Setting the fish traps from the stern of the R/V Walton Smith.
Fish Traps
Image courtesy of Brian Cousin, FAU Harbor Branch. Download larger version (jpg, 8.0 MB).

Setting the fish traps from the stern of the R/V Walton Smith at the end of each day was a team effort. These collections were quite successful with 62 specimens of the primary target species, red grouper (Epinephelus morio), being sampled, tagged, and returned to the sea.

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