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NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE NORTHEAST FISHERIES CENTER National 'Marine Fisheries-Service N R U.S. Department of Commerce APRIL 1990 RESEARCH DIRECTORY FY - 1990 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOAA COAS7A! SERVICES CENTER 22,@4 SOLITH HOPSON AVENUE CHARLESTON SC 29405-2413 Northeast Regional office Northeast Fisheries Center National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA U.S. Department of Commerce property of CSC Library, Research Planning and Coordination Staff Woods Hole, MA 02543 a cc April 1990 COVER: Satellite image of sea surface temperatures of the waters off the northeast coast of the United States for 30june - 3july 1989. Data are from the infrared channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) aboard NOAA-11 polar orbiting satellite. The image was provided by the Remote Sensing Unit of the Marine Climatology Investigation, Northeast Fisheries Center as part of a cooperative agreement with the Oceanographic Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Rhode Island. Page iii Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................1 NER Organization ..............................................................................................................................5 Table of Organization ............................................................................................................6 Organizational Directory .......................................................................................................7 NEFC Organization ............................................................................................................................9 Table of Organization .......................................................................................................... 10 Mission Statement ................................................................................................................ 11 Facilities ................................................................................................................................ 13 Organizational Directory .................................................................................................... 17 NEFC FY90 Activities and Products ................................................................................................ 21 Research Plannin& Evaluation, and Coordination .......................................................... 23 Information Management and Transfer ............................................................................ 24 Data Management Support ................................................................................................ 25 Marine Climatology Investigation ...................................................................................... 26 Fisheries Oceanography Investigation .............................................................................. 27 Environmental Chemistry Investigation ............................................................................ 28 Coastal Dynamics Investigation ........................................................................................ 29 Benthos, Investigation .......................................................................................................... 30 Environmental Analysis Investigation .............................................................................. 31 Early Life Stage Dynamics Investigation .......................................................................... 32 Plankton Ecology Investigation .......................................................................................... 33 Ichthyoplankton Dynamics Investigation .......................................................................... 34 Apex Predators Ecology Investigation .............................................................................. 35 Food Chain Dynamics Investigation .................................................................................. 36 Marine Mammals Investigation .......................................................................................... 38 Genetics and Life History Investigation ............................................................................ 39 Microbiology Investigation ................................................................................................ 40 Physiological Ecology Investigation .................................................................................. 42 Invertebrate Pathology Investigation ................................................................................ 43 Resource Surveys Investigation .......................................................................................... 44 Fisheries Biology Investigation .......................................................................................... 45 Fisheries Statistics Investigation ........................................................................................ 46 Foreign and Domestic Sea Sampling Investigation .......................................................... 47 Biostatistics Investigation ..................................................................................................... 48 Fisheries Economics Investigation ...................................................................................... 49 New England Offshore Fishery Resources Investigation ................................................ 50 Mid-Atlantic Offshore Fishery Resources Investigation .................................................. 51 Coastal and Estuarine Fishery Resources Investigation .................................................. 52 Emergency Striped Bass Research Study .......................................................................... 54 Fisheries Technology Investigation .................................................................................... 55 Fisheries Chemistry Investigation ...................................................................................... 56 National Systematics ............................................................................................................ 57 Page iv NEFC FY 1990 Vessel Schedules and Contacts ................................................................................ 59 Vessels and Contacts ............................................................................................................ 61 R/V Delaware II .................................................................................................................... 62 R/V Chap?wn ........................................................................................................................ 63 R / V Oregon II ........................................................................................................................ 63 R/V Ky?w .............................................................................................................................. 64 R/V Shang Wheeler ................................................................................................................ 65 1988 List of NEFC Publications ........................................................................................................ 67 NEFC Data Directory ........................................................................................................................ 79 NERO Research Activities ................................................................................................................ 93 NERO Fishery Management Councils Activities .............................e ................................. 95 NERO Habitat Conservation Research Activities .............................................................. 96 NERO Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Activities ........................................................ 97 NERO Saltonstall-Kennedy Fisheries Development Program .......................................... 99 NERO Grant-In-Aid Program ............................................................................................ 103 I I I Page I I Introduction I I ---- I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - The NMFS Mission: Page 3 To achieve a continued optimum utilization of living marine resources for the benefit of the nation. This document summarizes the organization and + What factors control, limit@ and cause variabil- research activities of the Northeast Region (Northeast ity in abundance, recruitment, and utilization Regional Office and Northeast Fisheries Center), of living marine resources, and how can they be National Marine Fisheries Service proposed for FY90. predicted? The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is + What are the effects of pollution and habitat part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- degradation and loss on living marine resources ministration (NOAA) under the Department of and their utilization? Commerce. NMFS promotes the conservation and optimum utilization of the ocean's living resources. + What are the methods of achieving optimal utilization of living marine resources, given The Northeast Region (NER) is responsible for the that the system within which they exist is used NMFS mission in the Northeast. It is the regional for a variety of purposes? contact for state conservation agencies, recreational interests, the fishing industry, other constituencies, and the general public. The Northeast Regional Office (NERO) is responsible for planning, organizing, and NEFC studies the biomass, species composition, implementing fishery management and conservation age structure, and environment of fisheries resources programs (including regulatory requirements under to determine effects of natural events and human ac- fishery management plans), habitat conservation, fish- tivities on the resources, and to estimate their produc- ery development, recreational fisheries programs, and tion. As stipulated by the Magnuson Fisheries Con- providing assistance to the industry through the range servation and Management Act of 1976, the NEFC of NMFS programs. provides advice on the effects of economic and eco- logical factors on these production estimates to enable The Northeast Fisheries Center (NEFC) is the the Regional Fishery Management Councils to deter- research arm of NMFS in the Northeast. NEFC stud- mine the optimum yield -- the total catch of fish which ies the living marine resources and their habitats in should provide the greatest overall benefit to the the Northwest Atlantic, from Cape Hatteras through nation, particularly as a source of recreation and food. the Gulf of Maine (Fig. 1), and advises on their conser- vation, management, development, and utilization. NEFC also investigates ways to improve the safety, quality, and quantity of seafoods; and seeks informa- NEFC research activities under the core emphasis tion on the actual and potential effects of pollutants on attempt to address four questions based on issues of fisheries resources through studies on the occurrence concern to users and managers of marine resources of of marine contaminants, investigations on the normal the region: and pollution-stressed health of marine organisms, and monitoring of environmental factors such as water + What are the physical and chemical processes that movements, temperatures, and dissolved oxygen con- affect the abundance of living marine resources? centrations. I he core emphasis of NEFC research: Define the limits to which the habitat and living resources of the Northwest Atlantic can be modified and still assure that the living resource populations can sustain themselves at levels consistent with prevailing fishery management policies and goals Page Figure 1. Northeast Fisheries Center resesarch area in the Northwest Atlantic. ?h* 7i- r@ 76' 68- NOVA SCC71A -44' MAINE 44' Scodan Shelf NH ........ Gulf. of Maine"@ MA - 42@ ,12- J Rl' NEW C-T, Georges Bank S.New England '0. ............ ...... . .. .... NEW JEFSEY Middle Adanfic MID 3tf- VA 30 NC 0 so Im W WO KLOWams CMIE 6e I I Page 5 1 NERO Oganization I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - I I NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE NORTHEAST REGIOW-Table of Organization--- 4 90 DIRECTORATE CONSTITUENT AFFAIRS] Utilization Fisheries State - Habitat Analytical and Devel- Management Federal Conserva- Services opment Plan Review Relations tion Branch Branch Branch Branch Branch SCIENCE AND RESEARCH DIRECTOR 111111110 SM Mil I I I I Page 7 Organizational Directory of the Northeast Regional Office National Marine Fisheries Service One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 E Directorate F/NER Conservation Engineering Group F/NER Richard B. Roe, Regional Director Alan Blott, Chief (508) 281-9250; FTS 837-9250 (401) 792-6577; FTS 838-6345 Jon C. Rittgers, Deputy Regional Director (508) 281-9311; FTS 837-9311 The group provides technical expertise to reduce or Robert Pawlowski, Special Assistant resolve a variety of problems relating to fisheries (508) 281-9221; FTS 837-9221 management which require technological assistance; coordinate conservation engineering analysis with The Northeast Region serves as the regional represen- both the New England Fishery Management Council tatives of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council as (NOAA) with state conservation agencies, recrea- well as other Federal and state agencies; conducts tional interests, the fishing industry, other constituen- comparative fishing gear trials via commercial fishing cies, and the general public. The Region is responsible operations; pending the availability of funds, other for plannin& organizing, and implementing fishery priority projects requested by the Councils will be management and conservation programs (including considered and pursued. regulatory requirements under fishery management plans), fishery development, recreational fisheries Additionally, the group conducts spring and fall in- programs, and providing assistance to the industry shore bottom trawl surveys, and is responsible for the throughout the range of NMFS programs. management and operation of the R/V Gloria Mich- elle. Office for Constituent Affairs F/NER Services Division F/NER5 New England Kenneth L. Beal, Acting Chief Edward J. MacLeod (508) 281-9267; FTS 837-9267 (508) 281-9260; FTS 837-9260 Mid-Atlantic Administers programs to assist the fishing industry to Dr. Robert L. Lippson enhance production and increase efficiencv, and to (301) 21-6-5771 support management goals and regulations. Regional Services Division activities include: This office is responsible for communicating with representatives of the harvesters, processors, trade 1) analytical and technical services such as economic associations, and academia on all matters of impor- and policy analyses, federal fisheries permit man- tance relating to fisheries management and other agement and overall computer support; services provided by the National Marine Fisheries 2) fisheries development designed to increase the Service that are of interest to the commercial fisheries market share of domestically produced seafoods, in the Northeast. Likewise, it has the responsibility to analyses of foreign trade opportunities and related communicate the concerns and criticisms of the com- market research; and mercial fishing industry to the Regional Director. The 3) financial support (S-K grants) for broad areas of office also administers the Conservation Engineering fisheries development research, for example, to Unit program; advises the Regional Director in areas improve gear, utilize new stocks of fish, conserve relating to the financial status of the various segments juveniles, analyze new products and markets, and of the industry; and participates, when requested, on assist in programs of consumer education regard- Mid-Atlantic habitat protection special projects. ing quality and wholesomeness of seafood. Page 8 Analytical Services Branch 2) assistance in the review of those Plans for consis- Stanley D.H. Wang, Chief tency with national standards and regional policies (508) 281-9225 FTS 837-9225 and procedures. More than fifteen species plans and joint venture/ foreign fishing issues constitute Provides analytical, statistical, economic, and policy current Branch concerns. advice and services to the Regional Director and elements of NMFS. Provides computer programming State Federal Relations Branch services including permitting of fishing vessels oper- Harold C. Mears, Chief ating in the Exclusive Economic Zone and data man- (508) 281-9243 FTS 837-9243 agement /computer programming support Administers Grant-In-Aid Program under which Utilization & Development Branch Federal funds are made available to states and other F/NER53 non-Federal interests on a cost sharing basis for carry- Paul M. Earl, Chief ing out projects designed for the research and devel- (508) -281-9347; FTS 837-9347 opment of the commercial fisheries resources (P.L. 88- 309); the conservation, development and enhance- Provides trade analyses and services to support Na- ment of anadromous fishery resources (P.L. 89-304); tional goal of reducing the trade deficit in fishery and the promotion of state activities in support of products. Develops policy analyses and recommen- interjurisdictional fisheries management (Title III of dations regarding joint ventures between US fisher- P.L. 99-659). Provides and oversees technical and men and foreign interests. Currently developing an administrative support to the New England and Mid- electronic system for public access to landings, prices, Atlantic coastal states under the State-Federal Fishery cold storage holdings, trade opportunities, exports Management Partnership Program. Provides fund- and imports for Boston, New York and major ports. ing and reviews management plans for interstate coastal marine species. Provides administrative and Management Division F/NER7 technical services to the New England and Mid-At- Richard G. Seamans, Jr, Acting Chief lantic Fishery Management Councils and the Chesap- (508) 281-9244 FTS 837-9244 eake Bay Stock Assessment Program. Administers programs to assist the Regional Fishery Habitat Conservation Branch Management Councils, the states, the commercial and Thomas E. BiSford, Chief recreational fishing sectors, and other Federal agen- (508) 281-9209 FTS 837-9209 cies in the conservation and management of fishery resources. Regional Management Division activities Coordinates regional responsibilities in habitat man- include: 1) technical, administrative, and financial agement and protected species programs. Habitat resources; 2) coordination activities between NMFS efforts concentrate on human impacts to fish habitat, and other agencies having development responsibil- with work split between technical assistance on sig- ity or regulatory authority and to provide comments nificant permit applications (wetland fills, coastal on proposed projects that could affect marine or anad- hazardous waste sites, hydroelectric projects, dredg- romous fishery resources or their environments, and ing plans, etc.) and special efforts on recurring envi- to report on the impact of project development. ronmental issues (impacts of declining aquatic vege- tation beds, "no net loss" of wetlands, etc.). Protected Plan Review Branch species program contributes regional expertise to Peter D. Colosi, Chief national recovery plan efforts for endangered species, (508) 281-9232 FTS 837-9232 coordinates the regional stranding network for beached marine mammals, works with the whale watch natu- Provides and oversees technical services to the New ralists to gain ecological information based on field England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management observations, and comments on proposals with a Councils under P.L. 94-265. Operational services potential effect on endangered species or any marine include: mammal. 1) regional oversight and coordination in the develop- ment, implementation, and monitoring of Council Fishery Management Plans; and I I Page 9 1 I NEFC Organization I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - - Northeast Fisheries Center -- Table of Organization 4/90 DIRECTORATE Research Planning and Evaluation Resource Operations Data Resource Management Research Coordination Facilities Support Systems Development Research Council Aquarium Information Services N.V1RO MENT Al UP Al"UTIL A. OR IZA IN 01111il fill 4 i; oil IN11111: j!7 Mr.. Wll i 1 1 1111 1 i i!11411, @1 @ 1, , I 0111 'L Iilj 1111,11 ' 11 1 g1l. @g 10; WCOWGY'ViVIS .... ... Physical eanography Population Dynamics Ecosystems Dynamics Branch Branch Branch Now England Offshore Fishery Resources khthyopLankton Dynamics Fisheries Oceanography Mid-Atlantic Offshore Fishery Resources Early Life Stage Dynamics Marine Climatology Coastal & Estuarine Fishery Resources Apex Predators Ecology Plankton Ecology Chemical Processes Population Biology Branch Food Chain Dynamics Branch I Marine Mammals Resource Surveys Environmental Chemistry Fisheries Biology EKperimental Biology Coastal Dynamks Branch Fisheries Statistics & Economics Branch Genetics & Life History Environmental Assessment Microbiology Branch Blostiltistics Physiological Ecology Fisheries Economics Invertebrate Pathology Benthos Fisheries Statistics Environmental Analysis Sea Sampling Branch Resource Ut/Azation Fisheries Technology Fisheries Chemist ry 111011111111111 '1 U-t I W1011VIN V, INN,. I Ii Page 11 Northeast Fisheries Center Mission Statement Under the National Marine Fisheries Service mission to "achieve a continued optimum utilization of living resources for the benefit of the Nation," it is the responsibility of the Northeast Fisheries Center to plan, develop, and manage multidisciplinary programs of basic and applied research designed to: + Better understand the living marine resources (including marine mammals) of the northwest Atlantic Ocean and the environmental quality essential for their existence and continued productivity, + Describe and provide to management, industry, and the public, options for the utili- zation and conservation of living marine resources and maintenance of environ- mental quality which are consistent with national and regional goals and needs, and international commitments. To fulfill its mission the Center shall: + Develop the scientific basis to determine and provide information on the status of stocks/ populations of living marine resources, the status of fisheries for exploited species, the effects of pollution and human alterations on the habitats of the re- sources, the effects of environmental variability, the quality and safety of fishery products, and the enhancement of anadromous fishery resources; + Collect@ document, and interpret scientific and economic data as technical support for management plans, international negotiations, and fishery development pro- grams; + Provide technical advice, review, and monitoring of fishery plans and grant pro- grams; + Pursue fundamental research on specified topics; and + Maintain strong relations with the academic community and industry (through grants, contracts, and cooperative programs as appropriate), and with the users and general public. The Center shall cooperate with other Fisheries Centers of the National Marine Fisher- ies Service in the sharing of expertise and in multi-Center programs consistent with national goals and needs and international commitments. Facilities Page 13 M Elements and activities of the NEFC Research Program that support the NEFC mission are contained in and carried out at seven laboratories. Woods Hole Laboratory Gloucester Laboratory Northeast Fisheries Center Northeast Fisheries Center National Marine Fisheries Service, National Marine Fisheries Service Water Street Emerson Avenue Woods Hole, MA 02543 Gloucester, MA 01930 Officer-in-Charge: Dr. Marvin Grosslein Officer-in-Charge: Robert Learson (508) 548-5123, x252 (508) 281-3600, x313 The Woods Hole Laboratory is the location of the The Gloucester Laboratory is the location of the Re- Center Directorate, Research Planning and Coordina- source