The Board of Directors of the CFR Foundation has announced five new awards under its Southern New England Collaborative Research Initiative.
The five 2010 SNECRI projects are:
CFR Foundation announces 2009-2010 SNECRI Awards
Research Projects
Click on the title of any project listed below to see details.
Data Collection and Analysis in Support of Single and Multispecies Stock Assessments in the Mid-Atlantic: North East Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Nearshore Trawl Program, 2011
Project Team:
Christopher F. Bonzek (VA Institute of Marine Science), Dr. Robert J. Latour (VA Institute of Marine Science), James Gartland (VA Institute of Marine Science), James Ruhle (Captain, F/V Darana R)
Total Amount Awarded:
$200,385
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
A Method to Reduce Winter Flounder Retention Through the Use of Avoidance Gear Adaptations in the Small Mesh Trawl Fishery Within the Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Winter Flounder Stock Area
Project Team:
Emerson Hasbrouck (Cornell University Cooperative Extension), John Scotti (Cornell University Cooperative Extension), Tara Froehlich (Cornell University Cooperative Extension), Kristin Gerbino (Cornell University Cooperative Extension), Patrick Sullivan (Cornell University), Christopher Glass (University of New Hampshire), Jonathan Knight (Superior Trawls), Charles Weimar (F/V Rianda S), Bonnie Brady (LI Commercial Fishing Association)
Total Amount Awarded:
$182,043
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
Design and Test of an Innovative Large Mesh Whiting Trawl to Reduce Spiny Dogfish Bycatch in the Southern New England Whiting Fishery
Project Team:
Pingguo He, Ph.D. (UMass Dartmouth – SMAST), Elias Olafsson (Dantrawl Inc.), Patrick McGlade (F/V Enterprise), Donald Follett (F/V Cody)
Total Amount Awarded:
$199,930
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
Temporal Aspects of Habitat Utilization and Interspecies Competition: Defining the Ecological Impacts of Spiny Dogfish in Structuring the Ecosystem Dynamics of Southern New England
Project Team
Dr. James Sulikowski (University of New England), Dr. Alexia Morgan, Christopher Brown (F/V Proud Mary), Steve Arnold (F/V Elizabeth Helen), Eric Brazer, Jr. (GB Cod Fixed Gear and Hook Sectors; Coordinator, CCCHFA)
Total Amount Awarded:
$226,922
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
Mapping and Characterizing Fish Habitat in Rhode Island and Block Island Sounds
Project Team:
Jeremy S. Collie (University of Rhode Island), John W. King (University of Rhode Island), James Gartland (VA Institute of Marine Science), James Ruhle, Captain (F/V Darana R), Michael Marchetti (Owner/Operator, F/V Mister G.), David Taylor (Roger Williams University)
Total Amount Awarded:
$185,413
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
Is Cape Cod a Natural Delineation for Migratory Patterns in US and Canadian Spiny Dogfish Stocks?
Project Team:
Roger A. Rulifson (Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University), Jennifer L. Cudney-Burch (Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University), Andrea Dell’Apa (Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University), Michael Pratt (Commercial Fisherman), Thomas J. Bell (Commercial Fisherman), Ian Parente (Commercial Fisherman)
Total Amount Awarded:
$176,348
Date Awarded:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Research Program:
