Deployment: NEC-MP2007-2

Name: NEC-MP2007-2
Start: 2009-11-12
Location: Massachusetts Bay

Deployment:

NEC-MP2007-2

Principal Investigator:

Michael Pol (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries)

Captain:

Kelo Pinkham (Northeast Consortium, NEC)

Synonyms:

Platform:

Fishing Vessels

Platform Type:

vessel

Start Date:

2008-12-15

End Date:

2009-11-12

Location:

Massachusetts Bay

Deployment Report URL:

http://www.northeastconsortium.org/ProjectFileDownload.pm?report_id=1352&table=p...

Description

Multi-vessel project to compare catch rates and sizes of Atlantic cod captured in Norwegian and Newfoundland cod pots.

Tests were conducted onboard three similar vessels, primarily used for lobster pot fishing, each approx. 13 m, 260kW, equipped with a pot hauler and a boom. Open transoms simplified setting of pots.

Vessels: F/V Jeanne C, Captain Kelo Pinkham; F/V Ann Marie, Captain Robert Marcella

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Data from this Deployment only	Full Dataset (multiple deployments)
cod pots: catch and size (NEC-MP2007-2)	cod pots: catch and size

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Deployment: NEC-MP2007-2