Sea, Sand and Sky: Flounder in Lobster Trap

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Testing Theories: Lobster Discovered

After our visit to the Boston Children's Museum on Monday I started to question the seafloor in the Fort Point Channel. Is it too soft, muddy or is the habitat not optimal for lobsters? Well, first thing this morning Latoya, a young participant and myself had pulled up the lobster trap and behold a lobster! The lobster was above the regulation size of 3 1/4 inches from the eyes to the beginning of the tail (carapace) and could have been taken out of the ocean, but as an educator I prefer to practice catch and release. I was very pleased to have proven my theory

WRONG! There are lobsters, fish, crabs and sessile organisms that live in and around the Fort Point Channel.

After a successful day at the Boston Children's Museum the young boy who helped us bring the lobster in also helped us release the marine organisms back into the Fort Point Channel. Thank you to everyone who participated in Boston Harbor Explorers today. It was a lot of fun.

Jennifer Last

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Flounder in Lobster Trap!!

On Tuesday at Courageous, we pulled up a lobster trap expecting to find, well a lobster. However, to everyone's surprise, we found a flounder hanging around in the trap. How and why it got in there was anyone's guess, but the excitement on everyone's face was as clear as day. We also caught some crabs in the "lobster" trap, as well as a sea star and mussels; we seemed to catch everything in the lobster trap, except for the creature that it was designed to catch. Nevertheless, the kids enjoyed themselves. And even though we did not catch any fish with the fishing rods at courageous, the kids still had a blast trying.

~Cesc

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Since 1986, Save the Harbor / Save the Bay has been the driving force behind the transformation of Boston Harbor from one of the dirtiest urban harbors in America to one of the cleanest in the world.

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