August 2015 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13. Commercial Fishing News MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS


collaborative research, under contract to the New England Fishery Management Council, announces funding for three new research projects that will focus on spawning groundfi sh in waters off the New England coast. Awards totaling over $335,000 will support a mapping study examining the distribution of spawning cod on Georges Bank, an acoustic and trawl survey of win- ter-spawning cod in Ipswich Bay, an inshore area off the coast of MA, and work on winter fl ounder spawning activities offshore in the Gulf of Maine.


The result of a supplemental request for proposals issued last February, projects were required to articulate collaborations between commercial fi shermen and scien- tists, and could include, among other ap- proaches, research that enables the Council to improve groundfi sh spawning protection by increasing the understanding of ground- fi sh spawning activity or aggregations of spawning groundfi sh.


Here are more project details. Project Title: Mapping the distribution


of Atlantic cod spawning on Georges Bank using fi shermen’s ecological knowledge and scientifi c data Lead Institution: University


of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology; Co-Prin- cipal Investigators: Steven X. Cadrin, Gregory DeCelles, and Douglas Zemeckis Purpose: To map the spatial and temporal distribution of cod spawning on Georges Bank using existing scientifi c information and data acquired from interviews with current and retired fi shermen who fi sh for cod on Georges Bank. The information is needed to better understand cod population structure and essential fi sh habitat in this region.


Project Title: Synoptic acoustic and trawl survey of winter-spawning cod in Ipswich Bay, western Gulf of Maine Lead Institution: Gulf of Maine Research Insti- tute; Project Leader: Graham Sherwood Purpose: To expand our knowledge of the winter-spawning component of Atlantic cod by conducting a synoptic acoustic and trawl survey of Ipswich Bay. Improved knowl- edge of spawning dynamics in this area will lead to more fi ne-scale (in both time and space) management options. Project Title: Identifying offshore spawning grounds of Gulf of Maine winter fl ounder Lead Institution: University of New Hampshire; Project Leader: Elizabeth


A. Fairchild Purpose: To determine where winter fl ounder in the Gulf of Maine are spawning offshore and when, by studying their populations during the spawning season at offshore sites identifi ed by com- mercial fi shermen as locations where large numbers of adult winter fl ounder are seen during the spawning season.


These awards represent a continuation of the 2014 partnership established between the Consortium (NEC) and the Council. The NEC has representation from four research institutions: the University of New Hamp- shire, University of Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, with Dr. Chris Glass at the University of New Hampshire, in the lead as its Director. The Council is a group of 18 fi shery offi - cials that includes representatives from each New England coastal state, the federal gov- ernment, and appointees from the region, all of whom are charged with managing the groundfi sh complex (cod, haddock, pollock and several species of fl ounder), in addition to other regional fi sh stocks. Funding col- laborative research is fully consistent with its interest in understanding and improving this resource.


Outreach Meetings on Operational As- sessments of Northeast Groundfi sh


Please be aware that NOAA’s North- east Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) has announced it will host outreach meetings in Portland, Gloucester, Woods Hole, and New Bedford for fi shermen interested in the upcoming operational assessments for 20 stocks of Northeast groundfi sh. The meetings will be held on Wednes-


day, July 22, 2015. The Gloucester meeting will be held from 2-4 p.m., while the other three will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Two fi shery stock assessment analysts will be on hand to meet with interested fi shermen, to learn more about recent observations from the fl eet that might help focus future research to improve assessments. Check out the meet- ing details at http://1.usa.gov/1MtZCk3, as well the topics listed on the navigation bar.


You can also listen to a short webinar, associated info is also located on the web- site listed above, to learn about the timeline for the assessments, new information to be considered, and how the assessment results will be reviewed before they are used in the fi shery management process.


This website will be updated periodi- cally with additional information, so take a look again when you get a chance. For more information please contact Teri Frady at 508 495 2239/teri.frady@noaa.gov.


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