Utilization Branch of the Conservation and tion Staff, Data Management Support Staff, Program Utilization Division. Two major Investigations of the Support Staff and elements of the research Divisions. Branch, Fisheries Chemistry and Fisheries Technol- The laboratory also houses a combination research-in- ogy, engage in research and technology transfer in formation-education aquarium and is the home port support of the mission to optimize the use of the living of NOAA research vessels assigned to the Northeast marine resources of the Northeastern U.S. Fisheries Center (R/V Albatross IV and R/V Delaware ii) - Research at the Gloucester Laboratory includes: The primary thrust of research at the Woods Hole 1. the development of species identification method- Laboratory is fish population dynamics and stock as- ology based on biochemical (isoelectric focusing) sessments in support of fisheries management, This and immunological (monoclonal antibodies) tech- research has four major components: niques, and detection and measurement of natu- rally occurring marine biotoxins; 1. resources surveys to monitor abundance, 2. studies on effects of handling, storage, and process- 2. fisheries statistics to monitor removals by fishin& ing on the quality, safety, and nutritional value of 3. fisheries biology to estimate biological parameters seafoods, and the development of nutritional data (e.g. growth rate) which govern populations, and on fresh and processed seafoods especially relative 4. population parameters (eg. fishing mortality rate) to sterols and Omega-3 fatty acids; and and trends in population size. 3. baseline studies of polychlorinated biphyenyls and petroleum hydrocarbon residues in selected tissues Laboratory personnel also conduct research on food of targeted fish and shellfish species. chain dynamics of the fish community as a basis for multi-species models, biological and physical oceano- Laboratory personnel also investigate the application graphic research on the factors that control produc- of technological advances to the quality assurance of tion of fish populations, and research in fisheries eco- fresh and frozen seafoods, study the reduction of nomics; and develop information on marine mammal processing waste and how to improve the efficiency populations for determining possible effects of fishing and productivity of seafood processing, and charac- activities. terize native species based on sensory characteristics such as flavor and texture. Page 14 Narragansett Laboratory natural variables or man-made stresses on various Northeast Fisheries Center marine resource species. The four elements that National Marine Fisheries Service dominate these studies are growth, normal life func- tions (physiology, immunology, biochemistry, life his- 28 TarzweU Drive tory), disease, and genetics. Research at the Milford Narragansett, RI 02882-1199 Laboratory includes: Officer-in-Charge: Dr. Kenneth Sherman 1. studies of nutrition (focused on phytoplankton), (401) 782-3210 and interactions of nutrition, temperature, pollut- ants, predation, and population density as deter- n-dning factors in the recruitment and productivity The research emphasis at the Narragansett Labora- of mollusks; tory is on large marine ecosystem studies to provide 2. field and laboratory studies of the effects of water improved scientific bases for the management of liv- quality on physiological and biochemical functions ing marine fisheries resources within the Northeast in key marine organisms; Continental Shelf ecosystem. The laboratory is the 3. disease studies that seek to identify the kinds of location of elements of the Fisheries Ecology and diseases and their causes, monitor their occurrence Environmental Processes Divisions. and prevalence, and determine their severity in Research at the Narragansett Laboratory is focused limiting the distribution, abundance, and produc- on environmental processes and fisheries ecolo fivity of marine resource species; and gy 4. genetic studies that seek to understand how the with investigations in marine climatology, early life genetic composition of marine populations affects stage dynamics, plankton ecology, and apex preda-. each population's ability to cope with environ- tors ecology. Primary activities are: mental factors. 1. quantitative research on the physical and biological mechanisms affecting recruitment processes of major Sandy Hook Laboratory pelagic and dernersal fish; Northeast Fisheries Center 2. biological studies of migratory apex predators, es- pecially sharks; and National Marine Fisheries Service 3. analysis of long term records of meteorological and Highlands, NJ 07732 oceanographic conditions to determine their influ- ence on fisheries and on pollution impacts. Officer-in-Charge: Anne Studholme For the last ten years, Narragansett Laboratory per- (201) 872-3001 sonnel have worked closely with the Oceanographic Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Rhode Is- The broad research emphasis of the Sandy Hook land in the development of satellite remote sensing Laboratory is to study those aspects of the marine applications for fisheries. environment which contribute to the conservation and management of marine finfish and shellfish. The laboratory is the location of elements of the Environ- Nfilford Laboratory mental Processes and Fisheries Ecology Divisions and Northeast Fisheries Center home port of a small research vessel, R/V Ky?na. National Marine Fisheries Service Environmental assessment research at the Sandy Hook 212 Rogers Avenue Laboratory is focused on determining the impact of Milford, CT 06460 man-induced change on the abundance and distribu- Officer-in-Charge: Dr. Anthony Calabrese tion of marine organisms and includes: 1. surveying and analyzing food chain dynamics, and (203) 7834240 zoogeographic distribution of phytoplankton and benthos; The Milford Laboratory is the location of all but one 2. determining the distribution of nutrients and tox- element of the Experimental Biology Branch, Fisher- ins; and ies Ecology Division, and home port of a 50-foot 3. studying the effects of environmental factors, both research vessel, R/ V Shang Wheeler. Laboratory scien- natural and man-made, on the behavior of marine fists study the interactions of biological factors and species. Page 15 Ecosystem research includes studies on the inter- and National Systematics Laboratory intra-specific associations affecting actual and poten- Northeast Fisheries Center tial production of marine species, ranging from the National Marine Fisheries Service Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank to the Mid-Atlantic. National Museum of Natural History Studies are also conducted on the trophic exchange 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW among benthos, plankton, and nekton with reference Washington, DC 20560 to circulation dynamics. A current study is a mul- tidisciplinary effort involving physical, chemical, and Officer-in-Charge: Dr. Bruce Collette biological observations to determine changes in a near-shore sewage sludge dumpsite following cessa- (202) 357-2552 tion of dumping. The National Systematics Laboratory conducts taxo- Laboratory personnel also characterize the annual nomic research on fishes, squids, and crustaceans for status and changes in ichthyoplankton, track decadal the National Marine Fisheries Service, as a whole. It changes in the community structure of coastal fishes, sets the foundation for species identification so that and estimate total finfish biomass in areas of the fishery managers, port agents, ecologists, and others Northeast Continental Shelf ecosystem. can determine the identity of species that are har- vested or are important components of the ecosystem. Oxford Laboratory Northeast Fisheries Center National Marine Fisheries Service Railroad Avenue Oxford, MID 21654 Contact- Frederick Kern (301) 226-5193 The Oxford Laboratory is the location of the Inverte- brate Pathology Investigation of the Experimental Biology Branch which is under the Fisheries Ecology Division. The laboratory studies disease agents (both infectious organisms and norf-infectious contaminants that affect molluscan and crustacean shellfish species. Oxford Laboratory scientists seek 1. to understand the role of marine animal diseases in resource distribution, abundance, and marketabil- ity; 2. to determine the influence of natural and man- made environmental factors on the occurrence and persistence of those diseases; and 3. to explore the use of marine animal health as an indicator of environmental degradation. To that end, many of the laboratory's major r esearch activities are related to the five year cooperative agree- ment with the Maryland Department of Natural Re- sources. Page 17 Organizational Directory Northeast Fisheries Center To address its mission effectively, Northeast Fisheries Center organization includes a directorate, three support staffs, and four research divisions. RESEARCH PLANNING AND COORDINATION STAFF (F/NECX1) Provides for a planning, evaluation, and coordination DIRECTORATE process that addresses internal and external integra- tion of the NEFC Research Program. Chief - Dr. MICHAEL P. SISSENWINE Science and Research Director Woods Hole ALLEN E. PETERSON, JR. (508) 548-5123, x239, FrS 840-1239 Woods Hole (508) 548-5123, x233, FTS 840-1233 Research Council Executive Secretary -JAMES HUGHES Deputy Director (ACTING) Dr. JOHN B. PEARCE Milford Woods Hole (203)7834=0, FTS 642-5220 (508) 548-5123, x261, FFS 840-1261 Research Planning and Evaluation Section Special Assistant Chief - Dr. AMBROSE JEARLD ARTHUR NEILL Woods Hole Woods Hole P8) 548-5123, x318, FTS 840-1318 (508) 548-5123, 050, FrS 840-1350 Research Coordination Section Chief - H. C BOYAR (ACTING) Director UMass/N0AA Cooperative Maxine Woods Hole Education and Research Program (508) 548-5123, X235, FFS 840-1235 Dr. JOHN BOREMAN Fishery Management Councils Amherst, (413) 545-2842 Uaison - Dr. BRUCE HIGGINS (ACIING) Woods Hole, (508) 54&5123, X340 Director URI/NOAA Cooperative Marine Marine Recreational Fisheries Education and Research Program Uaison - THOMAS MORRISSEY Dr. GARRY MAYER Woods Hole Narraganseft, (401) 792-6671 (508) 548-5123,x236,FrS 840-1236 Vessel Operations North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Coordinator - H. C. BOYAR Woods Hole (508) 548-5123,x235,FTS 840-1235 Page 18 Habitat Conservation DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT Regional Action Plan (RAP) Coordinator - Dr. BRUCF E. HIGGINS STAFF (F/NECx3) Woods Hole (508) 548-5123,x340,FTS 840-1340 Provides professional support to NEFC staff in the development, maintenance, and use of automated Program Reviews information technologies and techniques. Special Projects Northeast Area Remote Sensing System (NEARSS) Clief - DR. EUGENE HEYERDAHL Association (Regional Data Base Administrator) Sea Grant International Council for the Exploration of the Woods Hole Sea (ICES) (508) 548-5123, x242, FTS 840-1242 Coordinator - HELEN MUSTAFA Woods Hole Data Resource Management (508) 548-5123,xZ",FTS 840-1244 Chief - MARY WILLARD Aquaculture Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x299, FrS 840-1299 Coordinator - Dr. JAMES E. HANKS Milford Systems Development (203) 783-4200,x240,FrS 642-5240 Chief - VACANT Woods Hole PROGRAM SUPPORT STAFF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES (F/NECX2) DIVISION (F/NEC3) Provides scientific, technical, and administrative serv- Analyzes -and describes the physical, chemical, and ices needed to carry out the NEFC Research Program. biological environment of fishery resources, how the Chief - MARY G. LAIRD enviro .nment varies and how it is affected by anthro- Woods Hole pogenic activity. (508) 548-5123, x2OO, FrS 840-1200 Chief - Dr. ROBERT A. MURCHELANO Woods Hole Facilities Support (508) 548-5123, x263, FTS 840-1263 Chief - DANIEL O'BRIEN Woods Hole Physical Oceanography Branch (508) 548-5123, x219, FrS 840-1219 Chief - Dr. MERTON C INGHAM Aquarium Narragansett, (401) 782-3310, FTS 838-6310 Chief - FRED NICHY Marine Climatology Investigation Woods Hole Chief - REED ARMSTRONG (508) 548-5123, x267, FrS 840-1267 Narragansett, (401) 782-3280, FrS 838-6280 Information Services Fisheries Oceanography Investigation Chief - TERI FRADY Chief - Dr. DAVID MOUNTAIN Woods Hole Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x271, FrS $40-1271 (508) 548-5123, x329, FrS 840-1378 Resource Operations Chief - VACANT Woods Hole Page 19 Chemical Processes Branch Ichthyoplankton Assessment Investigation Chief - WALLACE SMITH Chief - JOHN L O'REILLY Sandy Hook, (201) 872-0200, x260, FrS 342-8260 Sandy Hook (201) 872-3000, x2O5, FTS 342-8205 Plankton Ecology Investigation Chief - JOHN R. GREEN Environmental Chemistry Investigation Narragansett, (401) 782-3240, FrS 838-6240 Chief - ANDREW DRAXLER Sandy Hook, (201) 872-3000, x254, FrS 342-8254 Apex Predators Investigation Chief -JOHN G. CASEY Coastal Dynamics Investigation Narragansett, (401) 782-3320, FTS 838-6320 Chief - Dr. WILLIAM PHOEL Sandy Hook (201) 87Z-3000, x215, FTS 342-8215 Food Chain Dynamics Investigation Chief - Dr. MARVIN GROSSLEIN Environmental Assessment Branch Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x252, FTS MO-1252 aiief - ANNE STUDHOLME Marine Mammals Investigation .Sandy Hook Chief - Dr. TIM SMITH (201) 872-3000, x2O8, FTS 342-8208 Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x251, FrS 840-1251 Benthos Investigation Experimental Biology Branch Chief - ROBERT REID Chief - Dr. ANTHONY CALABRESE Sandy Hook, (201) 872-3000, x220, FTS 342-8220 Mlford, (203) 783-4250, FrS 642-5240 Environmental Analysis Investigation Genetic s and Life History Investigation Chief - STUART WILK Chief - Dr. ARLENE LONGWELL Sandy Hook (201) 872-3000, x201,FTS 342-8201 Milford, (203) 78-1-4207, M 642-5207 Microbiology Investigation FISHERIES ECOLOGY DIVISION Chief - Dr. RICHARD ROBOHM (F/NEC2) Milford, (203) 783-4237, FTS 642-5237 Physiological Ecology Investigation Focuses on the ecological basis of fishery resource Chief - Dr. FREDERICK THURBERG productivity and the responses in terms of predation, Milford, (203) 78M244, FTS 642-5244 competition, diseases, mortality or survival, recruit- ment, and growth of important species and ecosystem Invertebrate Pathology Investigation groups to natural variables and anthropogenic activi- Chief - FREDERICK G. KERN ties. Oxford, (301) 226-5193 Chief - Dr. ROBERT MURCHELANO (ACTING) CONSERVATION AND Woods Hole UTILIZATION DIVISION (508) 548-5123, x263, FrS 840-1263 (F/NECl) Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Develops and provides information on the status of Chief - Dr. KENNETH SHERN1AN the fisheries and fishery resources, and their potential Naffagansett and future outlook relative to fishing, habitat, fish (401) 782-3210, FrS $38-6210 quality, and economics. Early Life Stage Dynamics Investigation Chief - Dr. VAUGHN C. ANTHONY Chief - Dr. GEOFFREY LAURENCE Woods Hole Narragansett (508) 548-5123, x304, FTS 840-1304 (401) 782-3350, FTS 838-6350 Page 20 Population Biology Branch Mid-Atlantic Offshore Fishery Chief - Dr. STEPHEN H. CLARK Resources Investigation Woods Hole Chief - Dr. STEVEN MURAWSIG (508) 548-5123, 012, FTS 840-1312 Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x3O3, F7S 840-1303 Resource Surveys Investigation Coastal/Estuarine Fishery Resources Investigation Chief - THOMAS AZAROVITZ Chief - Dr. WENDY GABRIEL Woods Hole Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x213, FTS 840-1213 (508) 548-5123, x283, FTS 840-1283 Emergency Striped Bass Research Study Fisheries Biology Investigation Contact - Dr. ANNE RICHARDS Chief - FRANK ALMEIDA Woods Hole, Woods Hole 508) 548-5123, x 357, FTS 840-1357 (508) 548-5123, x3O8, FTS 840-1308 Resource Utilization Branch Fishery Statistics and Economics Branch Chief - ROBERT LEARSON Chief - DARRYL CHRISTENSEN Gloucester Woods Hole (508) 281-3600, x313, F17S 837-9313 (508) 548-5123, x351 FTS 840-1351 Fisheries Technology Investigation Fishery Statistics Investigation Chief - BURTON L. TE14MR Chief - RONNEE SCHULTZ Gloucester, (508) 281-3600, x217, FTS 837-9217 Woods Hole (508) 548-5123, x264, FrS 840-1264 Fisheries Chemistry Investigation Chief - Dr. JOSEPH J. LICCIARDELLC) Biostatistics Investigation Gloucester, (508) 281-3600, x236, FrS 837-9236 Chief -JOAN PALMER Woods Hole NATIONAL SYSTEMATICS (508) 548-5123, x247, FTS 840-1247 LABORATORY (F/NEC4) Foreign and Domestic Sea Sampling Sets the foundation for species identification so that Investigation fishery managers, port agents, ecologists, and others Chief - PATRICIA GERRIOR can determine the,identity of species that are har- Woods Hole (508) 548-5123, x291, FTS 840-1291 vested or are important components of the ecosystem. Fishery Economics Investigation Laboratory Director - Dr. BRUCE B. Chief - Dr. PHILIP LOGAN COLLETrE Woods Hole National Museum of Natural History (508) 548-5123, x354, FTS 840-1354 Washington, (202) 357-2524, FrS 357-2524 Population Dynamics Branch Taxonomy of Squids Chief - VACANT Dr. MICHAEL VECCHIONE Woods Hole Taxonomy of Fishes New England Offshore Fishery Dr. THOMAS MONROE Resources Investigation Chief - Dr. FREDRIC SERCHUK Taxonomy of Crustaceans Woods Hole, (508) 548-5123, x245, FrS 840-1245 Dr. AUSTIN B. WILLIAMS Page 21 FY90 Activities and Products of the Northeast Fisheries Center Page 23 Research Planrdng md Coordination Staff Research Planning, Evaluation, and Coordination CONTACT: Michael Sissenwine NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 11. Maintain coordination and/or liaison between Provide for a plannin& evaluation, and coordination the Center and the "outside" in the following process which addresses internal and external inte- program areas: inshore and habitat research, gration of the NEFC research program for reporting aquaculture, Sea Grant, marine recreational fish- purposes; establish and monitor communication link- eries, Fishery Management Councils, vessel op- ages with all users of NEFC information; work closely erations, remote sensing, special projects, and with the users to assure that their information needs intergovernmental affairs. are communicated and understood; work closely with Northeast Region staff and Northeast Center scien- ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 tists to assure that research products address user needs; and identify studies at various institutions that 1. Current Year Operating Plans. have the potential to augment NEFC research, and coordinate the integration of these efforts into the 2. Quarterly Research Reports. NEFC research program. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 3. Automated quarterly progress reporting system. 4. NEFC Research Emphasis Document. 1. Represent NEFC interests in the NOAA/NMFS budget formulation and management system. 5. Program Evaluation Report for the Science and 2. Manage the NEFC plannin& evaluation, and re- Research Director. porting system. 6. Draft procedure for peer program reviews. 3. Facilitate the development of Current Year Op- 7. Documentation of Population Dynamics Branch, erating Plans (CYOP) and future program/ Information Services, and Experimental Biology budget initiatives. Branch peer reviews with recommendations for -4. Plan and coordinate a Center program preview/ the implementation of Review Panel Reports. review. 8. Research Council evaluation reports on research 5. Develop an interactive data base containing planning and technology. NEFC research planning and output. 9. Reports and other documentation in the areas of 6. Develop a framework for evaluating the Center coordination. research program. 10. Northeast Marine Recreational Fishery Program 7. Implement an automated CYOP generating and Development Plan. rvporting system. 11. Cruise schedules. 8. Coordinate the implementation of the Northeast 12. Center research report to the North Atlantic Ecosystem Monitoring Program. Fisheries Organization. 9. Review NMFS Headquarters/ Regional planning 13. Unkages, monthly notes of the Research Planning documents and research/ management activities. and Coordination Staff. 10. Organize and document three peer program re 14. Northeast Regional Research Directory for FY- views of the NEFC research program. 90. Page 24 Program Support Staff Information Management and Transfer CONTACT: Mary Laird NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS FOR FY90 Provide NEFC staff with published scientific and 1. Edited and published NOAA Technical Memo- technical literature needed to design research projects randum series. and analyze research findings. Maintain a research aquarium, and assist with aquarium-based research. 2. Edited and published Monthly Highlights. Provide NEFC staff with technical writing and editing assistance needed to publish research findings. COOr- 3. Edited and published NEC End-of-Year Report. dinate the publication process from manuscript through distribution. Provide scientific, technical, and public 4. Compiled, edited, and published annual list of constituents of the NEFC with data, information, NEFC publications. reports, and publications reflecting research carried out at the NEFC. 5. Wrote, published, distributed NEC news re- leases. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Operate NEFC libraries and information services as technical information clearing-houses for con- stituents. 2. Operate the NEFC aquarium as an information, education, and extension center for constituents, and maintain it for research purposes. 3. Assist in five animal research under controlled conditions of the aquarium. 4. Provide technical review and editing of scientific manuscripts. 5. Manage the publication process for all NEFC published documents. 6. Develop information products for constituents, including news media. Page 25 Data Management Support Staff Data Management Support CONTACT: Eugene Heyerdahl NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Provide professional support to NEFC staff in the 1. Quarterly summary reports of the NE Marine development, maintenance, and use of automated in- Fisheries Information System. formation technologies and techniques. 2. Completed NE Marine Fisheries Information Sys- ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 tem Age Length System. 1. Convert and develop NE Marine Fisheries Infor- 3. Modifications for the Sea Sampling Data Build- mation System Time Series Data. ing Systems. 2. Upgrade NEC Bottom Trawl Survey Data 4. Revised NEC Bottom Trawl Survey Data Build- Building System. ing System. 3. Prepare and execute NMFS IT-95 RFP for top 5. Documentation of the Northeast Regional end computers. Security Plan. 4. Continue NE regional user consulting/systems 6. Documentation of NEC Financial Reporting Sys- development and maintenance support. tem. 5. Continue NE regional data transcription/ com- 7. Operational systems for NE Regional taxonomic puter time sharing management support. table, hydrographic data base, and data/diction- ary. 6. Analyze and document regionwide relational data base requirements. 8. Evaluation of requirements for Geographic Infor- mation System workstation. Page 26 Environmental Processes Division Physical Oceanography Branch Marine Climatology Investigation CONTACT: Reed Armstrong NEC, Narragansett OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Acquire and analyze decade, and longer, time-series 1. Draft annual report on environmental conditions records of meteorological and oceanographic condi- in the Northwest Atlantic for the North Atlantic tions that influence the fisheries and pollution effects Fisheries Organization (NAFO). off the Northeastern U.S. 2. EPD/CUD draft report on environmental vari- ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 ability in relation to yellowtail flounder abun- dance. 1. Establish and maintain long-term records of se- lected climatological data sets. 3. EPD/ FED model of yellowtail flounder abun- 2. In collaboration with FED, monitor monthly the dance in relation to climatological conditions. temperature structure and plankton from ships of 4. Draft annual report on receiving water masses opportunity (SOOP) in New York Bight and Gulf and introduction of sludge onto the shelf from of Maine, conduct analyses comparing plankton dumping at Deep Water Dumpsite (DWD) 106. and oceanographic conditions, and current conditions with historic means of water column 5. EPD /FED draft reports on shark longline catches temperature; and prepare a draft report on and water mass distribution from satellite data; plankton ecology. and water temperatures and shark longline catches. 