Ocean Fun Days June 8 and 9!!!!

[shresearchdude]

Hello All,

This coming Sunday June 9th is Ocean Fun Day at Sandy Hook. There will be a multitude of Nature Conservancy Organizations on hand to educate everyone about the work that they do and many have on hands displays and activities!
The NOAA Lab will open it's doors on just this one day every year to show off what we do!!
Water Chemistry display
Ocean Acidification displays
The importance of Oysters
I'm pretty sure the Shark guy is coming back!
Fish larvae studies and their importance in the ecosystem
Non-Lethal determination of fish health methods
Reef Habitats in deep water
A UAV simulation created using real data
AND MUCH MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On hand as far as fish???

Over 50 Striped Bass from 25-35"
Black Sea Bass up to 8 pounds!
Summer Flounder
Winter Flounder-and maybe they can show off some of the thousands of larvae that they have on hand!
Other miscellaneous fish?
Spotted Hake
Skates
Spot
Croaker
Sea Robins
Pipefish-if you can find them
Tons of tiny crabs for everyone to get bitten by!! and a few Horseshoe Crabs


And of course someone will be showing off some of the newest technology and how we incorporate it into fisheries research!