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NE Consortium project recommendations
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The following projects are recommendations from the Northeast Consortium. Official notification of awards and distribution of funding will not happen until funds are released by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
New cooperative research projects
Outreach and education in support of cooperative research projects
New right whale research projects
Continuing right whale research projects
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New cooperative research projects
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In this category, the consortium recommended 18 projects totaling $2,540,421.
- "Fishermen Assisting Gear Technologists and Scientists" -- Arne Carr and Mike Pol, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries; Russell Sherman; Trevor Daley; Bill Amaru; and others. $90,368.
- "Relationship between Substrate, Humans, and Ecology of Juvenile Fish in the Bigelow Bight and Estuaries" -- Michele Dionne, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve; Jeff Reed, fishing vessel (F/V) Full Circle One; Vincent Balzano, F/V North Star; and Kenneth Young Jr., F/V Judy Marie. $262,542.
- "Are We Using Herring to Farm Lobsters? Effect of Herring Bait on Lobster Growth, and Fate of Discarded Bait in Benthic Communities" -- Jon Grabowski and Erika Clesceri, GoMARF; Phil Yund, University of Maine; Carl Wilson, Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR); Matt Webber, F/V Griffin; Mike Cushman, F/V Mistress; Phillip Poland, F/V Magan-Dawn; Sherman Kinghorne, Grand Manan Fishermen's Association; and Jeremy Cates. $111,972.
- "Design and Test of a Double Grid Device to Reduce Cod Bycatch in Flatfish Trawls" -- Pingguo He, University of New Hampshire (UNH); and Bart McNeel, F/V Aaron and Melissa II. $356,866 for two years.
- "Impact of Trawling on the Seabed in the Gulf of Maine" -- Pingguo He, UNH; and Bart McNeel, F/V Aaron and Melissa II. $50,000.
- "Noninvasive, Real Time Assessment of Sea Scallop Abundance and Habitat" -- Jonathan Howland, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI); and Richard Taylor, Sea Scallop Recruitment Group. $200,000.
- "Inshore/Offshore Patterns of Lobster Larvae and Postlarvae Spatial Relationships" -- Lew Incze, Bigelow Labratory for Ocean Sciences; Proctor Wells, Maine Fishermen's Cooperative Association; and Matthew Thompson. $142,453 for two years.
- "Life History Parameters for Two Exploited Skate Species (Amblyraja radiata and Malacoraja senta) in the Gulf of Maine" -- Joe Jurek, F/V Mystique Lady; and Paul Tsang, James Sulikowski, and Patrick Danley, UNH. $200,000 for two years.
- "Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Cod: Insights From Tri-monthly, Localized Scales of Sampling" -- Ted Ligenza, F/V Riena Marie; and Frank Almeida and Jason Link, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. $125,475.
- "Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps Phase II: Salinity" -- Jim Manning, Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Bonnie Spinazzola, Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association; and David McCarron, Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation. $82,000.
- "Comparison of Environmental Contaminants on Georges Bank and Stellwagen Bank" -- Emily Monosson, Mount Holyoke College; and the Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Association. $129,130.
- "Fishing Vessel Survey of Coastal Herring Spawning Aggregations" -- Don Perkins, GoMARF; Matthew Cier, Maine DMR; Cameron McLellan, F/V Adventurer; and Paul Palino, F/V Anna Lisa. $130,215.
- "Phase II: Testing of Low-Profile, Low-Cod Bycatch Gillnets" -- Mike Pol, Massachusetts DMF; and Bob MacKinnon, Mass. Bay Inshore Commercial Gear Fishermen's Association. $71,710.
- "Gulf of Maine Ocean Quahog Assessment" -- Dan Schick, Maine DMR; and Kristan Porter, F/V Whitney and Ashley. $23,326.
- "Maine Scallop Fishery Monitoring and Enhancement" -- Dan Schick, Maine DMR; Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant; and Marsden Brewer. $207,411 for two years.