3. Prepare routine analyses of ocean conditions and sea surface temperature from satellite data. 6. Data base of historic means and anomalies of water column temperatures from SOOP in New 4. Continue the development of applications of sat- York Bight. ellite remote sensing data. 7. EPD/CUD draft report on 1987 tuna sport 5. As part of EPD/FED cooperative initiative, con- fishing catches in relation to water mass distribu- duct analyses using satellite data toward model- tion from satellite data. ing of stratification on Georges Bank. Page 27 Environmental Processes Division Chemical Processes Branch Fisheries Oceanography Investigation CONTACr: David Mountain NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Measure physical oceanographic conditions on the 1. Report on the third year of hydrographic data continental Shelf, and through cooperation with other collected during the 12-Mile Dumpsite Study. investigations, determine the influence of physical oceanographic conditions on variations in the fates, 2. Processed current meter data from the second trajectories, and effects of pollutants in coastal and year of the 12-Mile Dumpsite Study. off-shore waters, and on biological productivity through effects on larval survival and fish stock recruitment. 3. Report on current meter measurements from the ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 first year of the 12,Mile Dumpsite Study. 4. Final report on hydrographic conditions during 1. Process XBT data from survey cruises and the 12-Mile Dumpsite Study. produce horizontal contour maps of the data. 5. Draft report on shelf water volume variability, 2. Test prototype of moored monitoring system. 1977-1987. 6. Evaluation of CTD system for use on towed nets. 7. Draft report on anomalous oceanographic condi- tions during 1987. Page Z8 Environmental Processes Division Chemical Processes Branch Environmental Chemistry Investigation CONTACT: Andrew Draxler NEC, Sandy Hook OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Determine the temporal and spatial distribution of 1. Presentation of results from the 12-Mile Dump- anthropogenic contaminants in estuarine and conti- site Recovery Study. nental shelf resources and habitats; understand the roles of chemical processes and natural variability 2. Annual interpretive report on New York Bight that govern the fate of organic carbon and contami- 1Z-Mile Dumpsite Recovery Study. nants in natural and polluted continental shelf habi- tats, and assess the biological effects of natural and 3. Reports on trace metal contaminants in pelagic anthropogenic materials on the demersal food web. fish, and dernersal fish at the 106-Mile Dumpsite. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 4. Report on the distribution of trace metals in sedi- ment and fish tissue in 13 Northeast estuaries for 1. Conclude sampling and monitoring of contan-j- the NOAA Status and Trends 1984-1986. nants and chemical processes in sediments and resources from the 1Z-Mile Dumpsite; and conduct laboratory analyses of trace metals, organic carbon and organic contaminants. 2. Participate in the NOAA inter-lab QA exercise for organic contaminants. I Conduct field experiments on effects of sediment contaminants on larval invertebrate setting- 4. Support FED's studies of recruitment processes on Georges Bank with analyses of nutrients and phytoplankton primary production. Page 29 Envirorunental Processes Division Chen-dcal Processes Branch Coastal Dynamics Investigation CONTACT: William Phoel NEC, Sandy Hook OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Conduct ecosystem monitoring, field r esearch, and 1. Draft on vertical distribution of phytoplankton laboratory experiments to quantify natural environ- biomass on the Northeast continental shelf. mental variability which influences fish production on the Northeast Continental Shelf, and the effects of 2. Manuscript on community relationship of anthropogenic loading on coastal resource species inshore dernersal fishes. and habitats as required by environmental managers for decision making. 3. Annual interpretive report on New York Bight 12-Mile Dumpsite Recovery Study. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 4. Manuscript on normal seasonal hernatological 1. Conduct weekly sampling to describe the annual variation and disease in winter flounder. cycle of phytoplankton biomass off New Jersey. 5. Draft manuscript on growth potential of Go- 2. Support FED recruitment study on Georges Bank nyaulax tamarensis in Long Island Sound and New concerning phytoplankton biomass variability. Jersey. 3. Prepare report on seabed oxygen consumption 6. Annual report on NMFS diving activities for rates on the Northeast continental shelf for the NOAA Dive Office and NMFS Headquarters. NOAA Technical Memorandum series. 4. Analyze and interpret EPD 12-Mile Dumpsite Recovery Study samples and data. 5. Prepare manuscript on New York Bight 12-Mile Dumpsite Recovery Study. 6. Conduct field studies of effects of New York Bight coastal hypoxia on resource species. 7. Conduct laboratory studies on biological effects of harmful algal blooms on resource and prey species. 8. Participate in activities of the Interagency Com- mittee to study causes and effects of Gyrodinium aureolum blooms. Page 30 Environmental Processes Division Environmental Assessment Branch Benthos Investigation CONTACT: Robert Reid NEC, Sandy Hook OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Monitor and analyze benthos to describe spatial/ 1. Quarterly progress reports and annual report on temporal changes as indicators of biological effects of the 12-Mile Dumpsite Study. environmental change, and available forage for re- source species. 2. Manuscript on community structure of North- east benthos, 1978-1985. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Participate in the EPD 12-Mile Dumpsite Recov- ery Study; process benthic samples; and analyze and correlate benthic data with other study vari- able. 2. Prepare journal manuscript on responses of in- vertebrates to contaminants in sediment trays in clean and contaminated areas. 3. Compare responses of invertebrates to heavy metals and organic contaminants in sediment trays in Raritan Bay and control areas. 4. Conduct and consult on studies for enhancing clam abundance in Great South, Raritan, and Barnegat Bays. 5. Prepare manuscript on the history of fishing in Raritan Bay, emphasizing the effects of anthropo- genic changes. 6. Prepare a Center Reference Document on the his- tory of the fishing industry in Raritan Bay. Page 31 Environmental Processes Division Environmental Assessment Branch Environmental Analysis Investigation CONTACT: Stu Wilk NEC, Sandy Hook OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Determine the effects of natural and anthropogenic 1. Quarterly reports of research findings and factors upon biota of nearshore and estuarine waters annual interpretive report on the 12-Mile Dump- focusing on the 12-Mile Dumpsite. site Recovery Study. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 2. Manuscript on the effects of oiled prey/sedi- ments on winter flounder based on results of 1. Participate in the EPD 12-Mile Dumpsite Recov- chemical analyses. ery Study and provide statistical and consultant assistance relative to sample/ experimental design and data analysis on the Investigation/ Branch/Division levels. 2. Complete development and begin analysis and interpretation of food habits data base relative to hakes, winter flounder, and lobster, and finfish/ megainvetebrates data base to allow for compari- sons as dumping ceases. 3. Apply analytical and interpretive techniques to detect change in and out of the 12-mile dump site impact area. 4. Conduct analyses and prepare descriptive material on the study where winter flounder were tagged to monitor population movements associated with the 12-mile dump site. 5. Conduct environmental studies relative to selected species (winter flounder and lobster) and low dissolved oxygen; and experimentally inves- tigate effects of low dissolved oxygen on avoid- ance, growth, and survival of resources species (eg., American lobster). Page 32 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystems Dynamics Branch Early Life Stage Dynamics Investigation CONTACT: Geoffrey Laurence NEC, Narragansett OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Conduct quantitative research on physical and bio- Publications and reports on significant research find- logical mechanisms controlling recruitment processes ings. of major pelagic and dernersal fish species in the Northeast Continental Shelf Ecosystem, with empha- sis on early life stage survival, to define the natural causes for year class failures following spawning. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Conduct laboratory research on the biology of early life stages to support population assess- ment. 2. Analyze data from winter flounder viability re- search. 3. Initiate laboratory biochemical analyses of gadid samples from Georges Bank for growth and con- dition indices. 4. Continue analyses of the relevant biological and physical parameters affecting feeding, growth, and mortality rates of juvenile and larval fishes on Georges Bank. 5. Conduct analyses of sand lance experiments con- cerning taxonomy and early life stage growth. 6. Conduct abundance, distribution, and trophody- namic studies of juvenile herring in the frontal zone of the northern edge of Georges Bank during a process-oriented research cruise. 7. Initiate biochemical analyses of herTing samples collected on monitoring cruises for growth and condition. Page 33 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Plankton Ecology Investigation CONTACT: John Green NEC, Narragansett OBJECTIVE 8. Prepare atlas of zooplankton and phytoplankton species composition and relative abundance, Monitor and assess lower trophic levels as an indica- New York to the Gulf Stream 1971-1988 for tion of broad scale ecological and environmental NOAA Technical Memorandum series. changes; and the inter-annual and seasonal variability in community structure, abundance, and distribution 9. Study herring and mackerel stomachs to deter- of zooplankton and micronekton components of the mine utilization of zooplankton prey, and Northeast Continental Shelf ecosystem to character- prepare a report on herring and mackerel ize changes in food availability to planktivorous pe- feeding in relation to available zooplankton prey. lagic and early life history stages of important fish stocks. 10. Participate in field sampling program to study prey utilization of zooplankton and feeding con- ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 ditions for planktivorous fish. 1. Monitor, assess, and index the plankton commu- 11. Provide logistic support for U.S.-Polish coopera- nity and its environment in the Gulf of Maine, tive ecosystem studies. Georges Bank, Southern New England, and Mid- Atlantic Bight subareas of the Northeast Conti- 12. Represent NEFC at New England Power Plant nental Shelf ecosystem. Advi .sory Board meetings. 2* Conduct process oriented studies of invertebrate ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 predators and prey of pre-recruit stages of fish, in conjunction with Early Life Stages and Food 1. Report on variability of Gulf of Maine and Chain Dynamics Investigations. Georges Bank zooplankton abundance correlated with hydrographic conditions from the MAR- 3. Enter and quality control all station, net, and MAP Ecosystem Monitoring Data Base. zooplankton data into the Center ADP System, and provide basic descriptive statistics and 2. Report on the relationship of hydrographic con- analyses for zooplankton abundances. ditio'ns to distribution of copepoda C. fin- marchrcus on the Northeast Continental Shelf. 4. Prepare maps and data listings for atlases of the MARMAP (Marine Resources Monitoring, As- 3. Atlas qzooplankton species composition and relative sessment, and Prediction) Ecosystem Data Base. abundance, Massachusetts to Cape Sable, 1961-1988 (NOAA Technical Memorandum). 5. Develop procedures for sizing and counting mi- cronekton and zooplankton using a laboratory image analysis system and the flow-through ca- pability. 6. In collaboration with EPD, monitor monthly zo- oplankton, surface temperature, and surface sa- linity in the Gulf of Maine and New York Bight using ships of opportunity (SOOP). 7. Monitor and process daily solar radiation data at Newport, RI. I Page 34 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Ichthyoplankton Dynamics Investigation CONTACT: Wallace Smith NEC, Sandy Hook OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Characterize the annual status and changes in ich- 1. Report on the distribution, abundance, growth, thyoplankton, track decadal changes in the commu- and mortality of herring larvae and index of nity structure of coastal fishes, and estimate the total adult spawning biomass for 1988 spawning finfish biomass in the Northeast Continental Shelf season in the Georges Bank/Nantucket Shoals ecosystem. area. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 2. Manuscript describing early life history of summer flounder based in part on larval data 1. Conduct October and November surveys of the from the MARMAP time series. Georges Bank area to determine distribution, abundance, growth, and mortality of herring 3. Draft paper describing seasonal variation in de- larvae. velopment at age for surnmer flounder larvae. 2. Conduct December, January and March surveys 4. Manuscript on Atlantic herring based on the 17- of the Georges Bank area to determine distribu- year ICNAF / MARMAP time series for the Nan- tion abundance, growth, and mortality of sand tucket Shoals/ Massachusetts Bay/Georges Bank lance. area. 3. Conduct fecundity study on Atlantic herring 5. Completed identification and staging of fish eggs from the Nantucket Shoals /Massachusetts Bay/ for 1987, the final year of the MARMAP time Georges Bank area. series. 4. Conduct fecundity study on sand lance from the Southern New England/Georges Bank area. 5. Conduct aging study on larval summer flounder using otoliths. 6. Complete planning and preparation for the re- establishment of ichthyoplankton monitoring in FY91. Page 35 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Apex Predators Ecology Investigation CONTACT: John Casey NEC, Narragansett OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Study the biology of highly migratory species of apex 1. The Shark Tagger newsletter. predators with emphasis on several species of large sharks. Special effort is directed to investigating 2. Data base on Atlantic sharks. predator-prey interaction, energetics, reproduction, and age and growth of shark populations of the 3. Reports for shark management plans. Northeast Continental Shelf ecosystem. North Atlan- tic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. 4. Publications on age and growth of the blue shark. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 5. Ph.D. dissertation on age and growth of the 1. Continue the cooperative shark tagging program. dusky shark. 2. Continue age and growth, reproductive, and 6. Report, "Elasmobranchs as living resources: predator/prey studies of sharks. Recent advances in systematics and ecology.' 3. Collect biological samples and data from shark 7. Publication on shark reproductive strategies as a tournaments and commercial fisheries. limiting factor in shark fisheries. 4* Maintain an international research program on 8. Report on food habits of the sandbar shark- sharks (Mexico, Bermuda, Spain, Portugal, Britain, Japan). 9. Summary of historical tournament data. Page 36 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Food Chain Dynamics Investigation CONTACT: Marvin Grosslein NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 8. Sample mackerel stomachs acquired on Georges Bank in May 1990 and determine the prey field Conduct a framework of mathematical models for (focusing on 0-group fish); and sample stomachs developing predictions of long-term effects of various of fish caught with bottom trawl on Georges harvesting strategies and environmental trends on Bank in the summer (focusing on predation on 0- the yield potential and species composition of fish group herring and gadids). populations, and for helping sort out the effects of fishing and pollution from natural environmental ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 factors. 1 .NOAA Technical Memorandum, Synopsis of ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 diets of 180 species of Northwest Atlantic Fishes. 1. Conduct studies on food webs focusing on diet 2. Report on the abundance and composition of and consumption rates of fish and coupling be- macro-benthic invertebrates of the Georges Bank tween pelagic and demersal components. and Gulf of Maine regions. 2. Sample fish stomachs on fall and spring trawl 3. Paper on modeling effects of harvesting on re- surveys; enter and quality control FY89 and 90 productive -output of sharks and rays. stomach data; and work up backlog of preserved stomachs and data from special cruises. 4. Computerized and quality controlled data of stomachs and trawl catch for the FY89 gadid re- 3. Conduct experimental, analytical and modeling cruitment cruise. studies in support of the NEFC recruitment ini- tiative. 5. journal manuscript on the relative importance of various sources of error in back-calculated 4. Compile and analyze data on the distribution, spawning stock estimates from larval catches, abundance, size composition, growth and mor- based on the MARMAP simulation model. tality rates of selected fish species; and develop models of the Northeast Continental Shelf 6. Analysis of 0-group gadid mortality estimates ecosystem focusing on multispecies fish produc- and comparison.of these estimates with preda- tion models. tion rates on Georges Bank, 1984 - 1987. 5. Collaborate with Apex Predators Ecology Inves- 7. Extended gadid recruitment model that includes tigation to develop first approximation models predation mortality on 0-group gadids. of predation by large sharks on fish and squid. 8. Revised manuscript on large scale synchrony in 6. Continue analysis of long-term changes in recruitment of gadid populations of Northwest relative biomass and species composition of fish Atlantic. populations in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Mid-Atlantic Bight. 9. Report on factors associated with variable re- cruitment of Georges Bank haddock 1981 - 1983. 7. Evaluate multivariate time series techniques and other statistical methods of fitting models and 10. Report on predation by pelagic species (espe- testing hypotheses about long term changes in cially mackerel) on 0-group fish on Georges Bank fish populations. during May 1986. Page 37 11. Program for first stage of multispecies model of Georges Bank. 12. Manuscript on a multispecies model of trophic interactions among herring, mackerel, and sand lance. 13. Report on initial estimates of consumption for major fish predators for 1973 - 1987. 14. Report on evaluation of food habits sampling strategies based on sampling variability in relation to data needs for multispecies models. 15. Refined life history model of pollution effects on estuarine populations using winter flounder as an example. Page 38 Fisheries Ecology Division Ecosystem Dynamics Branch Marine Mammals Investigation CONTACT: Tim Smith NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 8. Develop predictive model of habitat require- ments for cetaceans. Develop an information base on the status of several marine mammal populations, including abundance 9. Determine optimum sustainable population size and distribution, for determining possible effects of for marine mammal populations with significant fishing activities. human interactions, past and present. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 10. Determine status of endangered North Atlantic right whale population. 1. Administer mandated research funds for marine 11. Determine optimum sustainable population size mammal research research planning; reports to of the Gulf of Maine-Bay of Fundy harbor Congress, U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, porpoise population, evaluate effects of inciden- and the International Whaling Commission. tal mortalities in the gill net fishery; and harbor 2. Administer contracts to: monitor whale watch- seal population, evaluating the effects of inci- ing in Cape Cod Bay, Long Island Sound, and dental mortalities in gill net and lobster fishery. Jefferies Ledge; collect and analyze marine mam- 12. Complete development and testing of line mal sighting data during NEFC resource sur- transect survey methods for harbor porpoise, veys; collect and analyze stomach contents of analyzing experimental 1988 and 1989 data, con- mammals killed incidentally in fishing opera- ducting additional experimental studies. tions; measure oceanographic conditions and fine-scale distribution for humpback and right whales; conduct aerial surveys of seal haulouts . 13. Develop radio and satellite tagging capability for cetaceans to det ermine migratory patterns. 3. Administer agreements on: distribution and in- 14. Analyze survey indices for trends in harbor seal dividual identification of North Atlantic right abundance. whales; and population dynamics and move- ment patterns of right whales. 15. Monitor status of pelagic delphid species taken 4. Receive, evaluate, and archive data from re- incidentally in other fisheries to determine need search contracts and agreements. for OPS determination. 5. Deterinine the number of marine mammals 16. Participate in activities of the International killed annually in the New England gill net and Whaling Commission; Committee of Scientific foreign mackerel fisheries, evaluate kill rates and Advisors/U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, possible management controls; and effects of in- and the ICES Marine Mammals Committee. cidental fishery takes and whale watching. ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 6. Monitor rates of incidental kill in other U.S. fish- eries to identify potential problems using NEFC 1. Data from research contracts. sea sampling data. 2. Review manuscript on methods for assessing the 7. Determine significant ecological relationships be- status of the harbor porpoise populations in the tween fishery resources and marine mammals Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. and habitat requirements of marine mammals during seasonal movements. 3. Design surveys to estimate harbor porpoise abundance and determine distribution patterns. Page 39 Fisheries Ecology Division Experimental Biology Branch Genetics and Life History Investigation CONTACT: Arlene Longwell NEC, Milford OBJECTIVE 10. Continue to adapt mt- and sat-DNA procedures for use on fish specimens with biotin- (in place Examine the linkages between fisheries recruitment, of radio-) labeled probes. genetic variability, and adaptation as reproductive fitness; and explore ecological factors limiting hard 11. Extract and store extracted DNA from all speci- clam recruitment in Long Island Sound in an effort to mens collected to date for mt- and sat-DNA determine the most limiting factors on specific life analyses (flounder, haddock, sea scallop, her- stages. ring). ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 12. Explore in situ DNA /DNA and DNA/ RNA hy- bridization techniques for fish/shellfish early- 1. Continue field studies of effects of predation on fife stages, and adaptations of micro-DNA pro- recruitment. cedures for adaptation to tiny early-life stages of fish/shellfish. 2. Continue field experiments on effects of natural ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 substrate on settlement and survival; and analyze data on settlement and survival of post- set. Technical report on effects of predation on early- fife history and survival. 