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If you have any problems downloading or finding a video, please contact Rhonda Miller via email at rhonda_miller@fws.gov.

Videographers: Brett Billings, Ryan Hagerty, and Doug Canfield, USFWS/NCTC.

(Short hand: WS = wide shot, MS = medium shot, CU = close-up shot, MCU = medium close-up shot)

Video and Shot Logs

Alligator Gar (00:12:44)

Date shot:  August 2018

Date produced:  8/21/2018

Location:   USFWS Baton Rouge Fish and Wildlife Conservation office, St. Catharine’s Creek NWR, Mississippi

Description:  FWS researchers working with Alligator gar  (Atractosteus spatula)

  • MS workers in green jon boat motoring in backwater – lots of duckweed
  • WS  workers setting out nets in backwater
  • MS FWS workers letting net out
  • MCU/CU Biologist with acoustic receiver – hangs it over side of boat to read signals of fish nearby, CU computer on-board
  • WS workers running net
  • MCU throwing net into water
  • MCU 4 workers leaning over side of boat untangling gar from net
  • CU fish thrashes
  • WS workers in boat with second gar floating nearby – several shots
  • MCU workers untangle smaller gar
  • MCU workers untangle two gar
  • MS moving towards researchers untangling large gar over side of boat – several shots
  • MS female biologist lifts gar out of water
  • WS workers in boat with second gar floating nearby – several shots
  • MS workers standing in boat untangling large gar
  • MS putting gar in sling to weigh it and lifts it on-board
  • WS workers bringing in net with two gar
  • MCU – workers untangle big gar
  • MCU – going by boat – untangling gar
  • WS – untangling and releasing gar from boat – several shots
  • CU – workers untangling big green gar close to camera – two shots
  • WS – workers bring in large gar while standing in boat, second gar floats near boat
  • CU / OTS – female biologist pulls up huge gar head with net in teeth
  • MS team leaning over edge of boat close to water, releasing large gar out of water
  • MS team driving gar in sling to bank for weighing
  • MCU female biologist and guy in blue shirt release large gar
  • UNDERWATER – CU of gar head and mouth
  • UNDERWATER – PAN body of fish, several shots
  • UNDERWATER – Tilt up from fish to female biologist just above water’s surface – several shots
  • MCU female biologist and guy in blue shirt release second big gar
  • END

American Paddlefish (00:10:05)

  • Information Screen
  • WS several paddlefish swimming, pallid sturgeon
  • MS paddlefish swims
  • MS several paddlefish swim past camera
  • MS paddlefish swim past camera
  • MS paddlefish swims to, past camera, tilt down to shovelnose sturgeon
  • WS / MS paddlefish swimming
  • MS paddlefish swimming
  • WS paddlefish swimming
  • WS / MS paddlefish swimming
  • CU paddlefish swimming
  • MS paddlefish swimming
  • WS / tracking shot, juvenile paddlefish swimming
  • WS juvenile paddlefish, adult paddlefish
  • MS juvenile paddlefish, adult paddlefish
  • Tracking shot, juvenile paddlefish swimming
  • WS juvenile and paddlefish swimming
  • WS juvenile paddlefish swimming
  • WS juvenile paddlefish swimming
  • WS adult paddlefish swimming
  • WS smallmouth bass, tilt up to MS adult paddlefish
  • WS juvenile and paddlefish swimming
  • WS juvenile and paddlefish swimming
  • WS / MS two adult paddlefish swimming
  • END

American Paddlefish 2 (00:09:36)

Date shot:  September 2016

Date produced:  3/19/2018

Location:   Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, SD

Description:  Underwater shots of Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

  • Various shots of juvenile paddlefish feeding and swimming in aquarium
  • Adult paddlefish in Clearwater habitat swimming
  • Adult paddlefish swimming in green weedy water
  • END

Asian Carp Arkansas (00:06:36)

Date shot:  August 2017

Date produced:  5/22/2018

Location:   KEO Fish Farm, Little Rock, Arkansas

Description:  Underwater footage of several species of invasive Asian carp

  • Black carp (mylopharyngodon piceus)
  • Bighead Carp  (Hypopthalmichthys nobilis)
  • Grass Carp  (Ctenopharyngodon idella)  and Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp and Black Carp
  • END

Brook Trout (00:09:25)

Date: August 13, 2014

Location: West Virginia

Description: Video of Brook Trout underwater, plus shots of video team doing videography. Some shots of surrounding habitats.

