A typical member of the "fish group".

The day started like yesterday, with rain, wind and clouds. The “fish-group” (we) had to get up at 7 a.m. to catch the fishing boat. We started our trip at 8.30 with the fishermen/biologists and headed out to sea. Our task for today was to catch as many fish as possible. The rest of the crew stayed in the harbor of Gager because of the bad weather. On the ship they continued to investigate their samples. Which sounded less entertaining than our task in our opinion, but in the end it turned out that it was good for them to have the extra time for analyses.

While the rest of the crew was investigating, the fish-group was out on the rough sea. The wind was up to strengths of 10 m/s and the waves were breaking in to the boat. On our way to the first net it was pouring, but that didn’t stop us from seeing a seal and keeping up our good spirit. The first catch didn’t bring us any fish, which was demotivating. The gill-net (the second net) was more successful e.g. with catches of Perch, Pike-Perch and Ruffe.

After more than one hour driving through the rain, we finally arrived at the last fish traps.  In those fish traps we found 5 eels, a lot of flounder in different sizes and more jellyfish than the jellyfish-group could ever dream of. We were so exhausted that we fell asleep of the way home despite the weather. 

In the harbor a lot of work was waiting for us, which included to measure and weigh the fish. We are writing this blog as we’re waiting for the fish to cook. Tonight’s menu says fish soup and chocolate pudding, yummy!

XOXOXO Ben, Orio, Kerstin & the rest of the crew.