Underwater Scavenger hunt involving critters??!!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:05 pm
I saw this in a recent email from a Seattle area dive club, and have to admit while the concept is fun, part of the list of items get me a bit up-in-arms! Some of the items are just plain tongue-in-cheek (a Sixgill?!) and done in jest - but others are quite serious (catching Sturgeon Poachers, small halibut, etc)
And some of it's just plain stupid. Anyone going after a Ratfish is going to get what they deserve - a toxic spine in their flesh. Ow.
Read on....
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The annual scavenger hunt is always a lot of fun for those who go
diving. The preliminary list of items, on the website notice, includes
a tubesnout, flounder and sixgill. But, I didn't tell you then is that
the Tubesnout is worth 5 points, the easy to catch flounder is one
point, and the 'never seen on a scavenger hunt' sixgill is worth 10
points.
Only one item or fish per dive team is counted. I can just see
someone loading up their goody bag on flounders or red rocks.
A clam shell with barnacle or crab with barnacles counts as two points
since each is on the list.
This is catch and release, unless you want to take home the coonstripe
shrimp for your aquarium. I will bring a few baggies for you to stow
those tube snouts.
This event is always a lot of fun. Extra points have been given for catching a tube snout or surf perch in past events. Aluminum cans will be back on the list by popular demand, but please don't use that as an excuse to pollute.
Preliminary list of items to find:
Dive buddy
Bull Kelp
Aluminum can
Anemone - Small Green
Barnacle
Brick - Red or Orange
Crab - Any type (dead or alive)
clam
Eel grass, one strand
piece of glass or bottle
Flounder
Golf ball - any color
Green rock
Halibut - small
Sturgeon Poacher
Surf Perch - in a baggie
Sixgill
Starfish
Ratfish
Shrimp
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So, let's see....let's go pick up the fish and put them in goody bags or ziplocs, or maul them in the process of trying to catch them so we can earn points for this game? And of course if we take them home to our aquarium - we have the proper permits? And since it's 'catch and release' no harm, no foul, right?
tsk tsk - I would expect way better from divers trying to protect the marine environment and be advocates for responsible usage.
Why not stick to non-living objects for the scavenger hunt, or use PHOTOS as a means of getting points instead?
- Janna
And some of it's just plain stupid. Anyone going after a Ratfish is going to get what they deserve - a toxic spine in their flesh. Ow.
Read on....
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The annual scavenger hunt is always a lot of fun for those who go
diving. The preliminary list of items, on the website notice, includes
a tubesnout, flounder and sixgill. But, I didn't tell you then is that
the Tubesnout is worth 5 points, the easy to catch flounder is one
point, and the 'never seen on a scavenger hunt' sixgill is worth 10
points.
Only one item or fish per dive team is counted. I can just see
someone loading up their goody bag on flounders or red rocks.
A clam shell with barnacle or crab with barnacles counts as two points
since each is on the list.
This is catch and release, unless you want to take home the coonstripe
shrimp for your aquarium. I will bring a few baggies for you to stow
those tube snouts.
This event is always a lot of fun. Extra points have been given for catching a tube snout or surf perch in past events. Aluminum cans will be back on the list by popular demand, but please don't use that as an excuse to pollute.
Preliminary list of items to find:
Dive buddy
Bull Kelp
Aluminum can
Anemone - Small Green
Barnacle
Brick - Red or Orange
Crab - Any type (dead or alive)
clam
Eel grass, one strand
piece of glass or bottle
Flounder
Golf ball - any color
Green rock
Halibut - small
Sturgeon Poacher
Surf Perch - in a baggie
Sixgill
Starfish
Ratfish
Shrimp
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So, let's see....let's go pick up the fish and put them in goody bags or ziplocs, or maul them in the process of trying to catch them so we can earn points for this game? And of course if we take them home to our aquarium - we have the proper permits? And since it's 'catch and release' no harm, no foul, right?
tsk tsk - I would expect way better from divers trying to protect the marine environment and be advocates for responsible usage.
Why not stick to non-living objects for the scavenger hunt, or use PHOTOS as a means of getting points instead?
- Janna