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removing otolith from rockfish, extraction close up

removing otoliths from canary rockfish for a long term study as part of the arrowtooth flounder. curved forceps used to extract the bone after cutting through the head with a kinfe.

Don't worry, after you do a few it is super easy and takes about 30 seconds.

Done during an experimental fishing program sponsored by the national marine fisheries and conducted by the washington state department of fish and wildlife.

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Uploaded on October 31, 2006