The thought being that we would be able to see the flounder in the shallow water and hopefully, with three of us, capture a flounder. If the bears could do it, why couldn’t we? At peak low tide we put on our waders and began the long walk out to the water line. Researcher Joy got a permit to catch a flounder for analysis and we began planning. It was almost as if they were just walking along the water line and would step on the flounder. When watching the bear’s fish during the low tide, it looked rather easy. If we could get a flounder, it would be freeze dried and processed to learn the content of fat, energy, and protein available. A part of the Changing Tides project is nutritional analysis of the resources on the coast, and how valuable they are to the brown bears that live there. Three scientists, a net, a stick with a knife tied to it, and miles of intertidal zone we were on the hunt for flounder.Īfter watching brown bears last summer fish for flounder, Researcher Joy from the Changing Tides project had decided we needed to get a sample of flounder.
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