MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: SERC Blue Crab Study

MATOS Project Code: cbbcrab

Data Type: Tracker

Project Duration: September 2023 - December 2025

Project Description: The Fisheries Conservation Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is studying the migration of mature female blue crabs to learn more of their journey from the middle Chesapeake Bay to the spawning grounds in the lower Chesapeake Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean.

Principal Investigator:	Matthew Ogburn (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
Email:	ogburnm@si.edu

Point of Contact:	Kim Richie
Email:	richiek@si.edu

Collaborators:

Matthew Kendall (NOAA)

External URL: https://serc.si.edu/labs/fisheries-conservation