A "4" Hour

Boating & Eating Experience

What better way to spend the day than traveling

Tampa Bay on a real crab boat, then feasting on

the catch of the day. An unique opportunity to

see and learn about Tampa Bay's environment.

Crew Mates leaving Bay Chop Villa docks 

Pulling crab traps 

Baiting traps

Traveling on the bay

Examining the catch

What is this animal?

Stone crab

Measuring stone crab claw

Some of the Catch 

Soft shell crab shedding & cook shed

Children's touch tank 

Claws before cooking 

Cooking the claws 

Cracking the claws

Feasting on crab

Crab Boat on Davit

Crab traps ready to be set in bay. 

Shoreline Restoration

Seawall Oyster Reefs

(Weight gain 120 kilograms of oysters in 15 months) 

Restored shoreline-oysters & red mangroves

Restored shoreline-oysters & red mangroves

Restoration of shoreline habitat in front of bulkhead areas with

oysters and red mangroves repairs the edge habitats for upland and

marine species lost by dredge and fill operations.

Where oysters stop growing upward is called the MHW line

(mean high water) and separates upland vegetation

(mangroves and spartina) from underwater seagrasses.

There are 3 types of mangroves...red, white, and black. The red

mangroves (their roots look like spider leg walking trees)

are unique because as trees mature to adult trees

they walk to the MLW (mean low water) line.

Oysters then grow on their roots creating the habitat

for fish and wading birds. This shallow area

where land meets the water

is called the littoral zone. 

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  "Crew Mate"

Comments

Hi Gus!

Frank & Bill had an

absolutely fantastic

time on their trip

and I can't thank

you enough!  We

enjoyed the stone

crabs and the

stories the guys

told us about your

adventure.  Good

luck with your

future customers

and I hope they

enjoy themselves as

much as Bill &

Frank did.

Barabra

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