MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Distribution of Atlantic Cod Spawning Aggregations on Cox Ledge

MATOS Project Code: CoxCod20

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: November 2019 - March 2023

Project Description: This project aims to characterize the spatiotemporal distribution of spawning activity on and around Cox Ledge in Southern New England. Methods include acoustic telemetry with a fixed array of 10 receivers plus a receiver on an autonomous glider. Findings will serve as a pre-construction baseline for studying impacts of offshore wind development on cod.

Principal Investigator:	Alison Frey (UMass Dartmouth - School for Marine Science & Technology)
Email:	afrey2@umassd.edu

Point of Contact:	Alison Frey
Email:	afrey2@umassd.edu

Participating Organizations:

NOAA NEFSC
MA DMF
SMAST

SMAST/ MA DMF Atlantic cod spawning