Archive for January 24, 2008

Left for Dead: Burrfish Bycatch in the Lagoon

In 2005 I shot this photo of a striped burrfish I found along the edge of the Mosquito Lagoon inside the park boundaries of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.  At the time, I found it peculiar.  Here was a reasonably perfect burrfish specimen completely clear of the high tide mark and several feet from the water.  How [...]