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PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search


  • By Heather Merriman Saba
  • | 4:00 a.m. August 23, 2014
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PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Bay Watch Scallop Search
Rio and Kaleb Rice found scallops while searching the grasslands with their parents.
Rio and Kaleb Rice found scallops while searching the grasslands with their parents.
Sarasota Bay Watch preset all of the items needed for volunteers to use for the scallop search.
Sarasota Bay Watch preset all of the items needed for volunteers to use for the scallop search.
Ronda Ryan holds up a scallop she found during the scallop search.
Ronda Ryan holds up a scallop she found during the scallop search.
Volunteers found starfish and other sea life while searching for scallops.
Volunteers found starfish and other sea life while searching for scallops.
Volunteers search for scallops in Sarasota Bay.
Volunteers search for scallops in Sarasota Bay.
Volunteers snorkel in the grass beds of Sarasota Bay searching for scallops.
Volunteers snorkel in the grass beds of Sarasota Bay searching for scallops.
Ronda Ryan gets ready to start searching for scallops.
Ronda Ryan gets ready to start searching for scallops.
Al Jeffrey
Al Jeffrey
Jayna Perry and Lilliana Janneman
Jayna Perry and Lilliana Janneman
Rake, Emily, Ethan and Cheri Sackett, Avery Carnes and Lee Allen
Rake, Emily, Ethan and Cheri Sackett, Avery Carnes and Lee Allen
Ronda Ryan
Ronda Ryan
Bill and Liz McArthur with Candace and Jim Holthaus
Bill and Liz McArthur with Candace and Jim Holthaus
Liz Kasper, Grace Arents, Nicole Colton and Michele Vandendooren
Liz Kasper, Grace Arents, Nicole Colton and Michele Vandendooren
Rusty Chinnis and Yvonne Jordan
Rusty Chinnis and Yvonne Jordan
Delaney Dietz holds a scallop shell she found during the scallop search.
Delaney Dietz holds a scallop shell she found during the scallop search.
Al Jeffrey and Pepper Dietz
Al Jeffrey and Pepper Dietz
Zack Jordan and Peter Kosub
Zack Jordan and Peter Kosub
Volunteers gathered at Mar Vista Saturday, Aug. 23, for Sarasota Bay Watch’s annual scallop search.
Volunteers gathered at Mar Vista Saturday, Aug. 23, for Sarasota Bay Watch’s annual scallop search.
A family of volunteers search for scallops.
A family of volunteers search for scallops.

 

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