  By Stella Mueller, American Littoral Society Education Program Intern During a recent seining excursion, we caught an abundance of local species that are common along the New Jersey coastline. We hosted about 25 participants, from adults to young children. Everyone got into the fun by pulling the net, examining the species caught, and admiring the beautiful sunset! Among the critters caught were striped killifish, Atlantic silversides, blue crabs, pipefish, fluke, and even a large female horseshoe crab. However, the best discovery of the evening was during our final net pull when we found a massive hermit crab! Typically, the aquatic hermit crabs we catch are about the size of a quarter. This hermit crab however, was about the size of a large egg! You never know what animal you might find next when you’re seining! If you’d like to join us on our next seining trip and catch some critters of your own, please check out our Upcoming Events page or contact Education Coordinator, Audrey Litto: [email protected].  Are you interested in learning more about the incredible marine species that we share our coastline with? Come join the American Littoral Society for our Sunset and Daytime Seining events throughout the remainder of the summer! Seining is a form of fishing that involves the use of a large net to catch marine life in a safe manner. The seine net is walked out into shallow water and held in place, creating a barrier in the water column that creatures can’t swim through. The net is then brought back up to shore, bringing up various species of fish and other marine life that live right along our shoreline. The Littoral Society hosts two types of seining events, one during the day and the other at sunset. Each event is 2 hours long and takes place on Sandy Hook, NJ. Check our website calendar for future offerings of our seining events. At the end of July, we hosted a sunset seine at Sod Banks Cove on Sandy Hook, a small cove that was within walking distance pf the Society’s office in the Fort Hancock section of Gateway National Recreation Area's Sandy Hook Unit.  Comments are closed.
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