3. Begin mesocosm experiments on survival of post-set. 2. Collaborative report with Microbiology Investi- gation on 1986-1988 Long Island Sound clam re- 4. Continue exposure experiments of shellfish em- cruitment studies. bryos to combination of PCBs and aromatic hydrocarbons. 3. Manuscripts resulting from study of effects of pollution in Long Island Sound on clam repro- 5. Collect and analyze cytogenetic and viability duction. data from exposure experiments. 4. Ph.D. dissertation on cytogenefic and viability 6. Participate in the Winter Flounder Workshop. data from exposure experiments. 7. Examine various measures of relationships be- 5. Manuscript on the effects of pollution in Long tween genotype, year-class, and climate/ Island Sound on winter flounder reproduction. weather, and relationships between female genotype, temperature requirements for gameto- 6. Manuscripts for fishery scientists on genetics and genesis, embryo development, and develop- adaptability to change in climate; and genetic im- ment/ growth rate. plications of change in population age structure: lessons for fisheries from animals/plants at 8. Measure genotypic change over life-cycle stage, large. and embryo abnormality/ survival in fish from industrially polluted Bridgeport Harbor follow- 7. Model of integrating diverse measures of suble- ing hormonal induction of gametogenesis. thal physiological/ reproductive effects, and ex- pressing these as quantitative losses in fecundity 9. Measure stock differentiations in Long Island and early-life stage viability. Sound using ribosomal gene clusters and chro- mosome banding. Page 40 Fisheries Ecology Division Experimental Biology Branch Nficrobiology Investigation CONTACT: Richard Robohm. NEC, Milford OBJECTIVE 8. Set up a functional electron microscopy prepara- tion laboratory in the Department of Fisheries, Define how microorganisms affect survival and growth Aquaculture, and Pathology/ University of of living marine resources, specifically, define the Rhode Island develop collaborations with faculty relationships between marine species, determine the members; and provide assistance to graduate n-dcroecology of bacteria and their pathogenicity to students. bivalve mollusks both at estuarine sites and in the laboratory, and characterize the effects of environ- 9. Continue preparation of a histological atlas for mental stress on the susceptibility of fish and mol- winter flounder larvae with the University of lusks to microbial diseases. Rhode Island. ANTICIPATED ACMVITIES IN FY90 10. Conduct field study on gross pathology of winter flounder from estuarine sites. 1. Complete development of mass-culture methods for strains of Prorocentrum, a dinoflagellate pro- 11. Continue low-dissolved-oxygen laboratory ex- ducing nuisance blooms in Long Island Sound. periments on winter flounder. 2. Investigate the interactions between heavy-metal ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 pollutants and nutrients upon microalgae through laboratory experiments and collabora- 1. Manuscript describing development and charac- tive work with Los Alamos National Laboratory. teristics of seawater-tolerant strains of the fresh- water cryptophyte flagellate, Chilomonas parame- 3. Conduct taxonomic and biochemical analyses of cium, a potential source of nutrition for bivalve Long Island Sound phytoplankton samples as a mollusks reared in the laboratory. collaborative contribution to life history studies M of bivalve recruitment and growth. 2. Draft manuscript summarizing nutritional aspects of collaborative studies on hard clam 4. Sustain the Milford Microalgal Culture Collec- recruitment and growth in Long Island Sound. tion and operate the 36-unit semi-continuous microalgal culture system and open-tank algal 3. Presentation of data on bacterial pathogens of cultures. stressed fish at Winter Flounder Biology Work- 5. Analyze winter flounder from clean and polluted shop. estuarine sites for antibodies to bacterial patho- 4. Manuscript on effects of centrifugation stress on gens. oyster blood cells. 6. Develop and conduct assays to detect the effects 5. Manuscript on the bacterial ecology of planted of pollutants and other stressors on immunity in hard clams at selected sites in Long Island flounder, scallops, clams, and oysters. Sound. 7. Conduct histopathologic examinations and ana- 6. Manuscript on assessment of bacterial pathogens lyze data for kidney and gill tissues of winter in oyster grounds of Long Island Sound. flounder collected during the Northeast segment of Status and Trends cruise; and examine histo- 7. Tenth Annual Shellfish Biology Seminar. pathology of kidneys of winter flounder col- lected from Boston Harbor and Georges Bank environments. Page 41 8. Review a r on bacterial ecolo of Lon Island Sound. 9. Text describing histopathologic conditions of fish and shellfish catalogued in the Registry of Marine Pathology. 10. Manuscript and mock-up of Color Atlas of Fish and Shellfish Histopathology based on the Reg- istry of Marine Pathology holdings. 11. Presentations at the Winter Flounder Biology Workshop, including a poster of progress on histological atlas of winter flounder larvae, and results of New Haven fin-rot research. 12. Manuscript on gross pathology of winter flounder from estuarine sites. Page 42 Fisheries Ecology Division Experimental Biology Branch Physiological Ecology Investigation CONTACT: Frederick Thurberg NEC, Milford OBJECTIVE half-day session on shell disease at the 1990 NSA meeting. Examine marine animals of the Northwest Atlantic to determine pollutant effects of water quality on their ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 fife function and recruitment. 1. Report on winter flounder development and ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 growth during dredging of Milford Harbor. 1 -Continue studies on the reproductive success of 2. Chemical analysis of metals and PCBs in lobster winter flounder from Long Island Sound and ef- embryos. fects of pollutants on winter flounder gills; con- tinue monitoring embryonic metabolism of 3. Chemical analysis of PCBs in tissues of winter winter flounder, including, lipids, in unfertilized flounder. eggs and newly-hatched larvae. 4. Manuscript on hematology of the yellowtail 2. Conduct feasibility study on the use of mini- flounder. diluters to expose winter flounder embryos to heavy metals. 5. Winter Flounder Biology Workshop. 3. Conduct study on the reproductive success of 6. Interim reports on lobster reproductive success lobster from contaminated and clean areas in studies. Long Island Sound. 4. Conduct feasibility studies on chemical analysis of tri-butyl tin in animal tissues. 5. Conduct metal-exposure studies with bay scallops. 6. In cooperation with the NMFS Beaufort Labora- tory, conduct an experiment on biochemical and biological effects of metal exposure on spawning potential of inshore and offshore populations of sea scallops; and develop a manuscript on the distribution of metals in different tissues of sea scallops. 7. Investigate the role and determine prevalence of shell disease in marine crustacean populations of commercial importance, conduct experiments to examine the progression of shell disease and its effect on survival; examine histopathology of hepatopancreas of crustaceans to determine whether a relationship with shell disease exists; organize a long-term working group of scientists working on shell disease problems of Atlantic coast crustaceans; and organize and convene a Page 43 Fisheries Ecology Division Experimental Biology Branch Invertebrate Pathology Investigation CONTACT: Frederick Kem NEC, Oxford OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Track he location and levels of disease activity caused Reports and publications on significant research by the protozoan pathogens MSX (Haplosporidium findings. nelsons) and Dermo (Perkinsus ?narginus) in oysters and the soft-shelled clam sarcoma to understand the mechanisms for their virulence, transmission, and spread in both the wild and under conditions of culture; and develop new diagnostic techniques to deal with these and other invertebrate disease prob- lems. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Investigate molluscan and crustacean infectious and non-infectious diseases of local importance. 2. Conduct research experiments on clinical aspects of selected serious diseases of Chesapeake Bay oysters and clams. 3. Conduct research to develop diagnostic methods for studying molluscs and crustacea. 4. Monitor epizootic status of sarcoma disease in Chesapeake Bay soft-shelled clams. S. Assist Federal and state agencies, commissions, and councils in the development of shellfish health management strategies. 6. Examine quarterly samples of oysters from Chile for parasites and pathology. 7. Develop an atlas and manual of bivalve mollus- can pathology. r Page 44 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Biology Branch Resource Surveys Investigation CONTACT: Tom Azarovitz, NEC, Woods Hole r OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Provide quantitative population, oceanographic, and 1. Fishermm's Repod environmental data for assessments and ecosystem or research. 2. Audited bottom trawl survey and shellfish survey data files. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 3. Manuscript on vessel fishing power effects. 1. Plan and conduct spring and autumn bottom trawl surveys. 4. Manuscript on effects of gear configuration on survey catch rates. 2. Plan and conduct scallop and shrimp cruises; and plan surf clam-ocean quahog cruises. 5. Documentation of historical survey program sta- tion data. 3. Continue to study and analyze gear and vessel effects. 6. Automated station selection and plotting for bot- tom trawl surveys. 4. Continue to maintain and test clam, scallop, and trawl gear. 7. Evaluation of SCANMAR temperature data. 5. Improve data accessibility and reliability through 8. Data samples and reports requested by constitu- quality control and corrections to historical data ent groups. files; and improve data entry and archiving pro- cedures. 9. Multi-species indices for the status of the stocks 6. Introduce new technology to Conservation and document. Utilization Division surveys. 7. Evaluate shellfish survey precision and effi- ciency. Page 45 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Biology Branch Fisheries Biology Investigation CONTACT: Frank Almeida NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Compile data and develop information relative to growth and mortality rates, maturation, fecundity, 1. Audited age data files. and physiological and behavioral characteristics. Major emphasis is directed toward determining age for 2. Report on white hake age validation studies. characterizing population age structure. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 3. Manuscript on sea scallop age validation studies. 4. Basic age-length keys for sea scallops and white 1. Conduct age determinations for cod, haddock hake. pollock, mackerel, butterfish, redfish, silver hake, yellowtail, summer and winter flounder. S. Evaluation reports of new technology with rec- ommendations for implementation; and poten- 2. Develop improved biological parameter esti- tial stock boundaries for winter flounder em- mates. , ploying BIOSONICS gear. 3. Improve data accessibility and reliability. 6. Manuscript on the biology of northern shrimp. 4. Provide minimal ageing support to constituent 7. Manuscript on haddock growth and maturation. groups. 8. Manuscript on the biology of witch flounder. 9. Report summarizing maturation data for assess- ments. Page 46 Conservation and Utilization Division Fisheries Statistics and Economics Branch Fisheries Statistics Investigation CONTACT: Ronnee Schultz NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 8. Conduct a wholesale dealers survey to collect As mandated by the Magnuson Fisheries Conserva- number of wholesalers and products handled. tion and Management Act of 1976, collect basic fisher- 9. Conduct daily collections of landings and values ies statistics; including landings, economic, fishing for the Market News electronic bulletin board. effort, and biological data that characterize the fisher- ies of the Northeast Continental Shelf Large Marine ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Ecosystem as well as those components of northeast fisheries that exploit the Atlantic Oceanic Large Ma- 1. Basic fisheries statistics reports. rine Ecosystem. 2. Reports for publication in Fisheries of the U.S., ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 Fisheries Statistics of the U.S., Frozen Fishery Prod- ucts, Processed Fishery Products, Fish Meal and Oil, 1. Collect and process basic fisheries statistics, in- and Processors and Wholesale Dealers of Fishery cluding documentation of 45,000 individual Products of the U.S. vessel trips, 12,000 interviews of vessel opera- tors, and 1,700 biological samples. 3. Data for publication in Boston Market Neus, Status of the Fisheries Resources off the Northeastern 2. Coordinate with state agencies to obtain basic United States, NAFO Statistical Bulletin, NAFO fisheries statistics. Sampling Year Book, FAO Yearbook of Fishery Sta- tistics, and ICCAT Statistical Bulletin. 3. Coordinate with Southeast Fisheries Center (SEC) to finalize swordfish statistics for the Northeast Region and provide to SEC swordfish and other large pelagic carcass weights from the longline fisheries. 4. Collect and process surf clam and ocean quahog data from processors and vessel logs. 5. Conduct surveys to collect number of processors, employment, production type, and value of products for processed and fresh or frozen or prepared and packaged fish and shellfish, canned products, and fishermen's prepared products. 6. Conduct an annual canvass of the inshore fisheries to collect numbers of fishermen, boats, and gear. 7. Conduct an operating units survey to collect vessel characteristics, crew size, and gear fished. Page 47 Conservation and Utilization Division Fisheries Statistics and Economics Branch Foreign and Domestic Sea Sampling Investigation CONTACT: Patricia Gerrior NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 As mandated by the Magnuson Fisheries Conserva. 1. Weekly foreign and joint venture quota reports. tion and Management Act of 1976, provide 100 per- cent observer coverage of foreign fishing vessels in the 2. Monthly reports on foreign observer and domes- U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off the East Coast and tic (MMPA categories I and III) sea sampler cov- Gulf of Mexico; and create and maintain a domestic erage. sea sampling database to assist in the characterization and assessment of the fisheries in the northeast. I Summary report on swordfish drift gillnet fishery. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 4. Data for publication in Fisheries of the United 1. Monitor compliance on foreign fishing vessels. swes, 1989. 2. Collect biological data and samples. 5. Data summaries on marine mammal incidental takes from foreign and joint venture fishing ac- 3. Manage and oversee the agreement for supple- tivities. mental observer program. 4. Provide domestic observer/sea samplers for swordfish drift and gillnet vessels, as required. 5. Train and certify new supplemental observers. Page 48 r Conservation and Utilization Division Fisheries Statistics and Economics Branch Biostatistics Investigation CONTACT: Joan Palmer NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Develop and manage databases containing U.S. and 1. Databases containing U.S. commercial, U.S. rec- foreign fishery statistics, including commercial and reational, and foreign fishery statistics. recreational fisheries data, and provide accurate and timely data for estimating the impacts of fishing on 2. Monthly data reports on U.S. commercial living marine resources, monitoring the effects of landings for NMFS and NAFO. regulatory measures, and compiling fishery statistics as required by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 3. Annual input to Status of the Fisheiies Resources off the Magnuson Fisheries Conservation and Manage- the Northeastern United States. ment Act of 1976. 4. Data summaries for user groups as requested. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Compile monthly landings, effort, and biological data for inclusion in appropriate databases. 2. Maintain and update databases. 3. Respond to data requests. Page 49 Conservation and Utilization Division Fisheries Statistics and Economics Branch Fisheries E-conornics Investigation CONTACT: Philip Logan NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Increase the net benefits that the nation derives from 1. Economic Overview section for Status of the Fish- living resource exploitation, both recreational and eries Resources off the Northeastern United States commercial, by providing an understanding of the NOAA Technical Memorandum. economic forces affecting the exploitation of the fish- eries in the northeast. 2. Updates to the Trade Balance Report, Fishery Performance Tables, and economic data bases for ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 Status of the Fisheries Resources off the Northeastern United States NOAA Technical Memorandum. 1. Develop time series data bases as required. 3. Time series data bases. 2. Participate in fleet modeling group studies. 4. Report on intra-year conduct of the scallop 3. Review Regional FMPs as required. fishery. 4. Implement vessel simulators on the VAX. 5. Report on post-ICJ scallop firm behavior. 5. Collect daily landings and ex-vessel prices. 6. Analysis of weighout coverage through vessel economics studies. 6. Collect data on the Boston and Fulton wholesale markets. 7. Summary of sea sampling economic data. 7. Collect import data at customs ports. 8. Collect cold storage inventory and foreign frozen product price data. Page 50 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Dynamics Branch New England Offshore Fishery Resources Investigation CONTACT: Frederic Serchuk NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 10. Participate in activities of Multispecies Conser- vation Engineering, and Scallop Conservation Develop information on the present and likely future Engineering Committees of the New England status of the fishery resources off New England. Fishery Management Council; ICES Statutory Meeting and Advisory Committee on Fishery ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 Management; annual US/ Canada Scientific Dis- cussions; Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific 1. Update stock assessments for assigned species Advisory Committee; and NEFC Maturation and provide current scientific information for Working Group. yellowtail flounder, cod, haddock American plaice, sea scallops, redfish, Georges Bank winter 11. Assist in the preparation of "U.S. Research flounder, silver hake, pollock, and Grand Banks Report for 1989" for the Northwest Atlantic stocks. Fishery Organization. 2. Participate in joint US-Canada pollock tagging 12. Conduct research on fisheries technical and bio- study. logical interactions. 3. Prepare for and participate in semi-annual Stock 13. Develop a bio-economic modeling framework Assessment Workshops. of the multispecies New England fishing system for the evaluating the effect of changes in man- 4. Review P.L. 88-309 and 88-304 completions and agement approaches and regulations on re- proposal reports, draft Fishery Management sources and harvesters. Plans, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Com- mittee proposals, NMFS Regional Office and ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Headquarters proposals, and journal manu- scripts. 1. Sections for Status of the Fishery Resources eff the Northeastern United States NOAA Technical 5. Provide assistance to implementing NEFC data Memorandum. collection. 2. Summary of analyses of USA sea scallop re- 6. Review and evaluate adequacy of 1989 commer- search vessel survey. cial biological sampling activities, and develop 1990 commercial sampling requirements, includ- 3. Major revision of assessment information for pol- ing port sampling and sea samplin& for the lock. Fisheries Statistics Investigation. 4. Evaluation of the suitability of NEFC commercial 7. Participate in the scientific crew of the NEFC data base for monitoring trawl and sea scallop survey program. fleets on an individual vessel basis (prepared in cooperation with Fisheries Economics Investiga- 8. Provide technical information to the regional tion). Fishery Management Councils. 5. Examination of the spatial distribution patterns 9. Provide analytical support to the New England from trawl survey and commercial fisheries Fishery Management Council. data, as a step in understanding directability of fishing effort in the New England multispecies fishery. Page 51 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Dynamics Branch Nfid-Atlantic Offshore Fishery Resources Investigation CONTACT: Steve Murawski NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE 9. Continue analysis of a deterministic model of effects of predatory fish, marine mammals, and Develop information on the present and likely future seabirds on the East Coast pelagic fish ecosys- status of the offshore fishery resources in the Mid- tem. Atlantic. 10. Evaluate multispecies size composition as a con- ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 servative property of an exploited system. 1. Update stock assessments for assigned species 11. Review and evaluate adequacy of 1989 commer- and provide current scientific information on cial biological sampling activities, and develop surf clams, ocean quahogs, butterfish, mackerel, 1990 commercial sampling requirements, includ- Loligo squid, Illex squid, scup, and American ing port sampling and sea samplin& for the Fish- lobster. eries Statistics Investigation. 2. Prepare for and participate in semi-annual Stock 12. Provide technical information to regional fishery Assessment orkshops. management agencies. 3. Review P.L. 88-309 and 88-304 completions and 13. Continue study of northern shrimp - Groundfish proposal reports, draft Fishery Management Subsystem, under the U.S./France Cooperative Plans, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Com- Program in Oceanography. mittee proposals, NMFS Regional Office and Headquarters proposals, and journal manu- 14. Implement a cooperative research program in scripts. fisheries biology under Marie Sklodska Curie Pro- gram with Polish colleagues. 4. Provide assistance to implementing NEFC data ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 collection. 5. Participate in the scientific crew of the NEFC 1. Updated quota advice for Loligo squid, Illex survey program. squid, butterfish, and mackerel for the Mid- Atlantic Fishery Management Council. 6. Assist in preparation of "U.S. Research Report for 1989" for the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Or- 2. Sections for Status of the Fishery Resources Off the ganization. Northeastern United States NOAA Technical Memorandum. 7. Participate in the activities of Scientific and Sta- tistical Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 3. Major revisions of stock assessment information Management Council; ICES Statutory meeting for Wigo squid, scup, and American lobster. and chair the Multispecies Working Group; annual US/Canada Scientific Discussions; 4. Presentation on lobster population dynamics at Scientific Committee of Commission on Antarc- the Shellfish Life History Symposium. tic Living Marine Resources; and U.S./France Cooperative Program in Oceanography. 5. Plan for intensive field sampling program for pelagic interactions jointly with Polish colleagues 8. Conduct research on fisheries technical and bio- using a deterministic model. logical interactions. Page 52 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Dynarnics Branch Coastal and Estuarine Fishery Resources Investigation CONTACT: Wendy Gabriel NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ery Team; ICES Statutory Meeting and Atlantic Salmon Working Group; North Atlantic Salmon Develop information on the present and likely future Conservation Organization working groups; and status of coastal and estuarine fishery resources in the annual meeting of International Commission for Northeast. the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna and chair the Scientific Committee. