Deployment: NEC-MP2007-2

2008-12-15 - 2009-11-12 Massachusetts Bay Platform:Fishing Vessels (vessel)

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



Deployment Report


People

Principal Investigator: Michael Pol
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Captain: Kelo Pinkham
Northeast Consortium


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