On Martha's Vineyard we have completed the first round of ecosytem samples from Lagoon Pond. Thanks to Danielle, David, and Mike for all the hard work. We have four stations and now we have 40 core samples already sent to UNH and we have data sheets on 12 beam trawl tows and nine beach seine hauls. We had big catches of silversides, bay scallops, starfish, and a few flounders. The beam trawls caught great quantities of bay scallops and the beach seines caught silversides. We did not have any big catches of flounder.
The end of our day today was cut short when the steering on our boat suddenly died. We were adrift at 4PM with the end of the day approaching. But David (our trusted captain)had this planned perfectly and the wind blew us to shore. And as every prepared captain has things planned perfectly, David had a truck right on this shore even though it was three miles away from our dock and our launching point. How did he do that?
So our November collection for Lagoon Pond is complete. We will complete our first collection for Menemsha next week.
Warren
WELCOME! This blog will record the activities of a group of fishermen, scientists, members of the aquaculture industry, and fisheries managers who are collaborating in research designed to find ways to protect and enhance the winter flounder and its fishery. The project is based at the University of New Hampshire and includes sites in Massachusetts.
It was a crazy day, but I'm glad that we got what we did done. :^)
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Sounds like a typical field day :)
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