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What looks like specks of dirt floating in a bucket of water are actually baby scallops. However, some of the debris on the bottom is actually dirt.
Six buckets totaling three-to-four million baby scallops were dumped in different locations around the bay
Chinnis Pours the baby scallops into the bay
Andy Mele pours baby scallops into the bay
An image of the baby scallops printed from the microscope. The pickle-looking shape from the image on the right is what the scallops use to attach themselves to the sea grass.
The scallops that survive will attach themselves to the sea grass where they will grow until they fall off and begin to grow at the bottom of the bay
The Sarasota Bay Watch crew: Larry Stults, Andy Mele, Rusty Chinnis and John Ryan
Andy Mele tests the water temperature while Chinnis slowly adds bay water to balance the temperature much like one would with a fish tank.