  • Medium shot – brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) stream in fall forest
  • Tilt-down of brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Close-up of brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Medium shot of Videographer in wetsuit by brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Medium shot of Videographer and assistant shooting video in brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Wide-shot tilt-down of brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Wide-shot of videographer in wetsuit carrying camera to brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Close-up of videographer getting in brook trout stream in fall forest
  • Underwater shots of brook trout
  • One large and several small brook trout
  • Close-up one large brook trout - female
  • Close-up one large brook trout – male
  • Close-up of male and female brook trout
  • Follow footage of large male brook trout swimming
  • Wide-shots of several trout in pool
  • Medium shot of trout in pool
  • Medium shot of trout in pool swimming over grassy rocks
  • Medium shots of trout in pool, fall leaves on bottom
  • Wide shots of trout in pool
  • Wide shots of trout in pool – over a dozen fish
  • Wide shot of juvenile brook trout swimming over rocks
  • Medium shot of single trout in pool
  • Medium shot of two trout hiding under log
  • Medium shot of one trout hiding under log
  • Medium shot of rosyside dace (Clinostomus funduloides) under log
  • Medium shot of rosyside dace (Clinostomus funduloides) under log, juvenile trout swims in to join them
  • Medium shot of blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) school feeding on rocks
  • Diver's view of entering pool with brook trout swimming away
  • Close-up large brook trout under cut bank – silty water
  • Brook and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) schooling in fall pool over dead leaves
  • Brook and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) holding still in fall pool over dead leaves
  • END

Gila Trout (00:04:17)

Date shot:  November 2016

Date produced:  4/26/2018

Location:   Mineral Creek, Gila National Forest and Mora National Fish Hatchery, NM

Description:  Underwater shots of endangered Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)

  • Various shots of Gila trout just stocked into Mineral Creek.
  • Gila trout being poured into holding tank on hatchery truck
  • Gila trout swimming in holding tank
  • Gila trout in large raceways at Mora NFH, NM
  • END

Golden Trout (00:07:49)

Date: March 2016

  • This footage consists of scenic shots of Inyo National Forest, California, and underwater footage of Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) from a small stream in the forest
  • END

Gulf Sturgeon (00:09:29)

Date shot:  August 2018

Date produced:  8/10/2018

Location:   USFWS Panama City Field office, Choctawhatchee River and Yellow River, Florida

Description:  FWS researchers working with endangered Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi)  and underwater video of Gulf Sturgeon

  • MS workers in boat going down muddy river
  • `MCU female boat operator
  • MS FWS workers letting net out
  • MS/OTS floats going under at end of net
  • MCU FWS worker scans tail of sturgeon with PIT tag reader
  • CU Underbelly of sturgeon, CU mouth
  • WS (from second boat) releasing sturgeon back into water
  • MCU bringing sturgeon on-board boat
  • UNDERWATER FOOTAGE STARTS HERE – Underwater view of sturgeon being released
  • CU fish nosing at sandy bottom – swims towards camera
  • MCU full body view of sturgeon – several shots
  • CU sturgeon’s head
  • MS Sturgeon swims away into darkness
  • WS top view as sturgeon swims on bottom – several shots
  • WS Sturgeon at edge of dark vegetation
  • MS Swimming alongside fish – several shots
  • CU low-angle next to sturgeon on sandy bottom, sturgeon noses camera – several shots
  • MS sturgeon with diver
  • WS Boat with sturgeon in livewell – FWS measures fish
  • MS Diver releases fish
  • END

Kokanee Salmon Underwater 1 (00:08:01)

Date shot:   9/20/11

Date produced:  July 12, 2018

Location:   New Fork Lake, Wyoming

Description:  Wyoming fisheries crew catches and spawns kokanee (landlocked sockeye) salmon on small stream.

