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Fish Slam December 2023

By Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Howard Jelks and Ethan Reynolds with common carp Fish collection UMMZ crew processing specimens Hayley Crowell (UMMZ) with a tilapia UMMZ students electrofishing UMMZ students Ethan Reynolds and Anna Zhao processing specimens Matt Swerdfeger with a butterfly peacock bass Eric Johnson with an oscar and a butterfly peacock bass Wes Daniel pointing the way to the fish University of Michigan Museum of Zoology crew processing specimens Stephen Stang with a spotted tilapia Most number of non-native species collected or observed” winners Kelly Gestring and David Eng at check-in Angie Huebner, David Eng, and Skippy Fair with a tilapia Andrew Furness, David Eng, and Matt Neilson with a largemouth bass Emily Dean and Mary Brown electrofishing Common carp Multi-agency electrofishing boat fleet Pterygoplichthys sp. Jaguar guapote David Hu and Emily Dean electrofishing Morningstar_peacock bass.jpg

Detailed Description

Photo gallery for Southwest Florida Fish Slam - December 2023. Fifty-four biologists from nine organizations participated in a two-day Fish Slam event . Thirty-one freshwater sites in southwest Florida in Sarasota, Charlotte, Glades, Lee, Hendry, and Collier counties were sampled for nonnative fishes. Sixteen species of nonnative fishes were collected or observed. 

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