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BCF scientists studying mating behavior of squid

Description

BCF scientists studying mating behavior of squid. After mating, females deposit egg capsule strands on the calcareous sand bottom. The lights have attractedthe squid to the locality. In the background is Deep Diver, a researchsubmersible of Ocean Systems, Inc., from which the divers have emerged.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 437 of Our Changing Fisheries 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume

Photographer

Artwork by Bob Hines

Display Date

1969 circa

Location

Bahama Islands, Great Stirrup Cay

Collection

Historic Fisheries

NOAA Affiliation

BCF