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 11. Revise the summer flounder and black sea bass 1. Update stock assessments for assigned species stock assessments. and provide current scientific information for es- tuarine winter flounder, bluefish, black sea bass, 12. Develop and improve methods for stock assess- striped bass, and summer flounder. ment. 2. Assist SEFC with assessment of large pelagics, 13. Review age structured assessment methods .such as swordfish and bluefin tuna. used at NEFC to determine the utility of meth- ods developed in other laboratories to our 3. Prepare for and participate in semi-annual Stock problems. Assessment Works Ihops. 14. Conduct research to determine the interception 4. Review P.L. 88-309 and 88-304 completions and rate of US origin Atlantic salmon by foreign fish- proposal reports, draft Fishery Management eries in Canada and Greenland waters. Plans, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Com- mittee proposals, NMFS Regional Office and 15. Monitor contract for salmon tag recovery in US Headquarters proposals, and journal manu- rivers. scripts. 16. Conduct research on Atlantic salmon stock iden- 5. Provide assistance to implementing NEFC data tification. collection. 17. Conduct research on fisheries technical interac- 6. Review and evaluate adequacy of 1989 commer- tions. cial biological sampling activities, and develop 1990 commercial sampling requirements, includ- 18. Plan project on Mid-Atlantic mixed species ing port sampling and sea sampling, for the trawl and recreational fisheries for scup, black Fisheries Statistics Investigation. sea bass, and summer flounder to predict effects of management options. 7. Participate in the scientific crew of the NEFC survey program. ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 8. Coordinate and participate in salmon tag recov- 1. Sections for Status of the Fishery Resources off the ery program in Greenland and Canada. Northeastern United States NOAA Technical Memorandum. 9. Provide technical information to regional Fishery Management Councils. 2. Contribution to North Atlantic Fishery Organiza- tion U.S. Research Report for 1989. 10. Participate in activities of: Scientific and Statisti- cal Committees of MAFMC and ASMFC; Che- 3. Field study jointly with state of Massachusetts sapeake Bay Stock Assessment Technical biologists on mortality due to recreational Advisory Group; Short-Nosed Sturgeon Recov- hooking and release. Page 53 4. Manuscript assessing the performance of Shep- herds Length Composition Analysis using north- ern shrimp as an example. 5. Yield-per-recruit model for species with complex life histories. 6. Working papers with results of recent research on stock identification and on catch and tag re- covery statistics for ICES North Atlantic Salmon Working Group. Page 54 Conservation and Utilization Division Population Dynamics Branch Emergency Striped Bass Research Study CONTACT: Anne Richards NEC, Woods Hole OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Obtain information on the status of striped bass juve- 1. Emergency Striped Bass Research Study Work- nile and adult stocks, and research conducted to shop. identify causes of the decline; and develop additional information required for making management deci- 2. Report to Congress on the ESBS. sions. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Review research proposals, progress reports, and final reports of ESBS contracts. 2. Organize and chair annual Emergency Striped Bass Research Study Workshop. 3. Conduct research to develop stock identification methods for striped bass, based on scale shape. 4. Begin research to evaluate statistical properties and predictive power of alternative indices of juvenile striped bass abundance. 5. Participate in semi-annual meetings of Emer- gency Striped Bass Research Planning and Coor- dination Group. Page 55 Conservation and Utilization Division Resource Utilization Branch Fisheries Technology Investigation CONTACT: Burton Tinker NEC, Gloucester OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Develop and provide information on the wholesome- 1. Report on experiments on producing fish hy- ness, quality and safety of U.S. seafood products with drolysates from fatty fish waste after oil re- the purpose of educating the U.S. consumers and moval. industry, and contributing to the assurance of the quality of these products in the competitive world 2. Edibility characteristics of fish species contribu- market. tion to the national data base. ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 1. Conduct experiments on production of fish hy- drolysates from fatty fish waste after removal of the oil. 2. Determine nutrient value of liquid fish produced from fish wastes. 3. Produce fish hydrolysates from squid and fatty fish wastes for testing agricultural crops. 4. Conduct frozen storage studies on selected com- mercial species for "high quality" shelf life studies. 5. Technology transfer to industry, Sea Grant, and fishery development foundations. Page 56 Conservation and Utilization Division Resource Utilization Branch Fisheries Chemistry Investigation CONTACT: Joseph Licciardello NEC, Gloucester OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Develop and provide information on the wholesome- 1. Draft manual for standardized testing of seafood ness, quality, and safety of U.S. seafood products with quality. the purpose of educating the U.S. consumers and industry, and contributing to the assurance of the 2. Manuscript on sodium uptake in fish fillets due quality of these products in the competitive wold to brine processing. market. 3. Assessment of the degree of oxidative rancidity ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 during storage of selected species. 1. Continue studies on application of monoclonal 4. Manuscript on effect of processing on Maine sar- antibodies to the identification of fish and dines. shellfish. 2. Initiate study to determine "high quality" shelf life of frozen seafoods. 3. Study the effect of antioxidants on freezer storage stability of mackerel fillets. 4. Develop selenium methodology. 5. Analyze fish/ shellfish tissue samples for polynu- clear hydrocarbons, chlorinated pesticides, and PCBs collected in the northeast. 6. Confirm the presence of suspected carcinogenic/ mutagenic compounds in selective extracts by gas chromatograph/ mass spectrometer. 7. Investigate new methodology for rapid more ef- ficient analysis of organic contaminants. Page 57 National Systematics Laboratory National Systematics CONTACT: Bruce Collette NEC, Washington, D.C. OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED PRODUCTS IN FY90 Lay a foundation for species identification of crusta- 1. Completed revisions of frigate tunas (Auxis), and ceans, squids, and fishes so that species harvested or double-lined mackerels (Gramtwtorcynus). important in the ecosystem can be correctly identi- fied. 2. Publication on western Atlantic sand lance (Am- ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES IN FY90 modytes). 3. Exhibit on lobsters in U.S. trade for lobby of 1. Continue revision of Fishe's of the Gulf of Maine. National Museum of Natural History. 2. Continue revision of tonguefishes. 4. Publication of list of common and scientific names of North American decapod crustaceans. 3. Continue clupeoid studies with work on Gulf of 5. Manuscript on the use of ontogenetic characters Mexico Sardinella. in cephalopod systematics. 4. Continue revision of western Atlantic mud shrimps. 6. Manuscript on shrinkage of preserved Illex. 5. Study deep-water crustaceans of Guam and the 7. Proceedings of cephalopod systematics sympo- Mariannas Islands. sium. 6. Continue cataloguing penaeoid shrimp genera 8. Manuscript on loliginid section of results of and subgenera. Cephalopod International Advisory Council Workshop. I Page 59 1 Vessel Schedules and I Contacts I - - - m 11 I I I I I I I I I I I I II I Page 61 Northeast Fisheries- Center Cruise Schedules for FY1990 Vessel Base Contact R/V Delaware II Woods Hole, MA H.C. Boyar (508) 548-5123, x235 FrS 840-1235 R/V Chap?mn Pascagoula, MS R/V Oregon II Pascagoula, ms ti R / V Ky"m Sandy Hook, NJ Andrew Draxler (201) 872-3000, x254 FrS 342-8254 R/V Shang Wheeler Nfilford, Cr Anthony Calabrese (203) 783-4240 FrS 642-5240 Cruise schedules included in this publication are tentative and subject to change. Page 62 R/V Delaware 11 FY 1990 Cruise No. of Investigation Cruise Number Days Period 89-06 (ID 12 Autumn Bottom Trawl Survey Oct 2-13 89-06 (Ul) Oct 16-27 89-07 12 Larval Herring Survey Oct 30-Nov 10 89-08 10 Skate Feeding Study (UMA) Nov 13-22 89-09(l) 12 Larval Herring/Sand Lance Survey Nov 27-Dec 8 89-09(11) 9 Dec 11-19 90-01 16 Larval Herring/Sand Lance Survey Jan 4-19 90-02 12 Trawl Door Testing Jan 29-Feb 9 90-03 11 O-Group Herring Survey Feb 20-Mar 2 90-04 (1) 19 Spring Bottom Trawl Survey Mar 5-23 90-04 (Il) 12 Mar 26-Apr 6 90-04 (UP 10 Apr 9-18 90-05 12 Larval Herring/Sand Lance Condition Survey Apr 29-May 4 90-06 12 Mackerel Feeding Study May 7-18 (75) MAJOR SHIPYARD REPAIR 90-07 12 Food Habits Study Aug 6-17 90-08 8 Open Ocean Dumping (UCr) Aug 21-28 90-09(r) 19 Autumn Bottom Trawl Survey Sep 10-28 Page 63 R/V Chapman FY 1990 No. of Investigation Cruise Days Period 9 Travel Jun 21-29 12 Food Habits Study Jul 2-13 12 Harbor Porpoise Survey Jul 16-27 12 Jul 30-Aug 10 9 Travel Aug 13-21 P./V Oregon 11 FY 1990 No. of Investigation Cruise Days Period 8 Travel Jul 17-24 10 Sea Scallop Survey Jul 26-Aug 4 15 Aug 7-21 8 Travel Aug 23-30 Page 64 R/V KyMa FY 1990 No. of Cruise Days Investigation Period 3 Clam contaminants survey Oct 2-4, 1989 2 Lamont Doherty suspended sediments Oct 5-6 3 12-Mile Dumpsite Oct 10,12,13 1 Lobster disease & tag Oct 16 1 Water column Oct 17 3 Flounder Oct 23-25 2 12-Mile Dumpsite Oct 26-27 I Lobster disease & tag Oct 30 2 Core, water column Oct 31 -Nov 1 4 12-Mile Dumpsite Nov 6-9 5 Lobster disease & tag Nov 13-17 I Water column Nov 21 I Lobster disease & tag Nov 27 4 Scallops Nov 28-Dec 1 I 12,Mile Dumpsite Dec 4 1 Scallops Dec 7 1 Rutgers Sea Grant Dec 11 1 Oyster contamination certification maintenance Dec 12 1 Diving Dec 14 I Water column Dec 19 3 Lobster disease & tag Dec 26-28 Page 65 R/V Shang WIheeler FY 1990 The R/V Shang Whaler sails from the Milford Laboratoryin Milford, CTinto various areas of LongIsland Sound approximately 160 to 180 days per year. The frequency and station locations are determined by program needs. The trips are almost always 10 hours or less in duration, although the vessel will occasionally tie-up overnight at the extreme ends of the Sound for special projects lasting two or three days. Oct - Nov Winter flounder collections (biological studies) Hard clam studies (recruitment) Dec - Mar Winter flounder collections (reproductive success) Apr - May Lobster collections (reproductive success) Jun - Aug Hard clam experiments (recruitment) I . Page 67 1 NEFC Publications 1988 I i I I , I I 111 I - I I I I 11 I I - I I I -- -- Page 69 PUBLICATIONS IN Kendall, eds. Science, law, and Hudson River PEER-REVIEWED MEDIA power plants: a case study in environmental impact assessment. Amer. Fish. Soc. Monogr. 4. Abel, K.W., M.P. FAHAY, and D.F. Markle. 1986. Brown, C., W. BLOGOSLAWSIQ, and L.P. TETTEL- Development of larval snailfishes (Pisces: Cy- BACH. 1988. Enumeration and identification of clopteridae- Liparidinae) from the western North heterotrophic bacteria on oyster grounds of Long Atlantic. Can. J. Zool. 64: 2294-2316. Island Sound. 1. Shellfish Res. 7(3): 479-482. Able, K.W., K.L. Heck, Jr., M.P. FAHAY, and C.T. Brown, C. and L.P. TETTLEBACH. 1988. Characteri- Roman. 1988. Use of salt-marsh peat reefs by zation of a nonmotile Vibrio sp. pathogenic to larvae of Mercenaria mercenaria and Crassostrea small juvenile lobsters on Cape Cod, Massachu- Zn.rgi.nica. Aquaculture 74: 195-204. setts. Estuaries 11(2): 83-86. Buchanan, C.C., R.B. Stone, and F.W. STEIMLE. 1988. Almeida, S.P., R.W. Wygant, A. JEARLD, JR., and J.A. Marine recreational boat fishery of the New York PENTITLA. 1987. Optical Fourier transform Bight apex in 1971. A4ar. Fish. Rev. 50(2): 6-19. characterization of fish scale age. Appl. Opt. 26(12): BUCKLEY, L.J., and F.J. Bulow. 1987. Techniques for 2299-2305. the estimation of RNA, DNA, and protein in fish. 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To- the first six months of Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, ward a theory on biological-physical interactions and haddock Melanogrammus aegloinus, based on . the world ocean. Kluwer Academic Publishers, daily otolith increments. Fish. Bull., U.S. 86(2): in 223-235. Dodrecht, The Netherlands. BOREMAN, J. 1988. Book review of C.L. Smith. COHN, M., P. Olsen, J.B. MAHONEY, and E. Feerst. Fisheries research in the Hudson River. State 1988. Occurrence of the dinoflagellate, Gonyaulax University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. 407 tamarensis, in New Jersey. Bull. N.J. Am& Sci. pp. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 117(5): 317-318. 33(2): 45-49. BOREMAN, J., and C.P. Goodyear. 1988. Estimates CROSBY LONGWELL, A. 1988. Fish embryos: prac- of entrainment mortality for striped bass and tical indicators of environmental quality of sig- other fish species inhabiting the Hudson River nificance to fisheries. Water Resour. Bull. 24(5): Estuary. Pages 152-160 in L.W. Barrithouse, R.J. 999-1005. Klauda, D.S. 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Pages 326-328 in Abstracts of the Space Life Sciences Symposium on Three I I Page 79 1 NEFC Data Directory I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I Page 80 List@rtg of Data Sets by Data Groups DATA GROUP DATA SET NAME NERFIS-DATA NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO SYSTEM DB ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FRS-FINANCL FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM (FRS) FRS-FISCAL-YR FRS FISCAL YEAR MODULES FRS-FY-OPS FRS FY OPERATIONS BIO-ENV BIOENVIRONMENTAL RESEA RCH-CRU RESEARCH CRUISE BT-SURVEY BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY CRUISE FOOD-HABITS FOOD HABITS STOMACH CONTENTS OFF-SHORE-SV OFF SHORE GROUNDFISH SURVEYS IN-SHORE-SV IN SHORE GROUNDFISH SURVEYS SHELLFISH-SV SHELLFISH SURVEYS SHRIMP-SV SHRIMP SURVEY SURV-AGE BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY AGE DATA SURV-MATUR BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY MATURITY DATA CRUISE-DESC RESEARCH CRUISE SUPPORT FILES MAN-UNDERSEA MAN UNDERSEA OBSERVATIONS (MURT) OCEAN-MONITR OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS (NEMP/PULSE) BENECO-DATA NEMP: BENTHIC ECOLOGY DATA BIOCHEM-DATA NEMP:BIOCHEMISTRY DATA BOXYCON-DATA NEMP: SEABED OXYGEN CONSUMPTION DATA CALORIM-DATA NEMP: BENTHIC CALORIMETRY DATA CHLORO-DATA NEMP: CHLOROPHYLL DATA HYDROGR-DATA NEMP: HYDROGRAPHIC LOG DATA MICRBIO-DATA NEMP: MICROBIOLOGY DATA NUTCHEM-DATA NEMP: NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY DATA PHYSIOL-DATA NEMP: PHYSIOLOGY DATA PHYTO-DATA NEMP: PHYTOPLANKTON DATA PLATFRM-DATA NEMP: BRIDGE LOG FILE-PLATFORM PRIPROD-DATA NEMP: PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY DATA WATCOL-DATA NEMP: WATER COLUMN RESPIRATION DATA CATCH EFFORT CATCH EFFORT DATA FOREIGN-CTCH FOREIGN COMMERCIAL CATCH-EFFORT REC-FISH RECREATIONAL FISHERIES DATA U.S.CATCH-EF U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES BIO-SAMPLES COMMERCIAL AGE AND LENGTH SAMPLES AGE-SAMPLES COMMERCIAL AGE SAMPLES LENGTH-SAMP COMMERCIAL LENGTH SAMPLES COM-LANDINGS COMMERCIAL LANDINGS INTERVIEWS LANDINGS INTERVIEW DATA JOINT-VENT US-FOREIGN JOINT VENTURE DATA MAINE-SARDNE MAINE SARDINE FISHERIES SARDINE-CE MAINE SARDINE CATCH EFFORT SARDINE-SAMP MAINE SARDINE SAMPLES STATE-BULLTN STATE BULLETIN LANDINGS DATA STATE-BUL-MO STATE BULLETIN MONTHLY LANDINGS DATA STATE-BUL-YR STATE BULLETIN YEARLY LANDINGS DATA SEA-SAMPLING SEA SAMPLING OBSERVATIONS Page 81 WEIGHOUTS LANDINGS WEIGHOUT DATA INDUST-SAMP INDUSTRIAL SAMPLES DATA WEIGHOUT-DET COMMERCIAL WEIGHOUT DETAIL DATA WEIGHOUT-SUM COMMERCIAL WEIGHOUT SUMMARIZED DATA OCEAN-SHELL OCEAN SHELLFISH LOGBOOKS OPERTNG-UNIT OPERATING UNITS CG-VESS-FILE COAST GUARD VESSEL FILE MSTR-VESS MASTER VESSEL DATA NERP-VESS NERPS VESSEL FILES VESSEL-LOGS VESSEL LOGBOOKS FOR REGULATED SPEC DATA-MANAGE DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT NERDOC-DATA NE REGIONAL DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM NERREPS-DATA NORTHEAST REGIONAL REPORTS SYSTEM LEGAL-ENFCMT LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ENFORCE-PLAN ENFORCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLANS EMIS-DATA ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INFO SYSTEM NERCEMS-DATA NE REG CATCH & EFFORT MANAGEMENT SYS NERENS-DATA NE REGIONAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM NERPS-DA TA NE REGIONAL PERMIT SYSTEM FOREIGN-C/E FOREIGN CATCH/ EFFORT DATA CAMS-DATA CATCH AND ALLOCATION MONITORING SYS FOBOC-DATA FOREIGN OBSERVER COST SYSTEM DATA NERODS-DATA NE REGIONAL OBSERVER DATA TECHNCL-DATA TECHNICAL QUALITY PROCESSING OF FISH PCB-SHELLFSH PCB-HYDROCARBONS IN SHELLFISH/ CRABS TREAT-QUALTY STORAGE TREATMENTS VS FISH QUALM Page 82 Northeast Fisheries Center Data Directory DATA SET: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ness of management measures. (Nationally coordi- CODE: 106 nated.) LAB: WH ABBREV: ADMIN CONTACT: GERRIOR, P. SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO DATA SET: CATCH EFFORT DATA SYSTEM DB CODE: 102 ABSTRACT: These data sets support the Center and ABBREV: CATCH EFFORT laboratory administrative functions. Includes the SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO Financial Reporting System (FRS) which tracks labor SYSTEM DB and other expenses against budget plan. ABSTRACT: The source of this data separates it from LAB: NE other NMFS biological data: commercial fisheries CONTACT: LAIRD, M. catch and effort statistics, from U.S. and foreign fleets. DATA SET. BIOENVIRONMENTAL Subsets include Northeast and Mid-Atlantic ports, CODE: 101 Maine sardine fishery, logbooks for regulated species, ABBREV: BIO-ENV operating units (vessels) characteristics, and foreign reporting. Variables include species type, catch, value, SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO effort, area and time fished. Length, age, industrial SYSTEM DB samples. In general, data automated since 1964. ABSTRACT: The source of this data separates it from LAB: WH other NMFS biological and environmental measure- CONTACT: CHRISTENSEN, D. ments: planned, scientific experiments, mostly with research survey cruises as the platform. Species catch DATA SET: COAST GUARD VESSEL FILE composition, age, length, environment, chemical, CODE: 255 oceanographic, stress, migration. ABBREV: CG-VESS-FILE LAB: NE SYSTEM: OPERATING UNITS CONTACT: HEYERDAHL, E. ABSTRACT: This is the USCG file of registered mer- DATA SET: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY chant vessel information. Data includes vessel iden- CRUISE tification and characteristics for all merchant vessels, CODE: 201 fishing or otherwise, over 5 gross tons in the United ABBREV: BT-SURVEY States. DC SYSTEM: RESEARCH CRUISE LAB: ABSTRACT: Groundfish survey cruises since 1963, CONTACT: PALMER, J. offshore and inshore, follow stratified random sarn- DATA SET. COMMERCIAL AGE SAMPLES pling. U.S. vessels Albatross, Delaware, and joint CODE: 260 surveys with other nations. Species catch composi- ABBREV: AGE-SAMPLES tion, weight, number, length distribution by tow. Age SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LENGTH AND AGE samples, some species. Tow environment. Some SAMPLES stomachs. (Other experiments by special request, ABSTRACT: Contains number of catch per age inter- automated with this data set.) val at length and sex of commercial samples. Data LAB: WH includes catch characteristics such as date, area, gear CONTACT: AZAROVITZ T. depth, tonclass, and landed port. Catches from 1969 DATA SET. CATCH AND ALLOCATION to present in the Northwest Atlantic are in the auto- MONITORING SYS mated files. CODE: 503 LAB: WH ABBREV: CAMS-DATA CONTACT: PALMER, J. SYSTEM: FOREIGN CATCH/ EFFORT DATA ABSTRACT: Files contain catch/effort data reported by designated foreign officers, the NMFS Observer Program and NMFS/USGC enforcement officers. These files also contain foreign allocation and fishing area data. This data supports two tasks: 1) monitoring the progress of the fisheries and assessing the effective- Page 83 DATA SET: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS DATA SET: COMMERCIAL WEIGHOUT CODE: 246 SUMMARIZED DATA ABBREV: COM-LANDINGS CODE: 263 SYSTEM: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ABBREV: WEIGHOUT-SUM SYSTEM: LANDINGS WEIGHOUT DATA ABSTRACT: Contains weight, value, effort and other ABSTRACT: Contains summarized catch effort infor- catch characteristics of commercial landings in the mation collected through the N.E. Regional Weighout Northeast region. Data is maintained at various levels System. Catch volume and value are summed across of detail from the actual fishing vessel's activity in a days in the month, vessel within ton class and market particular area to aggregation of a species catch to a category within species. Resulting levels of aggrega- state. tion are catch and value by month, port, gear ton class, LAB: WH area and species. Data goes back to 1966. CONTACT: PALMER, J. LAB: WH DATA SET: COMMERCIAL LENGTH AND CONTACT: PALMER, J. AGE SAM[PLES DATA SET: DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT CODE: 253 CODE: 107 ABBREV: BIO-SAMPLES ABBREV: DATA-MANAGE SYSTEM: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO ABSTRACT: Contains length and age-at-length data SYSTEM DB obtained from random samples of commercially caught ABSTRACT: Includes NEDESC (Northeast Descrip- fish. Data includes age, length, and sex for landed tion), on-line documentation files, software source species by area and gear. Species sampled include and executable modules, computer system usage sta- cod, haddock, pollock, redfish, hake, flounders, her- tistics, and other data used to manage NERFIS. ring, mackerel, squid, and shellfish. Automated data LAB: NE is back to 1%9. CONTACT: HEYERDAHL, E. LAB: WH CONTACT: PALMER, J. DATA SET: ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT INFO SYSTEM DATA SET- COMMERCIAL LENGTH CODE: 504 SAMPLES ABBREV: EMIS-DATA CODE: 261 SYSTEM: ENFORCEMENT OF MANAGE- ABBREV: LENGTH-SAMP MENTPLANS SYSTEM: COMWRCIAL LENGTH AND AGE ABSTRACT: EMIS data files contain violation, sight- SAMPLES in& foreign permit, foreign check-in and check-out, ABSTRACT: Contains number of catch per length and enforcement personnel data. Data are used as a interval by sex of commercial samples. Includes catch reference in several data entry, data editin& and characteristics such as date, area, gear, depth, ton- summary report programs. Programs produce ad class, number of males and number of females in hoc and summary reports for enforcement, manage- sample, and total sample numbers and weights. Data ment and the public constituency. (Nationally coordi- goes back to 1%9. nated) LAB: WH LAB: RO CONTACT: PALMER, J. CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. DATA SET. COMMERCIAL WEIGHOUT DATA SET: ENFORCEMENT OF DETAIL DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS CODE: 262 CODE: 521 ABBREV: WEIGHOUT-DET ABBREV: ENFORCE-PLAN SYSTEM: LANDINGS WEIGHOUT DATA SYSTEM: LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ABSTRACT: Contains detailed catch and effort infor- ABSTRACT: Data to support enforcement of fisheries mation collected through the N.E. Regional Weighout management plans. Violation, sighting, foreign per- System. This is the detail subset of the weighout data. mit, foreign check-in/out data related to effort-re- Catch volume and value for each species is kept