Today I played housewife.
Everyday one lucky volunteer is "on duty" and does not go out into the field. Instead, starting with the breakfast dishes, that person does essentially every chore around the lab that no one else wants to do. Highlights include bleaching the toilet, refilling condiments, endless dishes, and, if you're lucky, feeding the duck when it comes by. Today was my second time on duty, however, last time I went to help refill the gas tanks and got away with not doing half the shit on the list. Even still i can't complain, the three girls who i would've been working with had a pretty miserable day measuring shark pen mesh and repairing gill nets. Actually, in hindsight, the whole situation was pretty funny/ironic; I was inside doing dishes and folding laundry while the girls were outside doing manual labor.
After an early dinner i went for my second 5k run in three days and then went and had a few beers at the Beach Club. We're working through sunday and then having our day off on monday so that we (me) can celebrate (drink heavily) while watching the Superbowl. Now that a Favre vs. Manning showdown is no longer in the cards, I'm just hoping to see a good game. Hopefully the weather on monday is good and we can either go baiting to try and swim with hammerheads or go spearfishing again off South Bimini.
Just saw that Tiger Woods has completed and checked out of sex addict rehab, but still can't get over the fact that such a program exists.
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what are gill nets?
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A gill net is a method of fishing which is actually illegal in many countries, however, they are a very useful research technique and, when used properly are not harmful. Essentially, a gill net is a very long net that rests at the surface and descends several feet below. The net is a diamond matrix of line that snags fish and sharks around the body/gills (hence the term "gill net") and traps them. We set the line and check it every 15 minutes. When we find a shark on the line we release it from the net as quick as possible and then proceed to measure it, take DNA, and give it the appropriate tags. Its a really fun and exciting thing we do here and involves a lot of shark handling, pretty cool stuff
ReplyDeleteHow do you get the DNA?
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