The
Hurricane Shrimper at Calabash dock
Sunrise
seen from the trawler during shrimping season, 7/1/05
The
coils, winches and pulleys used to control the nets and outriggers
Gear
-- Other Calabash shrimp boats in background
Captain
Jay Tharpe talking to columnist Lisa Jarvis
Turtle
Exclusion Device
Captain
Jay emptying net
The
catch, mostly by-products -- lots of sea stars, cutlass fish & Atlantic sharpnose
sharks, seaweed, sea urchins and trash incl. golf balls
A
bonnethead shark and two Atlantic sharpnose sharks
Skate
egg case with live embryo, baby sea stars, sea urchin, and baby lookdown fish
The
few shrimp on a May trip
More
shrimp on a July trip
Butterfly
ray
Bullnose
ray
One
of many sponge crabs found & immediately released
An
unusual crab
Clearnose
skate
Guitarfish
Staff
from the Ft. Fisher Aquarium, one holding a squid egg case on right
More
visitors -- on the boat, on the water and in the air
The
Adventure Cruise, Hurricane II
Nets on the way up
A great blue heron resting atop the trawler when we were near shore
Leaving
Afterwards
in my aquarium at home