Rodger Cook and Richard Reckeweg Collecting Fish for the National Aquarium, 1960s

Close-up, from the side, of two men hauling a large net through a body of water that is about knee- to hip-deep; they each have and end of the net, which features long poles for handling. Both men are wearing rubber wading pants. On the shore in the background is parked a large van; the bank and area beyond the bank features high grass/vegetation.
Photo By/Credit

Rex Gary Schmidt

Date Shot/Created
Circa 1960s
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Original caption: Left to right, Rodger Cook and Richard Reckeweg, National Aquarium employees on a fish collecting trip near Point Lookout, Maryland, seine fish to maintain the tanks at the National Aquarium operated by the Department of the Interior, but located in the Commerce Building. 1960s.
Subject tags
Employees (USFWS)
Equipment
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes
History
Motor vehicles
Work of the Service