MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Monitoring endangered Atlantic Sturgeon and commercially important finfish species in the offshore New York Lease Area (NYLA; Equinor, Lease OCS-A 0512)

MATOS Project Code: SBUNYLA

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: November 2016 - February 2019

Project Description: The New York Wind Lease Area (NYLA; Equinor, Lease OCS-A 0512), located between Long Island and the coast of New Jersey, is an offshore wind-lease area in the exploration and site assessment phase of development that will ostensibly host active construction in the near-future; as such, the area provides a unique opportunity to study the spatial and temporal trends of Atlantic Sturgeon and commercially important finfish species (including black sea bass, summer flounder, winter flounder, and sharks) in a future offshore wind energy site. Because effective management of these species requires an understanding of marine movements and habitat use, the identification of the temporal and spatial trends in the NYLA will provide important baseline information regarding habitat use and environmental preferences in offshore marine waters.

Principal Investigator:	Michael Frisk (Mid - Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System)
Email:	michael.frisk@stonybrook.edu

Point of Contact:	Evan Ingram
Email:	evancingram@gmail.com

Collaborators:

Michael Frisk (Stony Brook University)
Keith Dunton (Monmouth University)
Evan Ingram (Stony Brook University)

Participating Organizations:

Monmouth University
Stony Brook University

Funding:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

SBU New York Lease Area