One of the options available to classes attending Huntsman is the fish anatomy lab. Before this lab students assist with fish collection onboard our research vessel. A number of different species, including flounder, sculpins, sea ravens, skates, and herring are collected using an otter trawl in Passamaquoddy Bay. In the lab students identify the fish collected and have a detailed look at the external and internal features of an individual specimen.
Interested in giving your students the exciting experience of catching and dissecting a marine fish species? Visit our website for more information, www.huntsmanmarine.ca/html/education.html.
Deploying the otter trawl.
Our catch.
Sorting through the catch.
A flounder from the trawl.
The dissection begins after studying the external anatomy.
