CCA has some exciting events coming up!
Fish Store Hop in Richmond
July 27
We have a jam-packed schedule visiting a handful of fish stores local to the Richmond area, as well as a visit to Karl Greening's personal fish room! We'll also have lunch and a quick dinner.
We are planning to meet at 8:30 AM on Saturday, July 27 at Green Acres Center in Fairfax, VA. If you're interested in joining us, please comment on this forum page:
Fish Store Hop Forum
Summer Potluck BBQ
August 10
We will be having our annual summer potluck BBQ at Christine Key's house in Burtonsville, MD! (Please note that the address of the location is shared with members only.) If you're interested in joining us, please follow the link on this forum page if you're a member (or sign up to be a member if you're not already)!
Collecting Trip
September 8
We are currently organizing a collecting trip with Kevin Wilson on Kent Island and along the Eastern Bay. On this trip, you can expect to potentially collect the following species:
Fish:
- Chasmodes bosquianus (striped blenny)
- Gobiesox strumosus (skilletfish)
- Gobiosoma bosc (Naked goby)
- Fundulus heteroclitus (mummichog)
- Cyprinodon variegatus (sheepshead minnow)
- Luciana parva (rainwater killifish)
- Leiostomus xanthurus (Norfolk spot)
- Sygnathus fuscus (Northern pipefish)
- maybe Fundulus majalis (striped killifish)
- Anguilla rostrata (American eel)
Invertebrates:
- Harris mud crab
- Black-fingered mud crab
- Grass shrimp
- Sea squirts
- Barnacles
- Ribbed mussels
- Ghost anemone
- maybe striped anemone
- Blue crab
Plants:
- Sea lettuce (Ulva) macroalgae
- Gracilaria macroalgae
- Widgeon grass
If you're interested in joining us for this exciting opportunity, please sign up on this forum page:
Collecting Trip Forum
David Snell Speaker
September 14
Finally, we are so pleased to have David Snell speak at our September CCA meeting where he will be sharing his experience on his trip to Peru! More details about this exciting talk will be posted to our forum soon.
Hope you can join for some or all of these events!