Special seining session focusing on horseshoe crabs. For teens ages 14 through 18.
Find out what lives in the waters under the Manhattan Bridge. Join experts using a 30-foot seining net to catch fish and other remarkable East River creatures. Families and kids can take a good look at the fish before releasing them back to their homes and keep a tally of our catch. Field guides and identification keys provided.
Previous catches have included flounder, striped bass, Atlantic tomcod, bay anchovy, green crabs, blue crabs, shrimp, comb jellies, silversides, and pipefish. Space is available for 30 kids, plus their parents/guardians.