MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Monmouth University New Jersey DEP Research and Monitoring Initiative Acoustic Telemetry Study

MATOS Project Code: MURMI

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: November 2023 - November 2025

Project Description: A collaboration between scientists from Monmouth university and the New England Aquarium will conduct cooperative research with a New Jersey commercial and recreational fisherman to tag and track a variety of fish species using acoustic telemetry. This project will complement an existing network of receivers to provide coverage in and around New Jersey wind energy areas (lease areas and export cable routes) and areas of biological significance (i.e., migration corridors).

Principal Investigator:	Keith Dunton (Monmouth University)
Email:	kdunton@monmouth.edu

Point of Contact:	Keith Joseph Dunton
Email:	kdunton@monmouth.edu

Collaborators:

Colleen Brust (NJDEP Marine Resource Administration)
Caitlin McGarigal (NJDEP Division of Science and Research)
Jason Adolf (Monmouth University)
Michael Frisk (Stony Brook University)
Jeff Kneebone (New England Aquarium)

Funding:

NJDEP Resource Monitoring Initiative

External URL: https://dep.nj.gov/wp-content/uploads/offshorewind/docs/njdep-acoustic-telemetry-fact-sheet.pdf

Monmouth University - NJDEP RMI