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Ghost crab pot
Ghost crab pot (lacking a marker buoy) recovered in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Ghost fishing results in a number of mortalities for fish, blue crabs, and other estuarine or marine organisms.

Ghost crab pot Ghost crab pot (lacking a marker buoy) recovered in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Ghost fishing results in a number of mortalities for fish, blue crabs, and other estuarine or marine organisms.  ghost fishing crab pots blue crabs mortalities fishing CPUE Maryland's Coastal Bays St. Martin River

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Ghost crab pot
Ghost crab pot (lacking a marker buoy) recovered in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Ghost fishing results in a number of mortalities for fish, blue crabs, and other estuarine or marine organisms.
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Filename:iil_ian_bf_433.JPG
Album name:bfertig / Environmental Problems / Chesapeake Bay
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Keywords:ghost fishing crab pots blue crabs mortalities fishing CPUE Maryland's Coastal Bays St. Martin River
Photographer's Name:Ben Fertig
Photographer's Company:IAN, UMCES
Date Photo was taken (MM/DD/YYYY):12/31/1969
Media Type (Photo, Satellite Image, Vector Graphic, Map, Animation, Video):Photo
File Size:1174 KB
Date added:Apr 09, 2008
Dimensions:2304 x 3072 pixels
Displayed:23 times
Downloaded:1 times
Image Description:Ghost crab pot (lacking a marker buoy) recovered in Maryland's Coastal Bays. Ghost fishing results in a number of mortalities for fish, blue crabs, and other estuarine or marine organisms.
Color Space:sRGB
Components Configuration:YCbCr
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Customer Render:0
Date Time:2008:04:08 14:26:36
DateTime Original:2007:07:16 05:17:20
DateTime digitized:2007:07:16 05:17:20
Digital Zoom Ratio:1
Exif Image Height:3072 pixels
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Exposure Time:1/400 sec
FNumber:f 4.5
File Source:Digital Still Camera
Flash:No Flash
Flash Pix Version:version 1
Focal length:6.7 mm
Gain Control:0
ISO:64
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Make:OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
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X Resolution:314
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IPTC Title:Ghost crab pot
IPTC Copyright:This image is copyright to the author, however it is made available for free for any purpose so long as the appropriate image cr
IPTC Keywords:ghost fishing crab pots blue crabs mortalities fishing CPUE Maryland's Coastal Bays St. Martin River
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