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Snap-a-Striper Program Ecosystem Monitoring What: Snap-a-Striper is a data collection program aimed at 1) compiling photos of live release and legal keeper striped bass caught in Maine waters and 2)... |
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Ultra-Low-Opening Groundfish Trawl Development Human Use & Impact The goal of this project is to develop a new, ultra-low-opening bottom trawl (ULOT) that minimizes the impact of trawling activity on the recovery of cod... |
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Off-Bottom Trawl Testing Human Use & Impact We propose to test two off-bottom trawls (OBTs) to harvest underutilized, abundant Georges Bank haddock while simultaneously avoiding overexploited fish stocks... |
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Improving Lobster Trap Selectivity Human Use & Impact We will test a simple trap modification that allows the escape of groundfish from the trap without any loss of lobster. This modification entails modification... |
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Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment Climate Adaptation Marine waters of the Northeast Shelf have warmed over the past 30 years, with particularly rapid warming in the past decade; as a result, fisheries in the... |
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Gulf of Maine Lobster Forecasting Climate Adaptation Project Overview We are forecasting the timing of when the Maine lobster fishery will shift into its high-landings mode for the summer. Our goal is to provide... |
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Casco Bay Aquatic System Survey Ecosystem Monitoring The Gulf of Maine has experienced fundamental changes over the last 40 years. The coastal region has seen dramatic declines in groundfish, an explosion of... |
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Maine Jellyfish Tracking Ocean Data Overview Reports of jellyfish sightings in the Gulf of Maine seem to have increased over the past few summers. GMRI, the Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, and... |
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Assessing Herring Bait Availability in Inshore Maine Waters Fisheries Ecology Atlantic herring ( Clupea harengus ) are an important prey species for a range of predators in the Gulf of Maine including marine mammals, seabirds and... |
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Ecological Diversity of Cod in the Gulf of Maine and its Role in Resiliency of a Fishery Fisheries Ecology Cod is an iconic species in New England and historically was one of the most economically and socially important fish in the North Atlantic for commercial and... |
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