A Visit From The Department of Fisheries

On Friday, we had a special visit from Alicia from the Department of Fisheries. We had lots of fun learning about the rules of fishing. Did you know that the fish you catch have to be a certain size before you can keep them? This is so there are plenty of fish for future generations. We also found out all about some awesome creatures we can find at our local beaches. We loved getting our hands dirty and learning at the same time!

We all knew quite a bit about fishing to start with...

Claire had a go at measuring our Dhufish. It was only 40cm long so we had to throw it back! Dhufish have to be at least 50cm long to keep!

We found out that the stinky seaweed on our beaches is actually super important in the marine food chain because little bugs live in it.

Alicia asked us to sort all the sea grass and weed into one tub and all the 'creatures' into another. We found HEAPS of interesting specimens!

Hailey found a dried up seahorse skeleton.

Katie found a 'Sea Tulip'

Leo found a Port Jackson Sharks egg case. We thought it looked like a twisted screw. Alicia explained to us that the sharks screwed the egg case into rocks so their babies would be safe. The baby sharks stay in there for 12 months before they hatch!

We even tried to find the microscopic bugs that lived on the seaweed.

These are the classification sheets we used to try and identify our specimens.

After the incursion, we did some awesome writing about what we experienced and learned about. Here are Taj and Mikayla's wonderful recounts, head into T4 to check out the rest!

 

Happy Fishing!

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