THE SHARK GUTTERS BROUGHTON ISLAND 9TH MAY 2009
I opted to be part of the transect team so took a slate listing local free swimming fish on one side and cryptic fish on the other side to tick off when sighted. The team consisted of Ryan laying the four twenty five metre tapes, Scott photographing and Peter recording the invertebrates. I recorded many fish but could not find girded parma on the listing. It was on the return journey that I found it listed as cryptic. How this could be considered a fish that hides is unknown! Ryan motioned me to a rock and wrote black cod on my slate, a large but shy species now listed as Endangered and part of our key monitoring target species. At the end of the fourth transect we were surrounded by a large school of kingfish which was exciting and even Scott was smiling through his facemask. The return trip was choppy however the boat handled it well. When we docked at Nelson Bay all the tourists came over to have a look at us.
HEATHER ARMOUR
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