Fisheries Ecologist | New York DEC Marine Resources Division
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10 Oct 2024
Not too many places in the country you’re gonna find these four together. Nanjemoy Creek off the Potomac River for our fall tidal rivers survey.
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Martin L Gary retweeted
9 Oct 2024
US Air Force and NOAA Hurricane Hunters back inside #HurricaneMilton right now. flightradar24.com/multiview/…
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Out with our staff in Sullivan County, NY on the upper Delaware River for Silver Eel monitoring. Jess Best took this picture of me holding a “Silver Phase” American Eel on the Delaware River, Sullivan County, New York on October 4, 2024.
📸 | Jess Best
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Martin L Gary retweeted
Meet the striped burrfish (Chilomycterus schoepfii)! 🐡
When they feel threatened, they puff up like a spiky balloon by sucking water or air into their stomachs! If this sounds similar to a pufferfish, you are correct—they're in the same order (Tetraodontiformes) as pufferfish.
ALT A person's hands holding a spikey, yellow and brown striped burrfish.
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A PIA Notre Dame fan sitting behind us (complaining about every call 😂) took this photo of Rick Littleton, CJ Winand and me at Kyle Field, Texas A&M University on August 31, 2024. We lost the game, but delusional optimism will live on. There’s always next week
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An NYPD detective from Valley Stream who allegedly assisted more than 65 people obtain fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans was among four people arrested and charged in connection with the scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Four people allegedly conspired to defraud the federal government’s Small Business Administration, which administered the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loans meant to provide forgivable loans to small businesses to help with job retention after in-person commerce essentially shut down during the pandemic.
Read more: nwsd.li/3ebaf0
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Martin L Gary retweeted
6 Aug 2024
Out sampling for invasive Blue Cats today on the Patuxent River. Testing out a pilot project comparing data collected from chase boats vs fish classified from aerial drone counts. Raising fish with low frequency electroshocking.
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Martin L Gary retweeted
DEC Interim Commish @SeanMaharIC joined @NYCWater, @SenatorHinchey, & @UlsterNY to announce a plan to help safeguard water quality at the Ashokan Reservoir. The revised release protocol protects NYC water supply and addresses Lower Esopus community concerns about muddy water.
ALT DEC Interim Commissioner, Sean Mahar, speaking at a podium at the Ashokan Reservoir while a group of people stands behind him.
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Martin L Gary retweeted
Did you know there are marine animals on the planet that have been around well before the dinosaurs?!
Horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils, these amazing sea creatures have been around for over 400 million years! 🧵 ⤵️
#MarineMonday
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Martin L Gary retweeted
1 Jul 2024
HBD to our friends at the @NYSDEC! The agency opened its #OnThisDay in 1970. From eel monitoring to tree planting — #ScenicHudson is proud to partner with the NYDEC on numerous projects to help preserve & protect #NYState. Here’s to many more years of collaboration! 🎉
ALT Eel monitoring for ecosystem health / Courtesy NYSDEC
ALT Group photo of the 2022 volunteers who planted trees at Mawignack Preserve as part of the NYSDEC "Trees for Tribs" program / Photo by Claire Wegh
ALT Volunteer with the "Trees for Tribs" program / Photo by Claire Wegh
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Martin L Gary retweeted
Free Fishing Weekend is almost here! This weekend (6/29-6/30) the fishing license requirement is waived for anyone fishing NY’s freshwater lakes, ponds, streams & rivers so that anglers have the opportunity to try fishing, before deciding to buy a fishing license.
ALT Two happy anglers showing off an impressive fish!
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Martin L Gary retweeted
Staring today, June 12, 2024, the minimum size length has been updated from 21" to 23", the possession limit has been decreased from 10 fish per day to 5 fish per day, and the open season has been shortened from all year to September 1 – May 31.
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Martin L Gary retweeted
DEC's Deputy Commissioner for Equity & Justice @adriana_olivia joined @NYstateparks to announce several DEC initiatives to promote accessible recreational opportunities across New York State for people of all ages and abilities, including Staten Island’s Mt. Loretto Unique Area.
ALT Staff walk on a new accessible viewing platform at Mt. Loretto Unique Area.
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5 Jun 2024
Midnight Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey on Long Island’s North Shore
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We're joined by DEC air pollution meteorologists Abigail Komarc and Sarah Lechleitner to discuss how weather affects air quality, whether New Yorkers should worry about wildfire smoke this summer, and more!
🎧 Listen to Episode 4 of “DEC Does What?!”: dec.ny.gov/podcast
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11 May 2024
And in yet another first for me, a bunch of our DMR staff went squiding after work last night and invited me to come along. And this is apparently what it has come to……..me hanging out with people half my age to all hours of the night jiggjng for cephalopods 🦑
#Cephalopoda
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