UMCES Lower Hudson Striped Bass Contingents

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Objectives:
  1. Deploy curtains of acoustic data-logging receivers in the Lower Hudson River Estuary
  2. Tag 40 striped bass (>35 cm TL) with acoustic transmitters in the Lower Estuary in Fall 09
  3. Tag 15 striped bass (>35 cm TL) with acoustic transmitters in the Upper Estuary in Fall 09
  4. Tag 20 spawning Hudson striped bass (>70 cm TL) with acoustic transmitters in Spring 10
  5. Record transit and periods of residency among the three contingents
  6. Locate tagged fish and measure associated water quality from 2010-11
Principal Investigator:  Dave Secor (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
Email: secor@umces.edu
    Point of Contact:  Mike O'Brien
    Email: obrien@umces.edu
      Collaborators:
      1. Ben Gahagan (MA DMF)
      2. Steve Nack (NYS DEC)
      3. Rebecca Wingate (UMCES)
      Participating Organizations:
      1. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
      Funding:
      1. Hudson River Foundation