Hi Carole, when i go to Maryland for work, or to visit my daughter, I
always try to head to Wachapreague, Virginia on the Delmarva
Peninsula. there is a seafood processing plant there by the water,
they handle oysters and fish,  and there are traps stacked up also
from crabbing. All over the ground at this spot i find species such as
Prunum roscidum, Ilyanassa obsoleta, Nassarius vibex, and Anachis
avara, plus  on this last trip larger species like Stramonita
canaliculata, which has been reported in the Cheseapeake since the
1950s. The small shells  are all over the ramp and loading and working
 and trap storage areas so i assume they fall out of the traps or get
washed out when the traps are moved,  cleaned and stacked (if they are
cleaned at all. I get them by the dozens, which appears to be an
unnatural density.

I have also found a few of the giant form of Urosalpinx cinerea
"follyensis" there.

A similar situation at that spot is right next door at the Virginia
Institute of Marine Sciences as well.

This is a general phenomenon when you find places like that anywhere,
which i have been lucky to do in many locations.

Steve

On 2/19/14, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What do you mean by fishing bycatch?  How is that accomplished?
>  Carole
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> In a message dated 2/16/2014 12:33:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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> Jim, if  you contact me after March 5th, i can send you some real nice
> ones that i  get from fishing bycatch in Virginia. They are more
> colorful and have much  nicer patterns than most of the ones we find
> further  north.
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