Limited Access
Sea Scallop Image-Based Research Fleet
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
short background about the first LAGC image fleet and how that led to this project
short intro of LA scallop vessels
project goals:
Leverage the methods developed for the LAGC Research Fleet to establish a Limited Access Sea Scallop Image-Based Research Fleet
Attempt to monitor an access area through time with coordinated image-based sampling
Continue to analyze and extract biological data from images of individual scallops taken from the image-based sampling method
Evaluate the value of the data collected for sea scallop management.
Project team:
New England Marine Monitoring
Mark Hager, Chief Executive Officer
Anthony Lucia, Operations Manager
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Becky Smoak - Project Lead
N. David Bethoney
Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance
Melissa Sanderson, Chief Operating Officer
Participant vessels:
F/V Redemption, Cape May, NJ
F/V Motivation, Cape May, NJ
F/V Negotiator, Cape May, NJ
F/V Dauntless, Cape May, NJ
F/V Miss Emma, New Bedford/Provincetown, MA
F/V Kathy Ann, Barnegat Light, NJ
F/V Roen Keil, Provincetown, MA
F/V Tricia Lynn, Harwich/Dennis, MA
F/V Patriarch, Cape May, NJ