by strictive matters. vessel subtrips (vessel, gear, depth fished, area, and LAB: RO date. CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. LAB: WH CONTACT: PALMER, J. Page 84 DATA SET: FINANCIALREPORTING SYSTEM DATA SET: FOREIGN CATCTVEFFORT DATA CODE: 130 CODE: 520 ABBREV: FRS-FINANCL ABBREV: FOREIGN-C/E SYSTEM: ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM: LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ABSTRACT: Catch/effort data reported by desig- ABSTRACT: Data used by FRS to monitor budgeted nated foreign officials, NMFS observer program and spending in NEFC. Lab, division, task, CYOP levels. NMFS/USCG enforcement officials. Foreign alloca- Commitments, encumbrances, labor, personnel, tasks, tion and fishing area data C/E data reported by budget plan. vessels and/or processors/ dealers. LAB: WH LAB: WH CONTACT: LAIRD, M. CONTACT: GERRIOR, P. DATA SET: FOOD HABITS STOMACH DATA SET: IRS FISCAL YEAR MODULES CONTENTS CODE: 131 CODE: 202 ABBREV: FRS-FISCAL-YR ABBREV: FOOD-HABITS SYSTEM: FINANCIAL REPORTING SYSTEM SYSTEM: BOTTOMTRAWL SURVEY CRUISE ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT: Stomachs have been collected on survey LAB: WH cruises since 1963, in three separate studies. The CONTACT: LAIRD, M. contents are analyzed for prey species type and count. Twenty-eight major predators, limited data on total DATA SET: FRS FY OPERATIONS 104. There is a different file structure for each of the CODE: 132 three studies. ABBREV: FRS-FY LAB: WH SYSTEM: FRS FISCAL YEAR MODULES CONTACT: MICHAELS, W. ABSTRACT: LAB: WH DATA SET. FOREIGN COM34ERCIAL CONTACT: LAIRD, M. CATCH-EFFORT CODE: Z45 DATA SET: INSHORE GROUNDFISH SUR- ABBREV: FOREIGN-CTCH VEYS SYSTEM: CATCH EFFORT DATA CODE: 204 ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. ABBREV: IN-SHORE-SV LAB: WH SYSTEM: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY CRUISE CONTACT: PALMER, J. ABSTRACT: Inshore groundfish surveys cover area from Cape Ann, MA to Cape Fear, N.C., depths DATA SET: FOREIGN OBSERVER COST approximate, from 5 to 15 fathoms. Seasonal cruises SYSTEM DATA on regular basis since 1972 species catch composition: CODE: 505 weight, number at length, age, each tow. Environ- ABBREV: FOBOC-DATA mental data also by tow. Seasonal cruises. SYSTEM: FOREIGN CATCH/ EFFORT DATA LAB: WH A 'BSTRACT: Foreign observer cost system data files CONTACT: AZAROVITZ, T. contain observer deployment and cost data as pro- vided by regional observer programs. (Nationally DATA SET: INDUSTRIAL SAMPLES DATA coordinated.) CODE: 252 LAB: WH ABBREV: E@JDUST-SAMP CONTACT: GERRIOR, P. SYSTEM: LANDINGS WEIGHOUT DATA ABSTRACT: Volume, species composition, and catch characteristics of samples of commercial landings sold as industrial for reduction. Data includes fishing effort date location, gear used, port landed, and depth of catch. LAB: WH CONTACT: PALMER, J. Page 85 DATA SET: LANDINGS INTERVIEW DATA DATA SET: MAINE SARDINE CATCH EFFORT CODE: Z50 CODE: Z47 ABBREV: INTERVIEWS ABBREV: SARDINE-CE SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS SYSTEM: MAINE SARDINE FISHERIES ABSTRACT: Contains detailed catch and effort infor- ABSTRACT: Contains catch effort information for the mation obtained from interviews with fishing vessel Maine herring fishery. Data includes catch date, captains upon landing. Includes weight and number location, volume, gear used, plant sold to and number caught, days fishing effort expended by area to min- of cases processed. ute squares, and catch characteristics such as vessel LAB: WE identification, ton class, depth, port of landing, num- CONTACT: ANTHONY, V. ber and average duration of tows, and mesh size. Most of these data are identical to those on the weig- DATA SET: MAINE SARDINE FISHERIES hout detail except for more detailed location, depth, CODE: Z41 days absent, and time of day data and hail. Data goes ABBREV: MAINE-SARDNE back to 1971. SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS LAB: WH ABSTRACT: Sardine (herring) catch effort informa- CONTACT: PALMER, J. tion is obtained under agreement with the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Landings, effort, DATA SET: LANDINGS WEIGHOUT DATA and age and length biological sample data is main- CODE: 249 tained on tape files at the Woods Hole Lab. ABBREV: WEIGHOUTS LAB: WH SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS CONTACT: ANTHONY, V. ABSTRACT: Contains detailed and summarized catch and effort information regarding all commercially DATA SET: MAINE SARDINE SAMPLES landed catches obtained by the N.E. Regional Weig- CODE: Z48 hout System since 1964. Data includes number and ABBREV: SARDINE-SAMP weight of each species caught for vessel trips by SYSTEM: MAINE SARDINE FISHERIES subtrips. The basic collection unit of subtrips is de- ABSTRACT: Contains biological age-length samples fined as a particular vessel fishing area, gear, depth, of Maine herring. Data includes date and location of landing date, combination identifying data consist of catch, age, length, and various physical dimensions of landing port, vessel ton class, main species sought, the fish. and total subtrip catch. The several data files that LAB: WH make up this group contain different levels of aggre- CONTACT: ANTHONY, V. gation of the basic collection units. LAB: WH DATA SET: MAN UNDERSEA CONTACT: PALMER, J. OBSERVATIONS CODE: Z08 DATA SET: LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ABBREV: MAN-UNDERSEA CODE: 104 SYSTEM: RESEARCH CRUISE ABBREV: LEGAL-ENFCMT ABSTRACT: This -data set comprises photos of fish SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO communities taken at assorted locations, usually SYSTEM DB coordinated with survey stations at which other ex- ABSTRACT: This data is maintained by the North- periments were conducted. When automated, will east Regional Office to support the enforcement of contain counts by species. fisheries management plans involving foreign na- LAB: WH tions. Includes participation in national level data for CONTACT: SHERMAN, K catch-allocations (CAMS) enforcement (EMIS). Ob- servers on foreign vessels. LAB: RO CONTACT: ROE, R. Page 86 DATA SET: MASTER VESSEL DATA DATA SET: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO CODE: 256 SYSTEM DB ABBREV: MSTR-VESS CODE: 100 SYSTEM: OPERATING UNITS ABBREV: NERFIS-DATA ABSTRACT: Containsinformation about fishingvessels SYSTEM: whose catch has been entered into the weighout sys- ABSTRACT: Automated data sets cover all NMFS tem since approximately 1972. Data includes identifi- data in Northeast Center and Region under purview cation, home port, size, age, gear, horsepower, and of regional database manager, with responsibility to limited fishing activity data. protect, archive, and make available to authorized LAB: WH investigators. Data is in seven categories: bioenviron- CONTACT: PALMEI;@ J. ment catch/ effort, socio-economic, legal-enforcement, enforcement, technical, administrative, and data DATA SET: NE REG CATCH & EFFORT management. MANAGEMENT SYS LAB:NE CODE: 506 CONTACT: HEYERDAHL, E. ABBREV: NERCEMS-DATA SYSTEM: ENFORCEMENT OF MANAGE- DATA SET: NE REGIONAL OBSERVER DATA MENTPLANS; CODE: 508 ABSTRACT- NERCEMS data files contain catch/ ABBREV: NERODS-DATA effort data reported by vessel and/or by processors/ SYSTEM: FOREIGN CATCH/ EFFORT DATA dealers. They contain data relating to effort-restric- ABSTRACT: Summarized catch data from observers tive measures. The data support the status of man- aboard foreign vessels. Data originates from each aged fisheries for enforcement and management and deployment, general deployment data, deployment are used for assessing effectiveness of management. cost data, and observer program personnel data. LAB: RO LAB: WH CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. CONTACT: GERRIOR, P. DATA SET: NE REGIONAL DATA SET: NE REGIONAL PERMIT SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM CODE: 509 CODE: 501 ABBREV: NERPS-DATA ABBREV: NERDOC-DATA SYSTEM: ENFORCEMENT OF MANAGE- SYSTEM: DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT MENTPLANS ABSTRACT: Document the variables files and sys- ABSTRACT: NERPS data for permitted domestic tems contained within the Regional Office component fishing vessels as required by federal regulations. of the Northeast Regional Fisheries Information Sys- Data files contain names and addresses of vessel tem. The system consists of a file for each level of the owners, vessel characteristics, and fisheries for which data base structure (variables, files, systems) and of vessels are permitted. Data are used as reference by files used for cross-referencing between levels of the domestic catch entry, enforcement, and summary structure. Programs are used for editing, entry, and report programs. Programs produce reports for reporting documentation material. management and enf6rce'ment and they produce federal LAB: RO fisheries permits and mailing lists. CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. LAB: RO CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. DATA SET: NE REGIONAL ENFORCEMENT S'YSTEM DATA SET. NEW. BENTHIC CALORIMETRY CODE: 507 DATA ABBREV: NERENS-DATA CODE: 408 SYSTEM: ENFORCEMENT OF ABBREV: CALORIM-DATA MANAGEMENT PLANS SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS ABSTRACT: Data collected by NMFS/USCG en- NEMP/PULSE forcement officers during boardings of fishing vessels ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. and during shoreside activities. They contain data LAB: SH relative to the conduct of regional enforcement activi- CONTACT: WILK S. ties. For data outside the purview of EMIS. LAB: RO CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. Page 87 DATA SET: MEW: BENTHIC ECOLOGY DATA SET: NENT: CHLOROPHYLL DATA DATA CODE: 404 CODE: 411 ABBREV: CHLORO-DATA ABBREV: BENECO-DATA SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS NEMP/PULSE NEMP/PULSE ABSTRACT: Chlorophyll data include the instru- ABSTRACT: Benthic ecology data include values ment reading, calibration and reagent values neces- necessary for the computation of species abundance sary for the calculation of volumetric plant pigment and vital statistics for benthic organisms. The key to values. These data are collected in conjunction with linking other research data to benthic ecology is CRUISE. nutrient chemistry, primary productivity, and hydro- CRUISE is a composite of VESSEL IDENTIFICA- graphic log data: the four identical values for CRUISE TION, YEAR, CRUISE-NUM, and CRUISE-STA. A and DEPTH represent synoptic samples. The key to unique combination of values for these element is linking chlorophyll data with other research is CRUISE. recorded each time a ship stops to allow sampling. CRUISE is a composite of VESSEL IDENTIFICA- Each cruise is accompanied by one set of BENECO- TION, YEAR, CRUISE-NUM AND CRUISE-STA. A INFO. LAB: SH unique combination of values for these elements is CONTACT: REID, R. recorded each time a ship stops to allow samples. Each cruise is accompanied by one set of CHLORO- DATA SET: NENT: BIOCHEMISTRY DATA INFO DATA. Chlorophyll data are linked by DEPTH CODE: 406 and by CRUISE to hydrographic log and nutrient ABBREV: BIOCHEM-DATA chemistry data, and linked by DEPTH and FRAC- SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS TION to primary productivity data. It should be NEMP/PULSE noted that there is a one-to-one correspondence among ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. the respondence; among depths is not one-to-one; LAB: e.g, only some of the HYDRO-DEPTH values corre- CONTACT: THURBERG, F. spond to CHLORO-DEPTH values. LAB: SH CONTACT: ZETLIN, C. DATA SET: NEW: BRIDGE LOG FILE-FLATFORM DATA SET: NEW: HYDROGRAPHIC CODE: 403 LOG DATA ABBREV: PLATFRM-DATA CODE: 415 SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS ABBREV: HYDROGR-DATA NEMP/PULSE SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS ABSTRACT: The bridge log of a ship contains data NEMP/PULSE relative to the time, location, and environment of each ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. sampling effort: these data are recorded each time a LAB: SH vessel stops to allow samples to be taken. In addition, CONTACT: WILK S. data describing fishing effort are recorded. The bridge log data (time and location) are of interest to all DATA SET- NEW: NUCROBIOLOGY DATA research activities that occur concomitantly with a CODE: 409 particular ship's movements. CRUISE is the key to ABBREV: MICRBIO-DATA linking other research data to bridge log data. It is a SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS composite of VESSEL IDENTIFICATION, YEAR, NEMP/PULSE CRUISE-NUM AND CRUISE-STA. Each cruise is ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. accompanied by one set of PLATFORM-INFO data LAB: MI and one or more sets of TRAWL INFO data. Each set CONTACT: Thurber& F. of TRAWL-INFO is uniquely identified by CRUISE and TRAWL-NUM. DATA SET. NEW: NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY LAB: SH DATA CONTACT: STEIMLE, F. CODE: 414 ABBREV: NUTCHEM-DATA SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS NEMP/PULSE ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. LAB: SH CONTACT: WILK S. Page 88 DATA SET: NFI@ff: PHYSIOLOGY DATA corresponding primary productivity depth value. CODE: 407 Because of the lack of exact correspondence among ABBREV: PHYSIOL-DATA the depth data, unique names for this attribute have SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS been assigned. Each unique combination of CRUISE NEMP/PULSE and PRIPROD-DEPTH is accompanied by one set of ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. PRIPROD-PARAMS data; physical, and chemical LAB: MI measurements in addition to CRUISE and DEPTH, CONTACT: THURBERG, F. productivity is linked to chlorophyll data by FRAC- TION. The values of FRACTION represent those DATA SET: NEMP: PHYTOPLANKTON DATA filtrates of sea water upon which measurements are CODE: 410 made. Although the three filtrates are the same for ABBREV: PHYTO-DATA both data sets, they are represented differently as SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS coded data: therefore, a unique name has been sup- NEMP/PULSE plied for each data set. Primary productivity samples ABSTRACT: Phytoplankton data include values are collected in replicate, typically, two replicates at a necessary for the calculation of species abundance of time, (PRIPROD-REP) for each unique combination of phytoplankton organisms. The key to linking other the values for CRUISE, PRIPROD-DEPTH, PROD- research data to phytoplankton data is CRUISE. CRUISE FRACT, and PRIPROD-REP (one set of PRIPROD- is a combination of VESSEL IDENTIFICATION, YEAR, VALUES is collected). CRUISE-NUM and CRUISE-STA. A unique combi- LAB: SH nation of values for these elements is recorded each CONTACT: O'REILLY, J. time a ship stops to allow sampling. Each cruise is ac- companied by one set of PHYTO-INFO data, thus: DATA SET. NEMP: SEABED OXYGEN PHYTO-INFO is composed of CRUISE, PHYTO-STA, CONSUWTION DATA AND PHYTO-CONFAC. For each cruise the number CODE: 413 of species (PHYTO-SP) are counted in replicate plank- ABBREV: BOXYCON-DATA ton samples (PHYTO-REP). Each unique combina- SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS tion of cruise PHYTO-REP and PHYTO-SP is accom- NEMP/PULSE panied by one set of PHYTO-VALUES, thus: PHYTO ABSTRACT: This data set is not yet automated. VALUES is composed of PHYTO-REP count. LAB: SH LAB: SH CONTACT: WILK S. CONTACT: WILK S. DATA SET: NEMP: WATER COLUMN DATA SET: NEW: PRIMARYPRODUL-rIVITY RESPIRATION DATA DATA CODE: 412 CODE: 405 ABBREV: WATCOL-DATA ABBREV: PRIPROD-DATA SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS SYSTEM: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS NEMP/PULSE NEMP/PULSE ABSTRACT: Includes values that enable computa- ABSTRACT: Primary productivity data include ra- tion and interpretation of oxygen depletion rate in sea dioactive disintegration counts and reagent fixing water. The key to linking other research data to water necessary for the calculation of a real fixation of column respiration data is CRUISE. CRUISE is a carbon by marine plants. These data are collected in composite of VESSEL IDENTIFICATION, YEAR, conjunction with nutrient chemistry data. The four CRUISE-NUM, and CRUISE-STA. A unique combi- identical values for cruise and depth represent synop- nation of values for these elements is recorded each tic samples. The key to linking primary productivity time a ship stops to allow sampling. Each cruise is data with other research data has been designated as accompanied by one set of WATCOL-INFO. Respira- CRUISE. CRUISE is a composite of VESSEL IDENTI- tion is measured at multiple depths (WATCOLDEPTH) FICATION, YEAR, CRUISE-NUM and CRUISE-STA. for each cruise. Each unique combination of values A unique combination of values for these elements is for CRUISE and WATCOL-DEPTH is accompanied recorded each time a ship stops to allow sampling. by one set of WATCOL-PARAMS, physical and chemi- Each cruise is accompanied by one set of PRIPROD- cal measurements, and one set of WATCOL-VAL- INFO. Primary productivity data are linked by CRUISE UES. and DEPTH to hydrographic log, nutrient chemistry LAB: SH and chlorophyll data. The correspondence of values CONTACT: PHOEL, W. for depth among these data sets is not one-to-one. For example, hydrographic depth values do not all have a Page 89 DATA SET: NERPS VESSEL FILES DATA SET: OFF SHORE GROUNDFISH CODE: 257 SURVEYS ABBREV: NERP-VESS CODE: 203 SYSTEM: OPERATING UNITS ABBREV: OFF-SHORE-SV ABSTRACT: This data set contains and entry for each SYSTEM: BOTTOMTRAWL SURVEY CRUISE permitted fishing vessel, with vessel characteristics. ABSTRACT: Offshore groundfish surveys cover area LAB: GL from Cape Fear (N.C.) to Nova Scotia in depths 27 m CONTACT: PALMER, J. (15 fathoms) and over. Automated since 1963. U.S. and foreign research vessels. Species catch composi- DATA SET: NORTHEAST REGIONAL tion: weight, number at length, age, each tow. Envi- REPORTS SYSTEM ronmental data also by tow. Seasonal cruises. CODE: 502 LAB: VVH ABBREV: NERREPS-DATA CONTACT: AZAROVITZ, T. SYSTEM: DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ABSTRACT: NE Regional Report system data sup- DATA SET: OPERATING UNITS ports documentation of generation and distribution CODE: 244 of standard NEREIS reports. Data files contain gen- ABBREV: OPERTNG-UNIT eral information on each report, run instructions, SYSTEM: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES NEREIS distribution lists, and format commands for ABSTRACT: The various data files that make up this standard title pages, title headings, and page head- group contain information regarding the vessels that ings. Programs produce reports listings, report de- are currently or have previously engaged in commer- scriptions, report run instructions, report distribution cial fishing in the Northwest Atlantic. Data includes fists, and report tickler files. vessel identification, characteristics, required crew, LAB: RO and limited data effort. CONTACT: REIDMAN, R. LAB: WH CONTACT: PALMER, J. DATA SET: OCEAN SHELLFISH LOGBOOKS CODE: 243 DATA SET: PCB-HYDROCARBONS ABBREV: OCEAN-SHELL IN-SHELLFISH CRABS SYSTEM: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CODE: 601 ABSTRACT: Contains shellfish catch-effort data ABBREV: PCB-SHELLFSH submitted by fishermen and landings data submitted SYSTEM: TECHNICAL QUALITY by shellfish processors in a given year. Data includes PROCESSING OF FISH catch date, effort, location, volume, gear used, port of landing, and purchasing company. Vessel logbooks ABSTRACT. PCB and hydrocarbon analysis on samples for regulated species. of crabs and shellfish. Analysis on local microcom- LAB: ox puter, data archived with SEFC in Charleston, S.C. CONTACT: BREY, W. Sensitive nature of data requires special security. LAB: GL DATA SET: OCEAN MONITORING SURVEYS CONTACT: GADBOIS, D. NEMP/PULSE CODE: 402 DATA SET: RECREATIONAL FISHERIES ABBREV: OCEAN-MONITR DATA SYSTEM: RESEARCH CRUISE CODE: 800 ABSTRACT: Northeast Monitoring Program (NEW) ABBREV: REC-FISH and ocean pulse data support ocean pollution moni- SYSTEM: CATCH EFFORT DATA toring at approximately 140 stations along the conti- nental shelf from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine. ABSTRACT: Catch effort data from Atlantic and Gulf Automated data files are being developed for data intercepts of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statis- from bridge logs. Primary productivity, biochemical, fics Survey (MRFSS), for 1979-1986. physiologic, benthic, calorimetry, microbiology, phyto- LAB: WH plankton, benthic ecology, water column respiration, CONTACT: Heyerdahl, E. seabed oxygen consumption, nutrient chemistry and hydrographic. LAB: SH CONTACT: WILK S. Page 90 DATA SET: RESEARCH CRUISE DATA SET. STATE BULLETIN LANDINGS CODE: 120 DATA ABBREV: RESEARCH-CRU CODE: 251 SYSTEM: BIOENVIRONMENTAL ABBREV: STATE-BULLTN ABSTRACT: Research cruise data has been auto- SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS mated since 1962. Groundfish surveys measure spe- ABSTRACT: Consists of non-weighout landings data cies composition, length, age, distribution, environ- obtained from Washington's landing file for states not merit. Stomach samples. plankton, larval herring participating in the N.E. weighout program or from surveys, benthic communities, ocean monitoring, monthly and/or annual canvasses. Contains catch oceanographic surveys in more recent years. and value by month, dealer, gear used, and location LAB: NE caught. Other elements include water codes, price, CONTACT: HEYERDAHL, E. distance from shore, Washington species code and NAFO codes. Data goes back to 1974. DATA SET: RESEARCH CRUISE LAB: WE SUPPORT FILES CONTACT: PALMER, J. CODE: 123 ABBREV: CRUISE-DESC DATA SET: STATE BULLETIN MONTHLY SYSTEM: RESEARCH CRUISE LANDINGS DATA ABSTRACT: These data sets provide the keys to CODE: 258 relate the various subsets of research cruise data. ABBREV: STATE-BUL-MO Includes cruise descriptions; strata descriptions and SYSTEM: STATE BULLETIN LANDINGS definitions, species codes, names, L-W relationships; DATA number of tows per cruise-stratum; age sample loca- ABSTRACT: Provisional non-weighout landings data tor. received from Washington used as a supplement to LAB: NE the monthly weighout data. Contains catch and value CONTACT: HEYERDAHL, E. by month, dealer, gear used, and locale of catch. Other data includes water codes, price, distance from DATA SET: SHELL FISH SURVEYS shore, Washington and NAFO codes. Data presently CODE: 205 includes (81) catches from N.Y., N.J., V.A. AND R.I., ABBREV: SHELLFISH-SV but as more states are brought into the weighout SYSTEM: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY CRUISE system, this data set will involve data from fewer ABSTRACT: Shellfish surveys are of two types: qua- states. hogs and scallops. Conducted since 1976. Clams LAB: WH from Cape Hatteras, N.C. to Southern New England. CONTACT: PALMER, J. Scallops from Cape Hatteras to W. Georges Bank. Catch in weight, length (mm), age, also environmental DATA SET: STATE BULLETIN YEARLY data. LAB: WH LANDINGS DATA CONTACT: AZAROVITZ, T. CODE: 259 ABBREV: STATE-BUL-YR DATA SET: SHRMIP SURVIEY SYSTEM: STATE BULLETIN LANDINGS CODE: 2,06 DATA ABBREV: SHRIMP-SV ABSTRACT: The annual non-weighout landings data SYSTEM: BOTTOMTRAWL SURVEY CRUISE received from Washington. It represents catch infor- ABSTRACT: A subset of offshore groundfish surveys mation obtained in state and federal monthly and and some shrimp-directed cruises. Covers area in W. annual canvasses from those states not participating Gulf of Maine. Automated since 1977. Length in in the N.E. weighout program. Data includes catch tenths of millimeters, otherwise data structure as in volume and value by month, dealer, gear used, and groundfish surveys. locale of catch. Automated data goes back to 1974. LAB: WH LAB: WH CONTACT: CLAM S. CONTACT: Palmer, J. Page 91 DATA SET: STORAGE TREATMENTS VS FISH DATA SET: VESSEL LOGBOOKS FOR QUALITY REGULATED SPEC ,CODE: 602 CODE: Z42 ABBREV: TREAT-QUALTY ABBREV: VESSEL-LOGS SYSTEM: TECHNICAL QUALITY SYSTEM: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES PROCESSING OF FISH ABSTRACT: