Casting a Net Over a Passing School of Mullet

Casting a Net movie - above water view Casting a Net movie - DIDSON view

Students watching DIDSON output gave word to Jon Shenker when and where to cast a net over a passing
school of mullet. The DIDSON movie shows the net descending and capturing some of the fish. It is
interesting to see fish flock to the immediate vicinity as soon as the net is retrieved. Jon guessed that the
commotion reminded the fish of an alligator or other predator attack, and that there’d be a lot of scraps
to scavenge. There are a lot of alligators in the central, eastern coast of Florida.

Courtesy of Jon Shenker, Department of Biological Sciences,
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida