MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Citizen Scientists as Vessels for Acoustic Telemetry

MATOS Project Code: FISHFINDER

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: January 2016 - on-going

Project Description: This study was initiated to test the viability of working with citizen scientists to collect acoustic telemetry data. Recreational mariners sailing on extensive cruises along a variety of national coastal waterways, were assigned to carry VEMCO VR2W receivers and asked to deploy the receivers from their boats each time they docked or anchored. The study aimed to determine if this method had the potential to record tagged fish and fill gaps in stationary receiver array coverage. Results indicated that these deployments were not only effective in detecting tagged fish and complementing stationary receiver arrays, but may also function as a method for determining positioning of future stationary receiver arrays.

Principal Investigator:	Nicole Trenholm (Ocean Research Project 501c3)
Email:	trenholm.opr@gmail.com

Point of Contact:	Nicole Trenholm
Email:	trenholm.opr@gmail.com

Participating Organizations:

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

External URL: http://www.oceanresearchproject.org/

Fish Finder Program