Chris Doley of the NOAA Restoration Center fishing gillnets to collect larger fish that inhabit near-shore shallow water habitats. The numbers and types of species were measured to compare and determine large species fish use of shallow water habitats at Poplar Island. The nets used had 3 sizes of mesh.

Image ID: r0022600, NOAA's Restoration Center Collection
Location: Poplar Island, Talbot County, Maryland
Photo Date: 1995-1996
Credit: NOAA Restoration Center,

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