  • School of kokanee salmon in breeding colors in wire holding pen. 
  • Various shots of kokanee salmon in natural habitat.  WS in green water.
  • MS fish swim over silty bottom of lake.
  • CU fish under tree roots
  • MS fish swim over rocky bottom.
  • END

Kokanee Salmon Underwater 2 (00:08:00)

Date shot:   9/20/11

Date produced:  July 12, 2018

Location:   New Fork Lake, Wyoming

Description:  Underwater footage of kokanee (landlocked sockeye) salmon on small stream and lake

  • Clear underwater shots of kokanee salmon in breeding colors
  • Schools of kokanee salmon in open water
  • CU kokanee salmon under tree roots
  • Silty open water shots
  • CU pair of kokanee under tree roots
  • View from behind school of kokanee salmon
  • END

Manatees (00:10:04)

Date: 09/09/2013

Location: USA National Wildlife Refuges

Description: West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Footage from the USFWS refuge system

  • MS underwater – manatee swimming, blue green water, white brown water bottom, manatee swims slowly right to left and out of view
  • CS manatee burrowing at sandy water bed, white sand, blue/green water
  • MS manatee suspended just off sand, surrounded by yellow fish, white and brown sand, blue/green water
  • WS blue/green water, manatee, many yellow fish schooled around manatee
  • WS blue water, manatee swims away from camera, diver, manatee tail moves up and down, tree branches
  • MS manatee in dark water, diver moves in close to take picture face to face with manatee, manatee stays nearly motionless
  • MS blue/green water, camera pans up to show blue sky and trees as seen from underwater, water ripples
  • CS manatee in greenish blue water, swimming toward and then past camera, scaly/mossy skin
  • MS manatee in shallow bluish water swims left to right in front of camera, another manatee behind the first goes in opposite direction and camera follows, vegetation floating in water
  • MS manatee in blue/green water facing camera, swims directly at camera, rope and buoy/marker floating on water above, manatee swims past camera, light reflects on manatees back
  • MS manatee in blue/green water swimming away from camera, rocky ledge
  • MS manatee in turquoise water, light reflects on manatee back, rotates to show algae covered skin
  • CS manatee face profile in turquoise/green water, manatee moves to right, shows entire side, rolls slightly
  • MS manatee in blue/green water, light reflections, algae covered skin, profile, rotates to face to face
  • MS manatee in blue/green water – belly- up at water surface, reflection of manatee visible, manatee rotates right side up
  • WS two divers and two manatees near surface of greenish/blue water, manatee faces camera, after diver pets manatee
  • MS rocks on either side of shot, manatees above brown moss covered rocks, blue/green water, 3 manatees swimming slowly
  • MS manatee facing toward camera in greenish/blue water, second manatee swims near first
  • CS manatee angled away from camera, blue/green water rotates to show opposite side
  • Manatee in blue/green water, lifts nose up and out of water
  • CS manatee to left of diver near/at water surface, blue water, diver reaches out hand and manatee turns slightly away
  • MS manatee in blue/green shallow water, brown and green mossy vegetation cover water bed, light streams through water from above, manatee has mossy vegetation hanging from mouth visible as camera moves closer. Very close shot of profile of manatee face, whiskers on manatee nose
  • MS manatee in blue/green water, profile
  • MS manatee suspended in blue water, profile, manatee rolls belly-up and back around, dives slowly away from water surface
  • CS manatee facing camera, large rocks
  • MS manatee in light blue water under boat
  • MS manatee full body profile, dark blue water white and brown sand, zooms in on manatee face
  • WS manatee facing camera, dark blue water, shallow water, white and brown sand, manatee swims toward camera, camera rotates and follows alongside of manatee, manatee swims over tree branch in water and moves in front of camera, tail moves slowly up and down as manatee swims, manatee turns back toward camera
  • MS manatee profile, log in water, white sand, zooms in on manatee face, small yellow fish
  • MS blue water, green trees, blue sky, camera is partially under surface of water, moves down into water, manatee near surface of water, log white sand
  • MS small yellow fish, blue water, white sand, fish move around manatees back, pans down to show manatee suspended in water, manatee moves up then back down near log in water, manatee resting above rock
  • END

San Marcos 1 (00:08:20)

Date shot:  May 2017

Date produced:  4/26/2018

Location:   San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center, Texas

Description:  Underwater footage in San Marcos River, TX

  • Texas wild rice plants flowing in clear water
  • USFWS divers surveying for salamanders underwater
  • Various panfish using rice plants
  • USFWS divers amongst Texas wild rice plants
  • USFWS divers working over “cream-of-wheat” springs
  • USFWS divers in yellow suits working in Spring lake, TX
  • END