The automated portion of vessel log- books. Consists of a log of logbooks received from ABSTRACT: Lab experiments measure the effects on vessels permitted to fish regulated species. Informa- fish quality caused by storage treatments. Treatments tion including vessel identification and date of receipt involve time, temperature, chemical additives, proc- of the logbook is maintained. The actual data from the essing (eg., cooking), packaging. Quality measure- logbooks are not maintained in an automated mode. ments include taste tests, weight loss, moisture, chemi- LAB: WH cal changes, use of replicates, control samples. CONTACT: PALMER, J. LAB: GL CONTACT: KRZYNOWEY, J. DATA SET: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY AGE DATA DATA SET. TECHNICAL QUALITY CODE: 210 PROCESSING OF FISH ABBREV: SURV-AGE CODE: 105 SYSTEM: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY CRUISE ABBREV: TECHNCL-DATA ABSTRACT: During NEFC resource surveys, scales SYSTEM: NE REGIONAL FISHERIES INFO and otoliths are routinely collected for age and growth SYSTEM DB studies. Age data files contain number per age at a ABSTRACT: Effect on quality of fish caused by given length, sex, and species. Data includes such various storage processing methods. Taste panels catch characteristics as cruise-strata-tow, station, gear, and chemical analysis. date, and statistical area. Data exists from 1%3 through LAB: GL 1989 in automated files. CONTACT: LEARSON, R. LAB: WH CONTACT: ALMEIDA, F. DATA SET: U.S. COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CODE: Z40 DATA SET: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY ABBREV: U.S.CATCH-EF MATURITY DATA SYSTEM: CATCH EFFORT DATA CODE: 211 ABSTRACT: U.S. commercial catch and effort from ABBREV: SURV-MATUR vessels landing fish in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic SYSTEM: BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEY CRUISE ports, automated since 1964. Vessel, port, area fished, ABSTRACT: During NEFC resource surveys, matur- gear, date, species, pounds, value, days fished, vessel ity observations are routinely taken to determine sex characteristics. Area fished, Northwest Atlantic ICNAF and maturity stage of the samples. Maturity data files divisions 5, 6, and 4. contain age, maturity, length, species, and sex for each LAB: WH age sample analyzed. Data includes catch character- CONTACT: PALMER, J. istics such as cruise-strata-tow, station, gear, data, and statistical area. Data exists from 1982 through DATA SET: US-FOREIGN JOINT 1989 in automated files. Data from earlier studies is VENTURE DATA also available in various formats. CODE: 701 LAB: WH ABBREV: JOINT-VENT CONTACT: ALMEIDA, F. SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS ABSTRACT: DATA SET: SEA SAMPLING OBSERVATIONS LAB: WH CODE: 254 CONTACT: PALMER, J. ABBREV: SEA-SAMPLING SYSTEM: COMMERCIAL LANDINGS ABSTRACT: Sea sampling data is collected on a tow- by-tow basis on contract by agents onboard fishing vessels. Collection has begun with otter trawl catch/ effort data. Future expansions of the system will support other gear types, age and length data, and marine mammal observations. LAB: WH CONTACT: PALMER, J. I I I Page 93 1 NERO Research Activities I I I I I - I I I I I I I I I I I Page 95 NERO Fishery Management Councils Research Activities 1989 Research Summary The following overview summarizes research projects being conducted by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. These Councils are two of eight such Councils established by Congress to manage the nation's marine fishery resources within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. Fund- ing for research activities is administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service through the provisions of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Public Law 94-265, as amended. Contact: Harold C. Mears (508/281-9243) 1. Nfid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Project title: Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog FNIP Monitoring Surveys Duration: July 1, 1987 - June 30, 1990 Funding*- $24,000 Description: Conduct surveys of surf clam beds to gather data for monitoring the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Primary objectives are to: (1) determine whether specific areas should be closed to clamming as per the provisions of the FMP; (2) determine whether areas closed to clamming may be reopened; and (3) monitor reopened closed areas to determine the effects of fishing on the resource. 2. New England Fishery Management Council Project title: Fishing Industry Conservation Engineering Support Program Duration: September 1, 1987 - December 31, 1990 Funding: $400,000 Description: The Council is implementing a research program to facilitate the development of fishing gear for enhancing the achievement of the Council's management efforts for multispecies finfish and sea scallops. Contracts with individuals or organizations are negotiated for conduct of gear development projects that have been identified by the program coordinator and approved by the Council's Executive Committee. Project title: U.S./Canada Study and Enforcement/Compliance Study Duration: April 1, 1988 - March 31, 1990 Funding: $100,000 Description: Conduct scientific workshops related to transboundary fishery resources of common interest to the United States and Canada and evaluate basis for achieving and increasing industry compliance with Federal fishery regulations. Project title: Pilot Study of Fisheries Location Tracking and Communications Technology Duration: September 1, 1989 - December 31, 1989 Funding. $5,300 Description: Field test satellite-based tracking equipment to ascertain the practicality and acceptability of using this technology to improve the enforcement of fishery management measures such as time/ area closures, landings windows, layover days, and quota restrictions. Page % NERO Habitat Conservation/ Protected Resources Research Activities Data Coordination CONTACT: Colleen Coogan (508) 281-9291 The Habitat Conservation Branch's Protected Species Program Collects information on species, size, sex, location, and date of pinniped stranOings between Maine and Virginia for inclusion in a database. Information on sea turtle and cetacean strandings are received from databases maintained elsewhere and are used to coordinate stranding activities. Marine Debris and Entanglement CONTACT: Thomas E. Bigford (508) 281-9209 The Habitat Conservation Branch coordinates marine debris and entanglement act ivities in the Northeast. Branch staff represent research and management interests on the NMFS Ad Hoc Committee on Entanglement, which is part of the agency's Marine Entanglement Research Program. Branch staff also serve as co-org'aniz- ers of the annual Coastweeks beach clean-ups that generate rudimentary information on types, quantities, and origins of marine litter. Mitigation CONTACT: Thomas E. Bigford (508) 281-9209 The Habitat Conservation Branch cooperates with other agencies involved in research to determine the feasibility of habitat mitigation techniques. In Chesapeake Bay, the Oxford Office works with the NMFS Southeast Fishery Center (Beaufort, NC Laboratory) to test the success of using dredged material as the base for oyster reefs and submerged aquatic vegetation beds. In Maine, the Branch is contemplating work with the Corps of Engineers to test the success of a clam flat established on dredged material. Page 97 NERO Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Research Activities 1989 Contact- Harold C. Mears (508) 281-9243 Research Summary The following overview summarizes fisheries research projects approved during 1989 in response to the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement signed by the Governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The Agreement resulted in subsequent adoption, in July 1988, of a Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Plan for the assessment of commercially, recreationally and selected ecologically valuable species. Specifically, the Plan proposes improved means of assessing stocks of finfish and shellfish in Chesap- eake Bay, and identifies outstanding data needs for stock assessment models for Bay fisheries. Funding for research activities is administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service through the broad provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 19%. 1 . Maryland Project Title: Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Duration: October 1, 1989 - September 30,1990 Funding: $281,287 (Pending) Description: Assess the status of the blue crab resource and associated fishery through a) a winter dredge survey to determine population abundance and forecast availability, b) a mark and recapture study to estimate growth/ mortality rates and describe spatial/ temporal distribution; c) collection of biocharacteristic data via crab vessel and processing house sampling; and d) analysis of historical trawl survey data to assess bay-wide concordance and trends in abundance and size frequencies. A second study will assess the natural and "repletion" populations of oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Project objectives are to develop a system for assessments of natural and "artificial." oyster stocks to aid in the management of the fishery and determining causes of population decline. 2. Old Dominion University Project Title. Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Program Duration: September 1, 1989 - December 31, 1990 Funding. $2@6,511 Description: Evaluate and develop specific recreational fishery survey methods for Chesapeake Bay and conduct a blue crab tag-recapture study to determine migratory patterns and fishery exploitation rates. 3. Virginia Institute of Marine Science Project Title: Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Program Duration: September 1, 1989 - August 31, 1990 Funding: $402,202 Description: Project activities include a) a field study of blue crab population dynamics as described under Maryland above; b) an evaluation of spatial/ temporal sources of variation in nekton catch and the efficacy of stratified sampling used previously in the Chesapeake Bay, and c) improve Virginia's data management capabilities under the state's stock assessment program. Page 99 NERO Saltonstall-Kennedy Fisheries Development Program Contact- Kenneth L. Beal (508) 281-9267 Background The Saltonstall-Kennedy Actmakes available to the Secretary of Commerce up to 30 percent of the gross receipts collected under the customs laws from duties on fishery products. The Secretary must use a portion of these funds each year to provide grants to persons carrying out research and development projects that address aspects of United States fisheries, includin& but not limited to, harvesting; processing; and associated industries. In FY 1989, about $4.4 million was available to fund new fisheries research and development projects. Of the 175 proposals received throughout the country, 48 new projects were approved. In the Northeast region, 9 projects were approved from the 43 proposals received. In addition, eight multi-year projects were continued for their second years, and cost amendments were approved increasing three projects. FY 1989 funding for these regional projects was $1.97 million. Persons interested in applying for an S-K grant in the Northeast Region or desiring additional information may contact Kenneth Beal. Summary of 1989 New Projects Chemical Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish: Development of Uniform Testing and $245,265 Reporting Standards - Yr 1 CONTACT: Judith McDowell Capuzzo Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution This project will: 1. Critically review analytical methods for the analysis of specific chemical contaminants, including the advantages and disadvantages of these methods from the perspective of requirements for protecting human health, protecting the viability of valuable fishery resources, and determining status and trends of chemical contamination; 2. Conduct a laboratory comparison of selected methods of analysis for a set of trace metal and organic contaminants in edible tissues of fish and shellfish and selected tissues known to be active sites for detoxification/biotransformation of contaminants from the same species; and 3. Conduct a voluntary intercomparison exercise among regional laboratories in New England, including government agency and contract laboratories. Domestication and mass culture of summer flounder - YR 1 $143,292 CONTACT: Stewart Jacobson University of Massachusetts The proposed research will be divided into four major components: controlled reproduction, including collection and conditioning of spawning stock, larval culture, including determination of nutritional require- ments and development of cost effective artificial feeds; nursery culture of newly metamorphosed flounder, including engineering of heated seawater recycle culture systems to permit more rapid growth and culture year around; and grow-out culture to harvestable size, also including engineering of production systems and culture in sea cages. Each component will be conducted each year with new experimental series based on the previous year's results. Page 100 Factors Affecting the Selectivity of Trawls and the Survival of Codend Escapees - Yr 1 $53,188 CONTACT. Joseph DeAlteris University of Rhode Island The objectives of the proposed project are to investigate the survival of codend escapees as related fish species and codend mesh opening; and to study water flow within and ahead of trawl nets as this is an important factor that affects the selectivity process. The proposed project is the second phase of a continuing study. The first phase of the project has demonstrated significant differences in the survival of square and diamond mesh escapees for scup. Treated fish escaped sooner and survived better from square mesh than diamond mesh codends. Measurements of water flow in these codends indicate no difference suggesting that the fish are responding to the visual stimulus of mesh opening. Similar experiments on winter flounder and cod are continuing at present. During the second phase of the project it is proposed to conduct additional experiments on the previously mentioned species and to include an additional species, butterfish. Additional data will ensure that the patterns observed in the preliminary data are real. The analysis of water flow within the codend will be extended into the mouth and body of the trawl. The purpose of these experiments will be to initially describe flow as a function of mesh size and twine diameter, and later to direct the flow within the net by changing the porosity of netting panels. This work is fundamental to the development of selective trawls. A Coordinated Training Approach to Promote Public Confidence in Seafood - Yr 1 $100,000 CONTACT: Kerry R. Muse Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation The project is designed to educate the American consumer about safety and wholesomeness of seafood usmig educators, the media, and industry retail outlets. The providers of this information will be professional seafood marketing specialists, extension home economists, seafood home economists, and other professionals within the Mid-Atlantic region that have day-to-day contact with the region's consumer. Since 1981, the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation has trained more than 75 such professionals in the area of seafood nutrition, seafood preparation, media relations, safety@ handling, preparation, presentation, nierchandizin& etc. The Foundation will take advantage of these trained individ4tals to help implement a new and updated program which will concern itself with seafood inspection, safety, environmental concem and governmental regulations that provide safeguards for the consumer. Training sessions will be held for the professionals; printed materials and videos regarding seafood training and education will be reviewed and updated as needed; media kits will be developed for food editors; and educational kits will be developed for seafood educators. Extension home economists will provide an intensive in-service workshop for other home economists in the region who will in return provide the consumers with a wealth of information. There will be additional activities in the area of seafood education, media awareness, a recipe data base, and trade show assistance. All activities will be coordinated by the Foundation office to avoid duplication of effort within the region. Northeast Region Fishing Vessel Safety Training Program: Development of a Standard $15,311 Curriculum - Yr 1 CONTACT: Joseph DeAlteris University of Rhode Island This project will develop a standardized curriculum for fishing vessel safety training. Activities within the region will be coordinated to maximize the utilization of equipment and facilities for the benefit of the fishing industry. Phase one of the project was designed to enhance the effectiveness of the safety training program at URI with new simulators, equipment and a training manual. Progress to date (15 May 89) on this project has been good. The proposed continuing project will develop a standardized curriculum for fishing vessel safety training at two levels; Intensive-experiential and short-awareness. This will be accomplished by the ad hoc Northeast Region Fishing Vessel Safety Committee in a series of meetings and communications over a two-year period. The recommendations of the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board will be incorporated into the final standardized curriculum. Page 101 WasteTreatment and Energy Recovery in Closed-Cycle Aquaculture Systems $75,000 CONTACT: Steven Van Gorder Fresh Culture Systems A demonstration scale reactor treating fecal wastes from an aquaculture system will be operated and monitored for a period of one year. The purpose of the monitoring will be to establish the efficiency of this design for waste treatment and production of methane. The methane will be used to heat the water required in the aquaculture facility. A second stage treatment using fixed-film reactors will be designed, installed and monitored for a period of one year. This second stage will be evaluated with respect to production of methane from the first stage residual (the demonstration-scale reactor above) and treatment of the wastes sufficient to allow discharge to sewers in rural areas. Successful completion of the project will demonstrate significant cost advantages to medium-scale, year-round, indoor aquaculture. Growth and Metabolism Energy Budget of Lake Sturgeon, Ancipenserfulvescens- Yr 1 $50,000 CONTACT: Paul W. Webb University of Michigan Standard methods will be used to define the relationship between ration and growth for hatchery-size juvenile sturgeon. Maintenance ration and scope for growth will be measured. Appetite will be measured for a range of fish sizes. Standard metabolism will be determined in flow through respirometers, and routine metabolism will be measured for a range of fish sizes in mass respirometers. These data wiH be obtained at a range of temperatures typical of natural sturgeon habitat and in hatcheries. The data will be used to construct a model of energy flux, feeding, and growth for sturgeon. The model will be used to identify optimal culture practices for hatcheries raising sturgeon for stocking. The model, with comparisons with those for other species, will be used to recommend field management strategies. Restore Consumer Confidence in Seafood - Yr 1 $275,000 CONTACT. Kenelm W. Coons New England Fisheries Development Association This project will develop and implement a voluntary program tailored to the Northeast Region that upgrades seafood handling from the boats through storage and distribution to the public. This model certification program will be made available to participants as a marketing tool and will be used to rebuild confidence in East Coast seafood. The project will conduct actual temperature abuse studies, microbial and bacteriological in situ samplin& and conduct a survey of suppliers, handlers and users of seafood in the Northeast Region. A voluntary model program including vessel and plant certification and testing the use of sealed, dated packaging for high risk products will be adapted and implemented. An intensive education program that qualifies participants to be certified upon satisfactory completion of the education series will be undertaken. The industry will be assisted in implementing the HACCP program as part of this model program and integrate it with other federal, state, and voluntary industry quality assurance programs. Comparable confidential "pre-post" temperature abuse and bacteriological/ microbial measures will be re- peated to measure the extent to which the educational and voluntary quality assurance program has created measurable improvements. These technical data will be linked with organoleptic measures of edibility and standard shelf life tests., This project will update industry, regulatory and consumer groups on rapidly evolving research on seafood health risks and provide factual information about industry programs to eliminate seafood contamination and protect public health. Fourteen half-day workshops will be organized for retailers, wholesalers, distributors and end users, and media representatives, health care professionals and consumer educators. Page 102 The Significance of Domonic Acid DSP, and PSP in the Gulf of Maine: $230,000 An issue of Econon'tics and Public Safety - Yr I CONTACr: Kenelm W. Coons New England Fisheries Development Association This project will advance our knowledge of toxins implicated recently in human health disorders that, in addition to consumer safety issues, pose an economic threat to the shellfish industry. Regarding domoic acid PA), paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning PSP), the objectives of this project are: To monitor the Gulf of Maine and Nantucket Shoals for toxin presence and bloom evolution; to review recent developments in detection methodology and their appropriateness to the needs of industry, to investigate the dynamics of shellfish toxin uptake and removal by individual species; to transfer this technology and knowledge to industry to facilitate resource access and export of product; and finally to promote public confidence in the quality and wholesomeness of shellfish consumption by establishing the necessary protocol to prevent the introduction of contaminated product into the market. 1989 Saltonstall-Kennedy Fishery Development Projects Approved for Funding in the Northeast Region, NMFS Chemical contaminants in fish and shellfish: development of uniform testing and $245,265 reports standards Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Domestication and mass culture of summer flounder 143,292 University of Massachusetts Factors affecting the selectivity of trawls and the survival of codend escapees 53,188 University of Rhode Island A coordinated training approach to promote public confidence in seafood 100,000 Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Development Foundation Northeast Region fishing vessel safety training program: development of 15,311 a standard curriculum University of Rhode Island Waste treatment and energy recovery in closed-cycle Aquaculture systems 75,000 Fresh Culture Systems Growth and metabolism energy budget of lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens 50,000 University of Michigan Restore consumer confidence in seafood 275,000 New England Fisheries Development Association The significance of dornoic acid, DSP, and PSP in the Gulf of Maine: 230,000 an issue of economics and public safety New England Fisheries Development Association Subtotal $1,187,056 FY 1989 funding for eight multi-year projects approved last year 676,907 Cost amendments to three existing projects were also approved with increased FY 1989 funding of 103,555 Total $1,967,518 Page 103 NERO 1989 Grant-in-Aid Program Contact Harold C. Mears (508) 281-9243 During 1989, the NMFS Grant-In-Aid Program was authorized under two Acts: 1. The Anadromous Fish Conservation Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-304 as amended): Authorizes the Secre- tary of Commerce and the Secretary of Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with States and other non-Federal interests for the conservation, development, and enhancement of the anadromous fishery resources of the Nation and the fish in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain that ascend streams to spawn, and for the control of the sea lamprey. The program is administered at the Federal level jointly by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Federal funds up to 50 percent, 66- 2 / 3 percent when two or more States cooperate, or 90% to carry out projects required by interstate fishery management plans, maybe used to finance project costs. State fishery agencies, colleges, universities, private companies, and other non-Federal interests in 31 States bordering the oceans and the Great Lakes may participate under the Act. All projects must be coordinated with the State fishery agency concerned. The authorization for this Act was renewed in November, 1986 by Title IV of Public Law 99-659. This Act set authorized levels at $7,702,500 for fiscal year 1987, $7,920,000 for fiscal year 1988, and $8,152,500 for fiscal year 1989 for grants under the general provisions of Section 4. Section 7. the emergency research program to study striped bass populations and identify factors responsible for the current decline, was reauthorized for fiscal years 1989-1991 by Public Law 100-589. 