Fishing at Qantab
Every fishing trip must start with an inspiring morning, and this
was no different. Glen had organized a small expidition with a couple
of his hatchery guys - and so we met at Qantab and off in Zack's boat to
a small rock where we would fish (or rather, feed the fish some
yummy breakfast.
We started in Zack's boat
and were soon feeding the fish some yummy shrimp or chunks of fish
There was Alec and our Syrian friend, Hassan
We waited and waited and waited
until something interesting happened
There were clumps of green algai floating around, an occassional medusa
there was a medusa floating within a clump of green algae and with fish
as well as the mixture of ferries, and fishing boats
I had early success with a couple of interesting fish - eatible? who knows
We finally decided to terminate the fish-feeding exercise and simply
ride around a bit - here was the Oman Dive Center - where good diving is
always possible
Ashrof and Zack thinking
The trip ended, quietly
In the evening, I could still see the fluorescence of the green algae - blue in
color (
bioluminescence).
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algae
As I understand it, the color imparted to the water
is due to the population growth of
dinoflagellates.
Besides the water being
quite green - its possible to see blue fluorescence associated with
crashing waves.
Here is a night image (8pm) with the faint blue glow in the lower right.
Compare this with that
seen 3 nights ago (near the bottom of the web page. The University
of California, Santa Barbara has a wonderful site
describing how you can grow and observe dinoflagellates at home. Chase
your curiosity and try a little kitchen chemistry.
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