WSB growth project.

[Mahigeer]

I have recently joined the WSB growth project volunteers in Redondo Beach Sea Lab location.
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I got an email notifying me that the fish will be delivered today, so I went to the site around 1:00 PM.
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1-The fish arrived in a trailer and a tank in back of the red pickup.<O:p</O:p
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2-The oxygen tank provides oxygen while the tank is in route.<O:p</O:p
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3-The fish was pumped through the white PVC pipe.<O:p</O:p
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There were several “old timers” there to help out, plus a young man who was there for community work.<O:p</O:p
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We received 9020 juvenile white sea bass that have been tagged with a very, and I mean small electronic tag.<O:p</O:p
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As Mr. Murphy never stops working; the battery on my camera went dead, so no picture of the fishing coming out of the pipe.<O:p</O:p
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I will have some more pictures of the fish in the tank, when I go there for my cleaning duties. <O:p</O:p
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Here are more photos taken by another volunteer.<O:p</O:p
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The fish could be released in December if everything goes well.<O:p</O:p
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[PE.rider]

Hopefully i will catch one when it grows up in the ocean. Great report!

A belated Happy Birthday. Been on the road for work.... need to drop some lines soon.

[Mahigeer]

Thank you and Good to hear from you.

Do check my reports on the sc.

[ful-rac]

Very cool! Me and greg were there on the last release, that was a hell of alot of work!

Wish i could volounteer there during the week, but its too far away for me to drive on weekdays. Thanks for doing the good deed, ill be there for the next release.

[Saba Slayer]

Thanks Mahigeer for showing up to help with the delivery of our new WSB babies.
I was at the tanks on Tuesday to cover one of the guys due to a hospital visit. The little WSB looked really healthy...
http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P4010015.JPG

...the babies seem comfortable in their new digs already, since the fish ate well when the auto feeders went off at 1:30.
It's a pretty simple routine...check the temps., scrub the top edge of the sides, vacuum, and check the food level in the auto feeders.
There are over 9,000 fish in the two tanks...it looks pretty cool!

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P4010022.JPG

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/500/P4010021.JPG
Jim / Saba Slayer

[Mahigeer]

Good to know they are doing well.


If it is ok with you, I like to post these pictures on another site.

Please let me know.

[alanw]

What do you feed those guys, fish pellets?

[Saba Slayer]

alanw...Hubbs supplies us with fish food pellets. The pellets are pretty small at first and as the fish get bigger the food size increases.
Mahigeer... feel free to repost the photos. Especially if it gets more folks interested in the WSB project. Thanks for asking!
Jim / Saba Slayer

[bassmanben]

Hashem, can you ask about growth rates for WSB when you get around to it? I was curious about what age they are when they reach legal size.

[momo fish]

Hi hashem it's Mo. Met you at the pier in catalina last month. Still can't get get over the bugs you caught. Way to go and noc


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