Danielle Regitz, a biologist from the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, demonstrates with a piece of wood how scientists determine the age of fish by looking at layers of calcium on the ear bone, which reveal a fish's age in a similar way as rings in a tree trunk during a presentation at Westside Junior High on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Megan MacMenamin, a biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, pulls the ear bone out of a preserved speckled trout to show students a part of the scientific data collection process during a presentation at Westside Junior High on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Kayden Perrilloux (left) and Santino Achternof, Westside Junior High sixth-grade students, look at jars of paddlefish at different stages of development during a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Danielle Regitz (right), a biologist from the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, shows the difference between the spotted gar and the alligator gar to Bradley Fleegle (left), Sean Oxley and Madison Eymard during a presentation at Westside Junior High on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Ed Pratt, press secretary for the Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries, describes the wide variety of activities and career paths available to Westside Junior High students through the department during a presentation to Alysha Guidry's sixth grade science class on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Jordan Perales, a student at Westside Junior High, looks through a microscope during a Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries presentation at Westside Junior High on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Megan MacMenamin, a biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, explains how scientific research serves as the basis for size limit regulations during a presentation at Westside Junior High on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Rontora Morris (left), Kayden Perrilloux, and Santino Achternof, Westside Junior High sixth-grade students, examine jars of paddlefish at different stages of development during a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on Thursday, Jan. 25.