- "An Atlas-Based Audit of Fishing Territories, Local Knowledge, and Community Participation in Fisheries Science and Management" -- Kevin St. Martin, Rutgers University; and Madeleine Hall-Arber, MIT Sea Grant. $168,953 for two years.
- "Developing Stock Assessment Methods for the New England Deep Sea Red Crab Fishery" -- Richard Wahle, Bigelow Labs; and Jon Williams, New England Red Crab Harvesters Association. $113,000.
- "An Automated, Comprehensive Monitoring Program for the Atlantic Offshore Lobster Fishery" -- Win Watson, UNH; and Bonnie Spinazzola, Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association. $75,000.
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Outreach and education in support of cooperative research
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In this category, the consortium recommended four projects totaling $429,138.
- "Marine Resource Education Project" -- Mimi Becker and Andy Rosenberg, UNH; and John Williamson. $84,000.
- "Institutionalizing Social Science Data Collection: A Pilot Project" -- David Bergeron, Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership; Madeleine Hall-Arbor, MIT Sea Grant; and Bonnie McCay, Rutgers University. $113,700 for two years.
- "Adopt-a-Boat: Commercial Fishing Vessels in K-12 Education" -- Cliff Goudey, MIT Sea Grant; Dean Goodwin, Kimbel Union Academy; Craig Pendleton, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA); Bob Kohl, F/V Glenna & Jacob; and Cameron McLellan, F/V Adventurer. $193,000.
- "Collaborative Research Reporter" -- Craig Pendleton, NAMA. $38,438.
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New right whale research projects
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In this category, the consortium recommended 10 projects totaling $1,383,008.
- "Passive Acoustic Methods for Detection of Right Whale Sounds: Increased Information on Numbers and Distributions" -- Christopher Clark, Cornell University. $205,301.
- "Development and Demonstration of a Whale-Free Buoy for Commercial Fishing" -- Cliff Goudey, MIT Sea Grant. $50,000.
- "Hearing in the North Atlantic Right Whale" -- Darlene Ketten, WHOI. $90,372.
- "Analysis of Right Whale Ship Strike Management Options" -- Hauke Kite-Powell, WHOI. $108,475 for two years.
- "Right Whale Research and Monitoring in the Bay of Fundy: 2001" -- Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium. $90,000.
- "Satellite-Monitored Radio Tracking of Right Whales" -- Bruce Mate, Oregon State University. $156,104.
- "Surveillance, Monitoring, and Management of Right Whales and Habitat of Cape Cod Bay: 2002" -- Dan McKiernan, Massachusetts DMF. $190,000.
- "Right Whales, Calanus, and Climate: Distribution and Abundance of Right Whales Relative to Their Prey" -- Andrew Pershing, Cornell University. $210,756 for three years.
- "Reproduction Studies of Right Whales Using Fecal Steroid Hormone Metabolites" -- Rosalind Rolland, New England Aquarium. $140,000 for two years.
- "State of Maine Large Whale Take Reduction Plan" -- Terry Stockwell, Maine DMR. $142,000.
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Continuing right whale research projects
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In this category, the consortium recommended six projects totaling $1,170,000.
- "Relationship Between Right Whale Sightings and Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperature" -- J.J. Bisagni, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. $42,000.
- "Maintenance, Improvement, and Expansion of Whale Disentanglement Response Along the US East Coast" -- Peter Borrelli, Center for Coastal Studies. $200,000.
- "Morphological and Molecular Aspects of Reproductive Failure in Northern Right Whales" -- Michael Moore, WHOI. $125,000.
- "Photogrammetry of Right Whales" -- David Potter, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. $90,000.
- "Ongoing Multi-Year NMFS Gear Research" -- Glenn Salvador, NOAA Fisheries. $163,000.
- "Assessing Risk Factors in Right Whale Vessel Collision Using an Acoustic Recording Tag and Controlled Sound Exposure" -- Peter Tyack, WHOI. $550,000.
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