Day one, Fish and water quality group

October 19th was the first day for the fish and water quality group to do do some sampling. The group is composed of Natalia, Eric, Jon, and Shannon as our grad student support. Dr. Smith and Nadja went with us and it was a big help having them there.
Before we made it to the restoration site we stopped by the beach to pick up some oysters for the benthic group trays. When we got to the education center, transportation was a bit tricky since we had so many things to get to the restoration site.
After we made it to the site we proceeded to gather water quality data and start seining. The tide was higher than expected, we did not know if we were going to be able to catch much. To our surprise we caught a variety of things. It was very interesting to see some the different species that call the Tolomato River home. Jon and Eric did a great job working the seine.

Here are some pictures of our first sampling day

The necessary equipment loaded in the Ford 350 that Dr. Smith drove like a pro

 

 Processing the specimens caught at the edge of the river