucket.

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  • Two people wearing chest waders stand in water and hold opposite ends of an 8 foot long net flat above the water

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    Graduate students Jake Cochran and Chris Osborne seining in shallow water.

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  • a fine-meshed net with weeds and fish in it, and a hand sorting through the weeds

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    Seine net with fish and algae.

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  • a fine-meshed net with weeds and fish in it, and two hands sorting through the weeds

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    Seine net with fish and algae.

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  • a person wearing chest waders crouches down in shallow water to look closely into a sample cup

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    Chris Osborne examining fish in the net bucket.

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  • a person wearing chest waders kneels on a boat and writes information on a bottle

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    Jake Cochran labeling sample bottles.

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  • trees along the shore of water

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    The shoreline of an island in the upper Niagara River.

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