A sheet covers the caged nutria to keep it calm during the tail tagging. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria and prevent their spreading.
"In New England, the specific job is to spread consumption more uniformly over the nearly 80 species of fish and shellfish that are brought, into local ports each year. Production records 'of the fishing industry show a serious lack of...
Spreading avens is a federally-protected plant that grows on the tops of the highest mountains in the Eastern United States. Found only in a handful of places, it suffers from poaching, trampling, and an uncertain future in the face of climate...
A nutria is given a shot to put it to sleep while the collar is measured. Tagging the animals will help biologists to better understand the nutria as well as prevent their spreading.
Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring;
Shela Davis, a seasonal biologist, takes a turn at steelhead tagging. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish.
Biiologist Sheila Eyler from the FWS Maryland Fisheries Resouce Office, Annapolis, MD is tagging a female horseshoe crab on Bowers Beach, Delaware. The male and female horseshoe crabs come up during high tides, couple together, and spawn on the...
NCTC Deputy Director Jim Willis, handles a Royal Tern while participating in a bird banding/survey event conducted on New Dump Island located in the Core Sound just off the town of Atlantic N.C.
North American Waterfowl Management Plan panel discussion transcript with Bob Streeter (moderator), Paul Hartman, Carey Smith, Dave Paullin, Jerry Johnson, and Charles Baxter.
