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CCRM Marine Debris Location & Removal Project - Bycatch

Animal Photos
Animals Found in Pots
'11/12
Season
'10/11
Season
'09/'10 Season
'08/'09 Season
female blue crab
Female Blue Crab
1701
6600
4526
1875
blue crab
Male Blue Crab
1350
4368
3504
1414
oyster toadfish
Oyster Toadfish
660
1003
797
856
knobbed whelk
Whelk
107
299
360
300
black seabass
Black Seabass
27
151
218
63
atlantic croaker
Atlantic Croaker
11
164
120
27
white perch
White Perch
34
38
51
65
catfish
Catfish
79
4
64
27
american eel
American eel
43
76
44
22
spot
Spot
12
38
31
15
summer flounder
Flounder sp.
6
12
29
9
terrapin
Turtle (terrapin)
7
3
19
19
tautog
Tautog
17
9
20
6
 
Black Drum
Bluefish
Bowfin
Butterfish
Cunner
Duck (general)
Hogchoker
Horseshoe Crab
Lobster
Menhaden
Merganser
Minnow
Mullet
Muskrat
Pinfish
Pigfish
Porgy
Puffer
Rappa Whelk
Red Drum
Sheepshead
Sole
Spadefish
Striped Burrfish
Stargazer
Striped Bass
Unknown Spp.
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
39
0
3
2
11
0
3
0
0
9
1
1
0
4
3
4
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
17
3
0
15
2
10
2
0
3
11
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
7
0
0
0
0
6
65
Total
 
4,137
12,850
9,827
4,790

Click here for more information on by-catch impacts related to terrapins.

Photos from Chesapeake Bay Program Field Guide, except knobbed whelk from The Assateague Naturalist

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