San Marcos 3 (00:09:35)

Date shot:  May 2017

Date produced:  4/26/2018

Location:   San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center, Texas

Description:  Underwater salamander footage (aquarium) and topside biologist footage

  • Texas Blind Salamander – various shots, shot of a pair on rocks
  • Barton Springs Salamander in rocks, in weeds
  • MS Biologist at San Marcos working with native Texas wild rice in raceways
  • MCU Biologist collecting seeds from Texas wild rice in San Marcos River
  • CU Texas Wild rice
  • END

Sportfish (00:10:00)

  • Information Screen
  • WS sauger sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS sauger sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS sauger sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS sauger swims
  • WS redhorse sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS redhorse sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS redhorse sits on gravel riverbed
  • WS short-nose gar swims
  • MS river carpsucker swims
  • MS goldeye swims
  • MS fish swimming: blue suckers, redhorse, smallmouth buffalo, river carpsucker
  • MS fish swimming: river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo, blue suckers, redhorse
  • MS fish swimming: river carpsucker, blue sucker
  • MS fish swimming: blue sucker, smallmouth buffalo, redhorse
  • MS fish swimming: river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo, blue suckers, redhorse
  • MS fish swimming: redhorse, smallmouth buffalo, blue suckers, redhorse, river carpsucker
  • MS fish swimming: river carpsucker, smallmouth buffalo, redhorse, blue suckers
  • MS goldeye swims
  • MS fish swimming: river carpsucker, blue suckers, smallmouth buffalo, redhorse
  • MS / CU silver carp swimming
  • MS / CU silver carp swimming
  • MS / CU silver carp swimming
  • MS silver carp swimming
  • MS / CU silver carp swimming
  • MS silver carp swimming
  • MS / CU silver carp swimming
  • MS silver carp swimming
  • End

Sportfish 2 (00:09:45)

Date shot:  July 2016

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Gavins Point National Fish hatchery, SD

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in aquarium

  • Smallmouth bass  (Micropterus dolomieu)
  • Redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophis)
  • Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
  • Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
  • Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
  • Juvenile muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) – feeding on minnows
  • Juvenile muskellunge - larger
  • END

Sturgeon (00:05:04)

  • Information Screen
  • WS pallid sturgeon swims
  • MS pallid sturgeon sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS pan of pallid sturgeon on gravel riverbed
  • MS pallid sturgeon sits on gravel riverbed
  • MS two pallid sturgeon on gravel riverbed
  • MS / WS pallid sturgeon swims
  • Dolly shot (WS to CU) pallid sturgeon
  • Dolly shot / MS pallid sturgeon, shovelnose sturgeon
  • Dolly shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • Dolly shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • Dolly shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • Dolly shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • Tracking shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • Dolly shot shovelnose sturgeon
  • END

Underwater Alaska 21 (00:09:20)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/12/2018

Location:   Kodiak, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Juvenile salmonids near rocky slope
  • Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) over rocks
  • Sculpins and School of dolly varden on bottom
  • Dolly varden in clean water, facing camera – GOOD SHOTS!
  • Juvenile Rainbow (Oncorhynchus mykiss) trout feeds in front of camer
  • END

Underwater Alaska 2 (00:10:23)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location: Ship Creek, Anchorage, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)   - various shots in green, cloudy water.  Good CU’s of big red adult salmon “yawning” underwater.  ECU of salmon heads.
  • END

Underwater Alaska 7 (00:10:07)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Campbell Creek, Anchorage, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Pair of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)  beside logjam
  • Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) - various shots on clean rocks, good focus
  • CU silt movement on bottom
  • Big red Chinook salmon by logjam
  • Juvenile dolly varden and juv. Chinook salmon
  • END

Underwater Alaska 8 (00:09:46)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Campbell Creek, Anchorage, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) – and juvenile salmonids
  • Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)  from behind
  • School of juvenile salmonids
  • Juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
  • School of juvenile salmonids
  • Several great CU’s of juvenile Chinook salmon
  • END

Underwater Alaska 12 (00:10:27)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location: Ship Creek, Anchorage, Alaska

Description: Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Big, red Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)  in fast, turbulent, cloudy green water
  • Large Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) – in clear water, several shots
  • School of juvenile salmonids (Chinook salmon) – on bottom swimming at camera
  • END

