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At the docks

| dockside outreach | Aug. 22, 2015

We partnered with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to distribute information on barotrauma, fish ID flyers and free descending devices at public launch ramps along the central California coast.  Click here to learn more about our efforts and the results of an angler survey on perceptions and usage of descending devices in the […]

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Fish ID

Canary Rockfish                                                 Vermilion Rockfish Know the regulations when you go fishing and be able to correctly ID the fish you catch!  Find out more about current regulations and fish ID flyers on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife website. Ocean Fishing Regulations Fish Identification -UCSC Barotrauma Project “No Floaters!”

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Signs of barotrauma

| barotrauma | Aug. 20, 2015

This Gopher rockfish has lost it’s brittle star lunch because of barotrauma.  Click here to find out more about barotrauma and why rockfish suffer from it. – UCSC Barotrauma Project “No floaters!”

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Double Release!

These two fish are being returned to depth on a SeaQualizer, one of five different types of descending devices that our volunteer anglers helped us test out.  Click here to find out more about the devices we used and where to get one! – UCSC Barotrauma Project “No floaters!”

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Catch-and-release charters

This Black Rockfish is about to be released at depth with the RokLees, one of five types of descending device that were tested on our catch-and-release charters.  Click here to learn more about where we fished, species we caught and angler recommendations for the easiest types of release devices to use! –UCSC Barotrauma Project “No […]

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