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Sund Rock Low O2 2010

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Northern Ronquil. I stopped to watch this little fish, and it was struggling, working its gills in and out.
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Northern Ronquil. I stopped to watch this little fish, and it was struggling, working its gills in and out.

  • Wolf Eel struggling to breathe. Normally they don't work their mouths and gills but rather are still. This one is clearly stressed.
  • When Sunflower stars are stressed, they start looking a little emaciated, and the orange webbing between their arms shows.
  • California Sea Cucumbers, when stressed look quite different. They put out all 20 of their white feeding tentacles around their mouth, and those look all withered. They will also try to expose their tube feet as much as possible, since this is part of their respiratory system. The 'thorns' on their back start looking all spindly instead of plump and fat like normal. This one is very stressed.
  • Spot prawns, large ones like this guy, do not normally come up within recreational diver depths during the daytime. I found this one and many others from about 70 feet and deeper.
  • Ling cod don't normally work their gills in and out like this one is doing. Very stressed.
  • Surprisingly, we found a rock with a number of smaller Copper rockfish around it, down at about 80 feet.
  • Small Sculpin working its gills, trying to breathe...Sorry, the video is really wobbly until about 10 to 15 seconds in - and then you can see the gills.
  • Northern Ronquil. I stopped to watch this little fish, and it was struggling, working its gills in and out.
  • Dead crab. Not a molt - I checked. Shallow, around 20ft.
  • Red Rock Crab
  • Slim Sculpin
  • Snake Prickleback.
  • Squid eggs, two large clusters. Nothing unusual about this, and the eggs look quite old, especially the front cluster.
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