Beth Heckman
Assistant Education Coordinator at Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NH Fish and Game); wildlife educator specializing in estuarine ecosystems and marine biology.
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Jun 11, 2026
Grace McCullochHOST
Beth Heckman from New Hampshire Fish and Game is going to introduce us to these unique creatures that have their home here on Great Bay.
Beth HeckmanGUEST
They're coming in with the males following them, usually at least one male attached.
Beth HeckmanGUEST
They will stay like that for a few weeks, you know, during spawning season, and then he'll let go.
Beth HeckmanGUEST
Some of the ones that you see that are kind of on the sides of the females, they call those satellite males, and they're still fertilizing eggs.