Trawling on the Ocean Odyssey

After breakfast, we went to the pier to take a ride on the Ocean Odyssey.  After a quick safety demonstration we left the pier and headed out into the Pacific Ocean.  I have never been on a boat in the ocean before. They had the children help set out the net (otter trawl.)  Then a couple minutes later, we all pulled on the rope to bring the net up.  Then the children sat around and learned about some of the animals that were caught.  Duplicate animals were tossed back into the ocean.  Joseph took some great photos of the animals, due to the release form, I can only post the photos without other children in them, so enjoy the video below.

The Otter Trawl

**ps stay tuned for what else we saw on the boat in the next blog....