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Sealord photography focuses on three themes:
Biodiversity with an emphasis on marine life
Sustainability relating to construction & urban development; energy; food; transport; and waste.
The Guernsey community
Guernsey crustacea
More images of crustacea can be viewed in the Belle Greve Bay, Guernsey gallery at http://sealord.smugmug.com/gallery/3514797#139888289
Columbus crab, Planes minutus, on flotsam
This Columbus crab, Planes minutus, was given to me by Guernsey crab fisherman, Chris Marquis.
Chris found the crab on a goose barnacle, Lepas anatifera, covered buoy in the Big Russel - the passage between the islands of Herm and Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
I photographed the Columbus crab on a rubber Kito sandal, size 44, I found washed up on the strand-line on Guernsey's north-east coast on 23 December 2006.
This scandal was covered in small goose barnacles.
The crab lived in the scandal in an aquarium for a number of days before the barnacles began to die. The crab is now living on a foam mat.
Columbus crabs, also known as turtle, sargassum or Gulf weed crabs, live on flotsam or under the shells of turtles in the North Atlantic and other oceans.
They arrive in Guernsey waters with the prevailing currents in the later part of the year.
On the same day Chris Marquis found this Columbus crab about twenty Columbus crabs were found on the south coast of England.
Photo taken with a Canon S80 digital camera in an underwater housing.
File No. 141206 5055
File size: 5.98 MB Jpeg
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Sealord photography's biodiversity images began with a focus on international commercial seafood species and the marine life of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Great Britain.
Sealord photography has a growing collection of digital images covering climate change, the environment and sustainability issues.
Sealord photography also covers the Guernsey community and particularly the fund raising activities of Guernsey charities as part of the island's social sustainability.
The fish, shellfish and marine life images would not be possible if it were not for the generosity of commercial and recreational fishermen in Guernsey, and seafood suppliers at various trade shows in the USA, and wholesalers at Fulton Fish Market in New York City.
Many marine biologists have helped identify or confirm the identity of marine species photographed. These people have been mentioned when possible.
Please email: sealord@me.com or sustainableguernsey@gmail.com if you have any questions or comments about Sealord photography. Thank you. Richard Lord