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Center for the Inland Bays Seeks Volunteers for Annual Fish Survey

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) seeks volunteers to assist with the 2017 Inshore Fish Monitoring Program. This all-volunteer effort is studying the fish population of the Inland Bays at sixteen sites around the three Inland Bays and their tributaries.

An orientation program will be held on Thursday, March 30 at 5 pm at the CIB office located on Inlet Road on the north side of Indian River Inlet. The evening will include an introduction to the survey, safety information, team and equipment assignments, and a light dinner! For more information and to RSVP for the meeting, contact Andrew McGowan at environment@inlandbays.org or call (302) 226-8105 x112.

Delaware’s Inland Bays are home to over one hundred species of fish. The Inshore Fish Monitoring Survey is a citizen science program that over time will reveal trends in fish populations in the Inland Bays. 2011 was the first year of this long term study.

There are volunteer opportunities on the fish survey both in and out of the water; pulling seine nets, collecting water samples, recording data and assisting with data management. Each team conducts surveys once per month from April through October.

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays is a non-profit organization established in 1994, and is one of 28 National Estuary Programs.  With its many partners, the CIB works to preserve, protect and restore Delaware’s Inland Bays–the water that flows into them, and the watershed around them.

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For more information call Katie Goerger at 226-8105×109, send an email to communications@inlandbays.org  or, visit our website: www.inlandbays.org

This survey has identified 112 species of finfish in the Inland Bays, including this Summer Flounder (2016)

This survey has identified 112 species of finfish in the Inland Bays, including this Summer Flounder (2016)


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