ECU Southern Flounder Spawning Study
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Objectives:
- Determine the timing of offshore migration by acoustically tagging southern flounder in NC
- Track fish passing inlet gates and offshore acoustic curtain and a wave glider with VR2C
- Conduct ichthyoplankton surveys at potential spawning sites and use DNA barcoding
- Determine sex and maturity of adults sampled offshore;
- Back calculate the location of potential spawning habitats of southern flounder by aging larval fish
- Use otolith microchemistry to assess migration patterns of adult southern flounder caught in NC
Management Benefits:
- Will determine the appropriate spatial scale for management of this population
- Fish at offshore spawning areas located can be included in population models
| Principal Investigator: | Rebecca Asch (Mid - Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System) |
| Email: | Aschr16@ecu.edu |
| Point of Contact: | Joseph J Luczkovich |
| Email: | luczkovichj@ecu.edu |
Collaborators:
- E. Diaddorio, P. Harris, J. Luczkovich, T. Peacock, R. Rulifson, M. Sprague, C. McGarigal (ECU)
- Jeff Buckel (NCSU)
- Fred Scharf (UNCW)