2. The Inte@jurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (Title M of Public Law 99-659): Establishes a formula-based financial assistance program, the purposes of which are (1) to promote and encourage State activities in support of the management of interjurisdictional fishery resources, and (2) to promote the management of interjurisdictional fishery resources throughout their range. Cost-sharing research projects are generally funded up to a 90 percent level of Federal participation, whereas projects for law enforcement and those to alleviate resource disasters, may be financed 100 percent with Federal funds. This legislation set authorized levels of $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 for projects to carry out the purposes of the Act. In addition, $2,500,000 is authorized for each year to restore commercial fisheries disrupted by resource disasters arising from natural or undetermined causes. . Program Analysis The following overview summarizes Grant-In-Aid Program projects in the NMFS Northeast Region during 1989. Included are project identification, principal investigator, and 1989 state and federal project segment costs. P.L. 99-659 (Interjurisclictional Fisheries Act) Connecticut Lobster (Homams ameHcanus) Population Recruitment Studies Connecticut 3-IJ-4 Mark Blake F- $ 20,000 S-$20,000 Continue biological investigations on American lobster in Long Island Sound. Sampling will be conducted to determine larval densities, juvenile/ adult abundance, growth, and mortality rates. Study results will be used to forecast annual abundance of the adult, legal sized portion of the Long Island Sound lobster stock for resource management purposes. Page 104 Coastal Finfish Stock Assessment Survey Delaware 3-IJ-27 Richard Cole F_ $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Determine trends in abundance of inshore fish stocks and establish a pre-recruitment index for selected species that will be integrated with coastwide data collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service and other state Or agencies. Data, to be used for resource management purposes, will be collected during a fall inshore bottom trawl survey designed to be compatible with similar fisheries investigations in other coastal regions. Lobster Stock Assessment Maine 3-U-33 Jay S. Krouse F- $ 79,082 S-$79,083 Cnduct commercial fishing port and onboard sampling along the Maine coast in conjunction with complemen- tary fife history and gear selectivity studies. Sampling will be conducted to determine abundance indices from the catch/effort data, as well as recruitment, size, sex, occurrence, and distribution of the catch. The data will be used to assess the current status of the lobster resource in Maine for management purposes. Transboundary Herring Maine 3-IJ-34 Stanley Chenowith F- $ 85,343 S-$85,344 Determine the small-scale distribution and abundance of Atlantic sea herring as related to hydrology, food, and predators. Collect and examine otoliths from larval and juvenile herring for characters that might indicate area of origin. Development of Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Strategy Maryland 3-U-8 William A. Outten Previously funded during 1988 Continue restoration efforts for the American oyster population in Chesapeake Bay that has been severely damaged by the disease organism MSX. Project activities will include planting oyster shells on natural oyster bars that will provide new substrate for spat set (larval attachment); and planting seed oysters to supplement natural spat set. This work is being undertaken to address "a commercial fishery failure due to a resource disaster." FM Maryland Fisheries Statistics Maryland 3-IJ-20 Connie Lewis F- $ 84,027 S-$84,027 Maintain a comprehensive catch reporting and fishery monitoring system for use in management of interjuris- dictional fishery resources within Marylandfs portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Project activities will focus on providing fishery resource managers with information necessary to ascertain population status and to ensure proper management for these resources. An investigation of Maryland's pound net fishery will also be conducted to help assess the effects of increased fishing pressure upon the target species. Page 105 Massachusetts Fishery Resource Assessment Massachusetts 3-U-3 Arnold Howe F_ $ 59,2M S-$207,000 To monitor distribution, relative abundance, size composition, and health of the commercial fishery resources in Massachusetts coastal waters through spring and autumn bottom trawl surveys. The project provides timely scientific information for managing marine fishery resources in state territorial waters. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management Support Program Massachusetts 3-IJ-16 H. Arnold Carr F- $ 73,340 S-$60,006 Provide services to the fishing and seafood industry by advising participants on fisheries management considerations/ strategies, assessing constituent concerns on these issues, and informing resource managers of related, potential problems. Particular emphasis will be placed on gear research and technology to improve gear selectivity, addressing development of appropriate management measures and regulations for wise utilization and conservation of marine fishery resources. Fisheries Statistics and Automated Data Processing Massachusetts 3-IJ-29 Charles 0. Anderson F- $ 61,630 S-$108,036 Compile, through data analysis, all required catch reporting forms (harvest, value, and effort) submitted by Massachusetts commercial fishermen documenting their fishing activities on interjurisdictional fishery re- sources (such as lobster, alewives, striped bass.) Project activities will include improvement of processing capabilities to further enhance and increase reporting accuracy and timeliness of data submission for manage- ment use. As a participant in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northeast Statistics Program, project results will be utilized to meet the requirements of state, interstate and Federal fisheries agencies responsible for the management of marine resources within internal waters and territorial seas of the individual states and the Exclusive Economic Zone. Assessment of Whitefish Populations in the Treaty Area of Lake Michigan Michigan 3-U-17 Philip Schneeberger F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 To monitor, through field sampling, age-size structure and biomass of landed whitefish in the Lake Michigan commercial trap net fishery. Results will be evaluated to ascertain population status and develop future whitefish management strategies between the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and the Chippewa/ Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority for this interjurisdictional species. Lake Superior Commercial Fisheries Assessment Studies Minnesota 3-IJ-12 Donald R. Schreiner F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Ascertain and monitor the status of the lake trout and commercial fish'stocks in the Minnesota waters of Lake Superior. Determine annual production and relative abundance indices and the degree of interaction between different types of fishing, including the sport and charter boat fishery. Age and growth data of commercial species will be collected, analyzed, and compared to historic data to note possible biological trends. Project data will aid management decisions relative to the harvest, stocking and rehabilitation of interjurisdictional fish stocks in Minnesota waters of Lake Superior. Page 106 Assessment of American Lobster (Homarus amMcanus) Nursery Potential in Great Bay Estuary New Hampshire 3-IJ-22 John 1. Nelson F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Determine the distribution and abundance of lobster in coastal and estuarine waters of New Hampshire. Relationships between larval distribution and the possible use of estuaries as nursery grounds will be investigated. The data will be used to assess the current status of the lobster resource in New Hampshire waters for management purposes. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Enforcement NewJersey 3-IJ-13 Raymond Kirshner F- $ 25,000 F, S-$ 2,778 To implement cooperative enforcement activities between the New Jersey Bureau of Law Enforcement and the OF National Marine Fisheries Service designed to support the management of interjurisdictional marine species, in the Exclusive Economic Zone (ocean waters between 3 and 200 miles) and state territorial waters. Investigative activities will include land, sea and air patrols to monitor the commercial and recreational harvesting and landing of striped bass, summer flounder, lobster and surf clams in support of state/federal resource manage- ment objectives. Inventory of New Jersey's Surf Clam Resource New Jersey 3-IJ-15 Thomas McCloy F- $ 75,375 S-$ 8,375 To ascertain and monitor the surf clam resource in the coastal waters of New Jersey. An inventory designed to understand the population dynamics of the surf clam will be undertaken, to determine the relationships between the standing stock the size distribution of surf clams within this stock the settling patterns of juvenile surf clams, and associated mortality rates along the inshore coast of New Jersey. This information will assist both state and federal fisheries managers to ensure development and implementation of sound management practices for this valuable resource. American Lobster Investigations New York 3-IJ-11 Phillip T. Briggs F- $ 54,763 S-$18,255 To determine, through sampling and tagging activities, biological population parameters and movement of American Lobsters in Long Island Sound. The data collected will be used to support the management of this interjurisdictional resource. Determination of PCB Contaminant Levels in Lake Erie Commercial Fish Species Ohio 3-IJ-21 Kenneth Paxton F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Determine through biological sampling, PCB concentrations in carp and yellow perch harvested commercially from the Ohio waters of Lake Erie. Study results will identify possible relationships of PCB levels in fish by size, age, and geographical location. Data obtained will lead to improvements in quality control and provide a safer product for human consumption. Page 107 Interjurisdictional. Fisheries Enforcement Rhode Island 3-U-31 Ernest Wilkinson F- $ 25,000 S_$ -0- To implement cooperative enforcement activities between the Rhode Island Division of Enforcement and the National Marine Fisheries Service designed to support the management of interjurisdictional marine species, in the Exclusive Economic Zone (ocean waters between 3 and 200 miles) and state territorial waters. Investigative activities will include land, sea, and air patrols to monitor the commercial and recreational harvesting and landing of striped bass, tuna, and surf clams in support of state/ federal resource management objectives. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management Support Program Rhode Island 3-IJ-32 Richard Sisson F- $ 41,085 S-$13,694 To provide research and administrative support to the Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council to facilitate development and evaluation of interjurisdictional fisheries management measures. Proposed research activi- ties include assessment of gear methodology, legal size limits, and seasonal/ geographic harvest restrictions for Rhode Island's groundfish, striped bass, and lobster fisheries. Coastal Fishery Resource Assessment , Rhode Island 3-IJ-35 Timothy R. Lynch F- $ 37,548 S-$12,516 Conduct seasonal bottom trawl survey for the collection of fishery statistical data. Information gathered will augment previous resource assessment surveys and aid in the continued development of minimum biomass estimates for major commercial species by the state and NMFS stock assessment scientists. The estimates will aid in the intelligent management of the resources throughout their range. Survival and Growth of Atlantic Salmon Fry Stocked in Varying Densities in the White River, VT Vermont 3-IJ-19 George W. LaBar F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Continue to assess survival and growth of Atlantic salmon fry stocked in varying densities in Vermont waters. Sections of each stocked area will be electrofished periodically to estimate population size and samples will be collected to determine growth rates. The information derived will assist managers in evaluating the effective- ness of the fry stocking program and provide needed data on optimum densities necessary to maximize Atlantic salmon production. The Assessment of Commercial Fishing Effort in Virginia Virginia 3-IJ-37 Joseph G. Loesch F- $ 36,474 S-$12,162 Collect fishing effort data for pound nets and gillnets in Virginia's James, York Rappahannock and Potomac River commercial fisheries. Study results will provide information needed for the formulation of rational state management strategies for striped bass and shad/river herring. The project will also address management concerns stated in the interstate management plan for these species. Page 108 Commercial Fisheries Statistics Information Systems Virginia 3-IJ-38 Lyle M. Varnell F- $193,746 S-$ 64,578 Collect, process, analyze, and disseminate Virginia's commercial and recreational interjurisdictional fisheries catch/ effort data in support of fishery management activities. Analysis of this data will provide information necessary for determining effects of fishery management decisions and developing appropriate management strategies. Ohio River Fisheries Information System West Virginia 3-IJ-36 M. Delbert Lobb F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Collect, analyze, and enter diverse biological and environmental fisheries research information into a compu- terized map database that affects the West Virginia portion of the Ohio River. Project activities will focus on the input of such data and refining the associated output (for example, reports in the form of tables, graphs, and maps correlating important riverine features with known concentrations of fish) for multi-agency analyses of Ohio River fisheries management concerns. Great Lakes Fisheries Statistics Information System Wisconsin 3-IJ-23 To be named F- $ 38,370 S-$12,790 Improve, through centralization of all license and permit activities, the collection and analysis of harvest data for both sport and commercial (chub yellow perch) fisheries conducted within Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. These improvements will enable the streamlining of commercial catch reporting and licensing systems for efficient implementation of limited entry and quota harvest regulatory measures. Interstate Fisheries Management Program ASMFC 3-IJ-2 Paul Perra F - $109,440 S-$ -0- Continue cooperative interstate management of shared territorial sea fisheries of the Atlantic coast through the development and monitoring of fishery management plans. Efforts during 1989 are directed toward research and management needs for the striped bass, northem shrimp, Atlantic sturgeon, and Atlantic herring coastal resources. Research and Data Analysis Supporting Interstate Management of Shad and River Herring ASMFC/PA 3-IJ-28 Paul Perra F- $ 19,185 S-$ 6,395 Continue activities to monitor territorial sea fisheries for American shad and river herring conducted along the eastern seaboard, And review/ coordinate anadromous alosid research studies in compliance with management activities outlined in the Interstate Management Plan. Page 109 P.L. 89-304 (Anadromous Fish Conservation Act) Population Dynamics of American Shad in Connecticut Connecticut AFC-17 Thomas Savoy F- $45,000 S-$45,000 To monitor, through field sampling, relative abundance / fluctuations in population size of American shad in the Connecticut River watershed. Also, to survey sport and commercial harvest of American shad in the Thames and Connecticut Rivers. Results will directly contribute to research and information needs identified in the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for this species. Shortnose Sturgeon Status in Connecticut Connecticut AFC-18 Thomas Savoy F- $ 27,000 S-$27,000 Continue monitoring activities to determine present population levels and movements of shortnose sturgeon in the Connecticut and Thames Rivers. Biological sampling will include gillnettin& trawling, scuba surveys and marking/fin clipping experiments. The study will provide information necessary to promulgate effective regulations and minimize negative environmental impacts to protect and conserve this endangered species. Androscoggin River Anadromous Fish Enhancement Maine AFC-28 Lew Flagg F- $ 50,000 S-$50,000 To determine through field sampling, the timing/ magnitude/ sex composition/ growth rates of anadromous alosids (American shad and alewife) in the Androscoggin River Basin. Also, restore anadromous fish runs through stocking (transplant) of prespawner adults to suitable spawning areas. Maryland Striped Bass Hooking Mortality Study Maryland AFC-18 Eric B. May F- $ 15,000 S-$11,250 To evaluate through field activities hook/ release mortality rates of striped bass. Project studies will include examining the effects of salinity on hooking mortality, and the relationships between mortality rates and fish size. Data derived from this study will directly contribute to information/ research needs identified in the Interstate Management Plan for this species. Anadromous Fish Restoration in Big Elk Creek Maryland AFC-19 C. J. O'Dell F- $ 45,000 S-$45,000 To restore healthy spawning populations of American shad and river herring in Big Elk Creek at the head of Chesapeake Bay. The approach will incorporate trapping of adult prespawning fish and transplanting in the target area, rearing, and release of imprinted juveniles, and construction of a fish ladder to allow access to additional spawning habitat. Page 110 Anadromous Fisheries Management Massachusetts AFC-21 Joseph DiCarlo F- $ 69,000 S-$69,000 Maintain and enhance anadromous fish runs and fish passage facilities. Adult shad and herring will be transplanted into selected rivers to restore spawning stock viability. An Atlantic shortnose sturgeon survey will be conducted to investigate the distribution, movement and feeding grounds of sturgeon populating the Merrimack River System. Hook and Release Mortality of Striped Bass Massachusetts AFC-22 Paul Diodati Previously funded during 1988 To evaluate hook/ release mortality rates of striped bass. Data derived from this study will directly contribute to information needs identified in the Interstate Management Plan for this species. Evaluation of Ainadromous Fish Gilling Mortality in Large Mesh Gillnets in an Exploratory Commercial Fishery for Siscowet Trout in Lake Superior Mich igan AFC-16 Richard Schorfhaar F- $ 15,000 S-$15,000 Determine the immediate and long term effect of Michigan's Lake Superior exploratory commercial siscowet lake trout fishery upon resident fish populations. Project activities will include monitoring of incidental catch rates in large mesh gill nets and predation investigations. Project results will provide fishery resource managers with valuable data to make important decisions regarding future siscowet harvest. New Jersey Striped Bass Tagging Program New Jersey AFC-12 Peter J. Himchak F- $ 20,000 S-$ 2,222 Ascertain and monitor the movements and distribution of striped bass found within New Jersey's portion of Delaware Bay through implementation of a coastwide tagging survey. This study will provide information necessary to determine striped bass exploitation rates for interstate resource management analyses. A Study of the Striped Bass in the Marine District of New York State IV New York AFC-14 Byron H. Young F- $230,000 S-$ 25,556 Continue collection of biocharacteristic data for New YorWs striped bass population through sampling of coastal commercial and recreational catch, and assessment of striped bass spawning success in the Hudson River. Project activities also include a sampling and tagging investigation of striped bass captured by haul seine during the fall off Eastern Long Island. Striped Bass Research, Virginia: Characterization of the Striped Bass Population in the Rappahannock River Virginia AFC-18 Joseph G. Loesch F- $ 60,000 S-$20,929 Continue characterization, through field sampling, of the adult striped bass population in Virginia's Rappahan- nock River by sex, age, length, and weight in fall 1988 and spring 1989. The proposed research is directly related to priorities identified in the Action Plan for the Emergency Striped Bass Study. Page ill A Mark Recapture Study of Striped Bass in the James River, Virginia Virginia AFC-19 Joseph G. Loesch F- $ 50,000 S-$14,609 Continue tag and release activities of striped bass in the James River to evaluate migratory behavior and fishery exploitation rates. Scale samples and length measurements will be taken for aging analyses. Results will contribute to research needs identified in the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for the striped bass. A Study of Alosa Stock Composition and Year-Class Strength in Virginia Virginia AFC-20 Joseph G. Loesch F- $ 48,000 S-$48,000 Collect harvest and biological data for analysis of alosid (alewife, American shad and blueback herring) populations in Virginia coastal waters and evaluate annual relative abundance, growth, and mortality of juvenile alosid stocks. Assessment of Alewife and Rainbow Smelt Populations and the Trawl Fishery in Lake Michigan Wisconsin AFC-17 To be named. F- $ 45,000 S-$45,000 Develop and conduct an acoustic sampling program to assess the abundance of alewives and rainbow smelt in the Wisconsin waters of Lake Michigan and Green Bay. Data will be collected with echo sounders and recorded digitally on a video cassette recorder. The commercial trawl fishery will be monitored to determine total harvest and effort statistics. The project will provide managers with the information necessary to monitor the status and regulate the harvest of these commercially important forage species. Re-evaluation of Interstate Striped Bass Conservation and Management Planning Activities ASMFC AFC-2 Paul Perra Previously funded Conduct additional ASMFC Committee meetings for the completion of the new ASMFC Interstate Management Plan for Striped Bass. Emergency Striped Bass Study Workshops ASMFC AFC-3 Paul Perna Previously funded Organize, conduct, and prepare draft proceedings of workshops addressing research findings relative to program accomplishments under the Emergency Striped Bass Study (Section 7 of Public Law 89-304). DATE DUE GAYLORDINO. 2333 PRINTED IN U.S.A. L 3 6668 14106 8777