Underwater Alaska 14 (00:10:00)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/12/2018

Location:   Mat-Su Valley creek, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • School of juvenile salmonids (Chinook salmon) (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)   – in silty water, woody structure structure
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  • School of juvenile salmonids near woody structure
  • School of juvenile salmonids under log
  • Big, red Chinook salmon in fast, turbulent water
  • Juvenile salmonids (Chinook salmon) – between rocks
  • MCU Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
  • END



     

Underwater Alaska 16 (00:10:17)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/12/2018

Location:  Mat-Su Valley creek, Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • School of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) feeding in yellowish water, lots of detritus, some shots facing camera
  • Camera drifts over stream bottom
  • 3-spine stickleback minnows (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in weeds
  • School of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) feeding in front of camera – less detritus
  • END



     

Underwater Fanshell 1 (00:08:10)

Date shot:  Oct. 2010

Date produced:  4/26/2018

Location:   Ohio River islands NWR, WV

Description:  Underwater footage in Ohio River

  • FWS Boat and SCUBA divers
  • Divers jump into water
  • Underwater footage of divers planting mussels on bottom of Ohio River
  • CU Tagged mussels in sediment on river bottom
  • END



     

Underwater Fish (00:10:53)

  • A. Togiak NWR, Alaska 1
    • Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
    • many salmon, mainly Sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), some Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
    • Chum Salmon
    • King Salmon
    • Sockeye Salmon
    • Chum and Sockeye Salmon
    • Chum Salmon
    • many mixed Chum, Sockeye, and King Salmon
    • King Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
    • injured Chum Salmon
    • large King Salmon
    • spawning pair of Coho Salmon
    • many King Salmon; one injured
    • many Sockeye Salmon
    • many Rainbow Trout
    • Coho Salmon
  • B. Togiak NWR, Alaska 2
    • many Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma)
    • pair of juvenile Arctic Char (salvelinus alpinus)
  • C. Potomac River
    • native mussels displaying and Brassy Minnows (Hybognathus lantinsoni)
    • native mussel displaying
    • native mussel closed
  • D. West Virginia
    • Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontiualis) and minnows and Rainbow Trout
    • Brook Trout, very still more Brooke Trout swimming
    • single Brook Trout, very still
    • Brook Trout pair
    • Brook Trout close-up
    • several Brook Trout
  • E. WVA
    • Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) under ledge
    • Brown Trout under ledge with one zipping by
  • F. NY
    • Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui)
    • Smallmouth Bass on rocky bottom
    • several Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
  • G. Miscellaneous
    • Snubnose Darter (Etheostoma simoterum)
    • many Blackstripe Minnows (Fundulus notatus)
    • Blackstripe Minnows and Black spotted Minnows
    • Blackstripe Minnow in rocks
    • many minnows
    • END



       

Underwater Florida 2 (00:10:05)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Alexander Springs, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • Various shots of schools of redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritis)
  • Schools of minnows near aquatic vegetation
  • MS Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in vegetation
  • WS River otters (Lontra canadensis) playing in open water
  • CU Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) swimming
  • Sandy bottom of springs
  • CU Red-eared slider swimming
  • END



     

Underwater Florida 3 (00:10:26)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Alexander Springs, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • Various shots of redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritis)
  • MS largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in weeds
  • Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) in weeds
  • CU redbreast sunfish in spawning colors
  • MS bluegill in heavy cover
  • MCU Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) in heavy cover
  • Largemouth bass and redbreast sunfish in open water
  •  MS follow shot of largemouth bass swimming in clear water, disappears in weeds, reappears in open water, follows some more
  • END

     

Underwater Florida 7 (00:06:26)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Merrits Mill Pond, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • Crayfish in woody cover
  • Green vegetation
  • Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) near trees
  • WS largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) near cave
  • WS panfish in vegetation
  • WS water’s surface
  • CU Tree roots underwater (Cypress)
  • WS Ironcolor shiner (Notropis chalybaeus)
  • WS vegetation
  • Largemouth bass in weeds
  • Ironcolor shiner in weeds
  • Juvenile panfish in weeds
  • Big largemouth bass in weeds
  • END

     

