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Seining for emerald shiners

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In 2014, graduate student Jake Cochran worked on the Emerald Shiner project. Here, Jake is carrying the seine net to the sample site.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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The seine net with bucket.

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

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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Seine net with fish and algae.

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.

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

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Graduate student Chris Osborne examining fish in the net bucket.

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

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Graduate student Jake Cochran labeling sample bottles.

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

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The shoreline of an island in the Niagara River.

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