The larvae collector was
designed by Brian Dean, Colin
Krause, Heather Ludemann,
Kathy Feasel, and Matt Ryan.
Final assembly, shown here,
was completed cooperatively
by a group of students and
faculty members. |
Lobster Catching!In order to help determine the
local spiny lobster population
for a resource management
research project, the students
and faculty at the SFS site
worked together to design and
build a lobster larvae collector.
This collaborative effort was
successful, and the long-term
results of the project may help
maintain the sustainability of the
lobster fishery in the Turks and
Caicos Islands region.
Images courtesy of Drew Van Voorhees,
Senior Intern at the School for Field
Studies, South Caicos Island.
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Spiny lobster larvae eventually
grow up into adult lobsters,
shown here on the right. |
Joe Chojnacki and Bruno
Bautil assembling the anchor
for the larvae collector. Simple
materials, such as the cinder
block anchor, are used to keep
the collector simple, affordable
and functional.
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Colin Krause and Bruno Bautil
reviewing the design plans. | 
Kathy Feasel displaying the
final product. The outer shell is
a large bucket with the ends
cut off. Inside is the "hog's hair"
filter used to trap the larvae.
The white float keeps the
collector from resting on the
ocean bottom.
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