MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Chesapeake Bay Choptank Array

MATOS Project Code: Choptank

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: October 2021 - December 2022

Project Description: This project maintains a line of receivers in the Choptank River at the Chesapeake Bay. The goal is to deliver consistent detection data that other researchers can readily access. We are not currently tagging fish for this study. The intent is to work with willing researchers from states agencies and academia to answer questions about how fish utilize the Chesapeake spatially and temporally.

Principal Investigator:	Wilmelie Cruz-Marrero (NOAA NCBO)
Email:	wilmelie.cruz@noaa.gov

Point of Contact:	Jay Lazar
Email:	jay.lazar@noaa.gov

Collaborators:

James Hawkes, NMFS NEFSC

Participating Organizations:

Virginia Marine Resources Commission
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office

Funding:

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office

NCBO Choptank array