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Mark all the fish you see. Pretty much everything is a herring, so you'll want to mark them all unless something really stands out as not being a herring or floating along the surface. You just need to put a point on each fish. It's that simple! Happy marking!
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We are so excited that you want to help us count emigrating river herring! Your support is crucial to our work and will help us better understand this threatened fish species. Thank you for getting involved!
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Every year in the spring baby river herring make a long journey from freshwater ponds to the ocean. We are trying to understand when baby river herring head to sea and how many there are. Simply count the herring in each frame by marking all the ones you can see. Many will be blurry or oriented in a way that makes them not look like a fish. But there's little else that passes the camera, so go ahead and mark everything you see (unless it's clearly not a herring). See the tutorial for some tips, but it's pretty straightforward! Thanks for your help!