MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center Soundscape and Acoustic Telemetry Monitoring in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

MATOS Project Code: NEFSCSB

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: November 2018 - on-going

Project Description: Together with the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, researchers at NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center are collecting acoustic data to examine soundscape in U.S. National Marine Sanctuaries across the country. As part of this endeavor, researchers maintain two to three recording sites year-round within Stellwagen Bank NMS. Each site has a mooring line equipped with hydrophone recorders and VR2AR acoustic releases. No animals are currently being tagged as part of this work. Thus, all detections are of opportunity and hopefully will contribute valuable information to other researchers.

Objectives:

Provide opportunistic detections to other researchers

Principal Investigator:	Sofie Van Parijs (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Email:	sofie.vanparijs@noaa.gov

Point of Contact:	Kate Choate
Email:	kate.choate@noaa.gov

Collaborators:

Timothy J. Rowell (NOAA), Leila Hatch (NOAA)

Participating Organizations:

NOAA Fisheries, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, US Navy

External URL: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/monitoring/sound/

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