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Petitcodiac River Causeway-Environmental Impact Assessment Drift Netting Photos



Photo 1:    Andrew McIntyre, AMEC and Donald LeBlanc, Captain of Cape Island fishing boat taking the drift nets out of the water

Photo 2:    American Shad, one of the fish species caught in the drift nets

Photo 3:    John Bagnall of AMEC about to release dogfish shark.

Photo 4:    Measuring length of dogfish shark during June/July 2003 drift netting program (Note Atlantic sturgeon tail in background)

Photo 5:    Andrew McIntyre, AMEC and Victor and Donald LeBlanc fighting to take large sturgeon out of drift net

Photo 6:    A closer view of one Atlantic Sturgeon caught in the drift nets

Photo 7:    John Bagnall, AMEC, Victor LeBlanc and Sherry Sparks, NBDSS EIA Manager admire a 2 m long Atlantic sturgeon captured during the early July - 2003 drift netting program. The Atlantic Sturgeon was returned alive to the Petitcodiac River estuary.

Photo 8 :    Tying up Captain Victor LeBlanc’s boat after drift netting activity

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