Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS April 2017 Waterfront News News from Woods Hole Oceanographic Intitute


A New Long-Term Ecological Research Site Announced for the Northeast U.S. Shelf


MARCH 1, 2017The Atlantic Ocean off the Northeast U.S. coast is known for its productive fi sheries and abundant harvests. As in other coastal oceans, human activities, short-term environmental variability, and long-term trends all aff ect the region’s com- plex food web and may threaten the viability of commercial fi sh populations. To better understand and manage this


intricate ecosystem, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the selec- tion of this critical ocean region for a new Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site led by Woods Hole Oceanographic In- stitution (WHOI) along with researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Wellesley College, and the University of Rhode Island. “We at WHOI are pleased to have been


selected to lead the Northeast U.S. shelf LTER,” said WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott. “This important collaboration among several organizations will take ad- vantage of two technologically advanced in- stallations built and maintained by WHOI— the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory and the Pioneer Array, which is part of NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative. These ar- rays provide continuous information about the ocean and, along with samples collected by ships, will be integrated with ecological models to provide a better understanding of the changing Atlantic ecosystem. This knowledge will help all of us make better decisions about our ocean.” The Northeast U.S. shelf (NES) LTER


focal site spans the continental shelf with an intensive study area connecting Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) on the inner shelf to the Pioneer Array on the outer shelf. Collaborations with scientists at other institutions will extend the studied area broadly over the continental shelf from North Carolina to Maine. LTER programs focus attention on


specifi c sites representing major ecosystem types, and undertake long-term assessments of populations, communities, and the physi- cal environment. A second new LTER coast- al ocean site will be in the Gulf of Alaska. “These sites will bring new locations,


new technologies, and new scientists to the challenge of understanding our coastal oceans,” said Rick Murray, director of NSF’s


Division of Ocean Sciences. “The sites are in areas where there’s much commercial fi shing, and both locations are in the midst of signifi cant environmental changes.” “Research at the new sites will matter to


everyone who eats U.S. seafood, is involved in coastal industries, and depends on the coastal oceans in any way. That includes all of us, through the oceans’ importance in weather and climate, and a long list of other ‘ecosystem services’ the sea provides,” Murray said. Scientists have already documented


changes in the Atlantic off the Northeast U.S. But they have lacked the sustained, comprehensive observations needed to understand the mechanisms that link the physical ocean environment to plankton food webs and, ultimately, to fi sh stocks— limiting their ability to predict how the ecosystem will respond to environmental change. The NES-LTER will fi ll that gap. “This is an exciting opportunity to de-


velop a much more detailed understanding of the ocean,” said WHOI biologist Heidi Sosik, the lead PI on the project. “We want to know how diff erent pathways in the food web may shift seasonally or through climate change. Ultimately, we hope this knowledge can help promote science-based stewardship of marine ecosystems and be applied to parts of the ocean beyond the waters of the Northeast.” The LTER science team will conduct


four research cruises a year to observe the intensive cross-shelf study area using advanced automated equipment including imaging systems to assess phytoplankton and zooplankton populations and mass spectrometers to measure gases that trace production within the food web. They will also collect plankton for high-throughput DNA sequencing. The researchers will tap into data


already being collected at the MVCO and Pioneer Array, as well as by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA-NMFSC), which monitors and surveys fi sh stocks across the entire region. The research program will yield large


amounts of fi ne-scale and regional data that scientists, modelers, and theoretical ecologists will then use to better understand interactions between physical and biological


The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries History Conference


SEARSPORT – On Saturday, April 8, 2017, Penobscot Marine Museum will present The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries. This year’s History Conference delves into this statement: Human innovation and technol- ogy have proven to be too successful for the health of our fi sheries and our coastal ecosystem. The speaker line-up of scientists, histo-


rians, journalists, activists, consumers and fi shermen will answer the question: How did this happen and what do we do now? Jeffrey Bolster, University of New


Hampshire Professor of History, brings a historical context to the present issues facing the fi shing industry. Ted Ames, Fisheries Ecologist & Co-founder of Penobscot East Resource Center, will speak about the story data tells. Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory, will discuss the evolu- tion of the scientist-fi shery harvester con- versation and initiatives by each to address sustainability issues and meet conservation objectives imposed by regulatory bodies. Patrick Shepard, Fisheries Policy Associate at Penobscot East Resource Center, walks us through the major turning points in the


groundfi sh regulations and brings us the current crossroad in policy as we plot the future of this historically important fi shery. Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Food Historian and Writer, will speak about our changing tastes when it comes to the seafood, we as humans consume. Glen Libby, Manager of Port Clyde Fresh Catch and co-author of Caught: time, place, fi sh, has seen, as a fi sh- erman, how the technological revolution has impacted how and where fi shermen fi sh over a period of several decades. Dave Jackson, former publisher of National Fisherman, will speak about the documentation of the evolution of our fi sheries seen through the eye of National Fisherman. The conference will be held at the


Hutchinson Center in Belfast, with registra- tion at 8:30 a.m. and will run 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $60.00 for the general public, with discounts given to museum members, students, teachers, and non-profi t employees. For more information or to register,


please call 207-548-2529 or visit www. penobscotmarinemuseum.org.


Studies at the newly established NES-LTER will help better understand and manage the in- tricate coastal ocean ecosystem. The site will rely on data collected from already-established, technologically advanced research locations—the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO) to the north and the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Array to the south—and will be bolstered by collaborations with researchers from Maine to North Caroli- na. (Illustration by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


systems and the fl ow of energy through the ecosystem from phytoplankton to fi sh, illu- minating how the food web is structured and shifts in response to environmental changes. To complement and broaden the impact


of the research, the NES-LTER program includes a multifaceted outreach and ed- ucation program, with opportunities for graduate, undergraduate, and younger stu- dents, teachers and the public. Teachers will participate in research cruises, and LTER


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scientists will help them develop education- al content for classrooms. There are plans to produce content about marine biodiversity and ecosystem change for NOAA’s “Science on a Sphere” (SOS) displays that are located in public science facilities across the coun- try.


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