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Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

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38.7743, -76.711

Field Notes

Description:

Total length = 496 mm. Caught and tagged for acoustic telemetry study near Jug Bay.

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Maria dB
Welcome to Project Noah! And thank you for explaining that this fish was caught and tagged for a research study. Perhaps you could add that note to your first spotting as well?

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Blue Catfish Watch Chesapeake Bay
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2013

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