ProjectO Capt's Log

Captain's Log from Project Oceanology's Enviro-Labs 2 & 3. Tales of our travels, pictures from catches, and interesting facts about eastern Long Island Sound.

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@csdodge @fishguyphotos Thanks for the help with the id! This guy way out of it's normal range! Considered an eastern Atlantic species.

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Any ideas what this organism is? Just got it in the trawl.

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A very large worm that came out of one of the ghost pots in the Thames River.

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@RafeedHussain Absolutely! Gotta call it for what it is!

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My coworker and dear friend Callie Scheetz took this photo during today's ghost pot recovery trip and it's just so spectacular I had to share it with you. Speaks for itself.

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View looking north up the Thames River from Montville. The leaves are finally starting to change colors.

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View looking north up the Thames River from Montville. Finally starting to see some leaves changing.

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Closeup of Race Rock Light showing year of completion. It's not technically the lintel, but still cool!

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View of Race Rock Light on a beautiful October morning. This lighthouse marks the entrance to Long Island Sound.

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USCG Barque EAGLE steaming up the Thames River on the way to her berth at Ft Trumbull.

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Twenty more ghost pots removed from Eastern LIS. Three tautog released, and some of our grappling hooks that needed to be reshaped after hooking something very heavy!

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Views of the M/V UHL Fierce delivering wind turbine blades to State Pier New London.

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@csdodge Yup! Normal spot alongside the channel!

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Amazing catch in today's trawl! A female roughtail stingray (Dasyatis centroura). She measured 133 cm across and weighed close to 200 lbs. First such specimen in my 20 years of bio sampling Long Island Sound.

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Montauk Light at sunset.

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Squid eggs, tapeworms, and a giant claw!
This sampler platter of bycatch was collected by our Soundkeeper crew during Wednesday's outing of the Lobster Trap Removal and Assessment Partnership we're working on w/@maritimeaqua @proj_oceanology. 35 more ghost traps were hauled in.

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Views of the old Thermos factory on the banks of the Thames River in Norwich. Now home to condominiums and an elementary school.

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Twenty-nine more ghost pots removed from Long Island Sound. We grappled around Avery Point today. Here are Callie and Amy with today's haul, along with a couple of tautog that are now enjoying their new found freedom!

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Yesterday, we celebrated Marine Science Day by visiting @Proj_Oceanology to see their incredible programs in action! 🦀

Project O hosted today’s event for @UConnAveryPoint that brings middle school students from many different schools and homeschool programs. 🐟🦑🐚

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View of the Thames River looking south from near Norwich. The Mohegan-Pequot Bridge is in the background.