Calico Bass Feeding Frenzy in La Jolla Cove!

Join the action at beautiful La Jolla Cove as Marine Biologists from UC San Diego’s World-Renowned Scripts Institute of Oceanography conducts the first tag and release program since 1962. Watch things heat up as these fish bite everything that hits the water as they have not been fished in this cove for 40 years! The team even gets a little help from X-Games Gold Medalist, Street League Super Crown Champion and Skater of the Year, Chris Cole!

00:00 Welcome Historic calico tagging project
00:35 Why La Jolla Cove matters Untouched for 40 years
02:31 Bart & Chris land quality calicos
03:22 Recapture Tagged calico returns
05:05 Scraping algae to read the tag number
06:03 Tag measured & breakdown
07:34 Fin clip tissue sample for food web study
10:30 How old is a 21 inch calico? Around 20 years
12:49 Recaptured 1 minute after release
13:34 Why calico colors change kelp, rock & spawning
14:33 Double tagged fish Measuring tag loss
16:25 Surprise catch Horn shark male ID
18:05 How you can help & CPR Catch Photograph Release

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