MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Stony Brook University Habitat use of NY artificial reefs along the south shore of Long Island

MATOS Project Code: LIARS

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: May 2020 - December 2025

Project Description: In order to evaluate the utilization of ARs as foraging grounds and promote management policies, it is necessary to first understand when these fish move to the ARs (age or season) how often the ARs are frequented by this species, how long they spend on these structures and whether they repeatedly move into and out of the estuaries or move between offshore ARs. To quantify movement within and between the ARs receivers will be placed within Fire Island, Moriches, Shinnecock, Kismet and Yellowbar ARs. These receivers will determine the presence, movement between the receivers and movement between the five AR regions. To assess the connectivity between the south shore estuaries to the ARs, this project will take advantage of the significant acoustic infrastructure previously and currently being deployed by other NYDEC projects. For this project, 60 black sea bass and blackfish will be caught either in the estuaries or the associated ARs via fish traps or hook and line.

Objectives:

To assess the fine scale 2D movement patterns of acoustically tagged fish within the Shinnecock AR
To determine movement between AR regions and between the offshore ARs and their associated estuaries

Principal Investigator:	Bradley Peterson (School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University)
Email:	bradley.peterson@stonybrook.edu

Point of Contact:	Brittney Scannell
Email:	brittney.scannell@stonybrook.edu

External URL: https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/7896.html

SBU Artificial Reef Habitat Use