We finned out into the light of the sandy bottom to the side of the pier for eelgrass, kelp and a much more open feel. |
Both males and females are normally extremely cryptic because their color, shape, and movements look like eelgrass. |
Why had they ended up in a small wilderness of sand amid hundreds of acres of boulders and eelgrass? |
These fish prefer shallow water and are commonly found in bays around eelgrass, oil platforms, pilings of wharfs and piers, and in back waters. |
Myoxocephalus aenaeus and Pollachius virens were also most abundant in eelgrass. |
Boulders gave way to eelgrass over sand in 15m then, at 24m, the eelgrass grew sparse. |