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6/10/17 photo by Stephen Badger, Office of Communications
Staff kicks off the Es Mi Parque outreach program at Sandy Point State Park. Officers, rangers, biologists and education specialists taught families about bay species and how to fish, how to properly wear life jackets and stay safe on the water, and ways they can help keep public lands and waterways clean.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthurus_nigricauda
Epaulette Surgeonfish / Black Shoulder Tang (Acanthurus nigricauda)
One of the best ways to determine if a fish is a black or white crappie is to count the number of sharp spines in its dorsal fin. If it has 5 - 6 spines, it is a white crappie, if it has 7 (or maybe more) it is a black crappie.
Students learn fish species identification: Go Fish, Guess Who? at the Fisheries Dependent Monitoring station.
Trip to the Adventure Aquarium (formerly the New Jersey State Aquarium) in October 2007. Unfortunately not terribly scientific (more entertainment than educational), but still some nice displays.
7/24/16 photo by Candy Thomson, Natural Resources Police
Promoting fishing and aquatic education among Maryland's Hispanic community.
The bluespine unicornfish or short-nose unicornfish (Naso unicornis) is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called kala in Hawaiian
7/24/16 photo by Candy Thomson, Natural Resources Police
Promoting fishing and aquatic education among Maryland's Hispanic community.
7/24/16 photo by Candy Thomson, Natural Resources Police
Promoting fishing and aquatic education among Maryland's Hispanic community.