Underwater Florida 8 (00:10:18)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Wacissa River, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • Elodea vegetation underwater with largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
  • Minnows in vegetation
  • School of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) in vegetation
  • Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in vegetation
  • CU Mullet school – many shots
  • Largemouth bass (Micropters salmoides) in vegetation
  • Red-eared slider gets air at surface and dives
  • WS Largemouth bass
  • CU Red-eared slider swimming
  • END

     

Underwater Florida 9 (00:09:27)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Wacissa River, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • CU School of striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) in vegetation
  • MS trees and surface or water
  • Suwanee bass (Micropterus notius) 
  • MS aquatic vegetation
  • Panfish
  • Bowfin (Amia calva)
  • Salamander in vegetation
  • MS Mullet
  • WS Panfish
  • MS Suwanee bass
  • MS Diver with camera
  • MCU Bowfin – several good shots
  • Red-eared slider in good light
  • Panfish and Suwanee bass
  • Striped Mullet
  • END



     

Underwater Florida 10 (00:06:40)

Date shot:  September 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Wacissa River, FL

Description:  Underwater shots of Florida fish

  • Top view of Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in cloudy water
  • Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) in cloudy water
  • Top view of Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in cloudy water
  • Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) in cloudy water
  • Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in better clarity
  • Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
  • Ironcolor shiners (Notropis chalybaeus)
  • Spotted sucker (Minytrema melanops) in cloudy water
  • CU Salamander on bottom
  • MS Panfish in cover
  • CU Suwanee bass (Micropterus notius) behind weeds – GREAT SHOT!
  • Spotted Sucker feeding on bottom
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Underwater Grayling & Pike (00:09:05)

Date shot:  July 2017

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Alaska

Description:  Underwater shots of sportfish in Alaska

  • Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in clear water – many shots (Chena River, Alaska)
  • Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in aquatic weeds, second pike in shot some
  • Fish weir trap on Andreakfsky weir – fish facing camera:  pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)  and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
  • Fisheries technician nets and releases chum salmon
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Underwater Nongame Fish 1 (00:07:54)

Date shot:  Sept. 2016

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Gavins Point National Fish hatchery, SD

Description:  Underwater shots of fish in aquarium

  • Shorthead redhorse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum)
  • White sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
  • White sucker with rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris)
  • River Carpsucker (Carpiodes carpio)
  • Blue Sucker (Cycleptus elongatus)
  • Longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) – teeth and tail
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Underwater Nongame Fish 3 (00:09:49)

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV and Gavins Point NFH, SD

Description:  Underwater shots of fish in aquarium

  • Candy darter (Etheostoma osburni) male and female in breeding colors, spawning behavior
  • Group of spotfin shiners (Cyprinella spiloptera) and silver chubs (Macrohybopsis storeiana) on sandy bottom of aquarium
  • Orange-spotted sunfish (Lepomis humilis)
  • Rosyface shiner (notropis rubellus)
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Underwater Potomac Mussels 1 (00:04:15)

Date shot:  2015

Date produced:  4/26/2018

Location:  Potomac River, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV

Description:  Mussel displaying on bottom of Potomac River

  • Native freshwater mussel (Lampsilis cardium) displaying mantle lure in clear water.  Some shots with minnows in background.  Several shots.
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Underwater Sockeye Salmon 1 (00:10:15)

Date shot:  August 2014

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:   Little Wenatchee Creek, Washington

Description:  Underwater shots of salmon in Clearwater natural habitat

  • Multiple shots of post-spawn sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) over clean gravel in small creek.  Surface of water and surrounding forest visible in some scenes.
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Underwater Sturgeon 2 (00:09:20)

Date shot:  July 2016

Date produced:  6/18/2018

Location:  Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, SD

Description:  Underwater shots of sturgeon in Clearwater natural habitat

  • Multiple shots of Sturgeon – juvenile on bottom
  • MS, CU Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) on pebbly bottom – CU face, eye, gills, feeds near shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)
  • MS pallid sturgeon feeding at surface
  • MS pallid sturgeon on bottom in white sand
  • Head of shovelnose sturgeon as it swims by
  • Shovelnose sturgeon on bottom
  • Shovelnose and pallid sturgeon together
  • WS sturgeon on bottom
  • Pallid sturgeon from underneath
  • WS shovelnose in Clearwater – top view
  • MS Pallid sturgeon in clear water – top view
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