Jashandeep Singh: week 4 (Fish sampling)

 Hello everyone! Welcome to week 4 blog. This week was pretty much focused on fish trapping. We went to many marshes to set out fish traps. Starting from Monday, we went to smith point and set out fish traps at 8 different pooled holes. The fish trap is made up of steel wire with cone shaped vessel and while setting up the trap, two traps are joint together and dip it inside the water. Side by side we were looking for our mosquitoes samplings and in case we found out any larvae in pooled holes then we marked it under survey app. After this we came back to the office and our supervisor taught us about the species of fishes which are commonly found in Long Island. He explained about their physical appearance and their characteristics. Let’s move to another day. Tuesday was pretty busy day and we spent whole day at field sites. At first, we went to smith point to look for our fish traps and really we found out good numbers of muumichag fishes. We recorded the data under recorder sheet. Unfortunately, many fishes were dead as due to low oxygen available in the trap. After done with our work at this site, we went to Timber point and west Sayville to put out fish traps at 8 different pooled holes. Wednesday and Thursday was the day when we went to above sites and collect the data. Apart from mummichag, we also found out fitter crab, blue claw crab and sheephead fish. We recorded their size, sex and the number of population either live or dead. Also, our supervisor gave us the bagel treat and me and my other interns spent good time eating bagels together at park. This was what we did at week 4. Thank you guys for reading out my blog.



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