MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: United States Army Corp Engineers Sturgeon Telemetry Project

MATOS Project Code: LIBORROW

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: December 2021 - December 2025

Project Description: The USACE has created borrows offshore of East Rockaway in aid of projects aimed to protect shorelines and prevent storm damage. A vistor to these borrows is the Shortnose sturgeon, a species of North American sturgeon listed under the Endangered Species Act in 2012. Limited information shows that Atlantic sturgeon occupy offshore waters (marine zone) up to at least 40m in depth during the winter. However, there is little data regarding their seasonal patterns of distribution and abundance in and around these borrows. This project aims to assess sturgeon habitat associated with borrow areas by creating a baseline data set pre and post dredging activity through the use of acoustic telemetry.

Principal Investigator:	Bradley Peterson (School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University)
Email:	bradley.peterson@stonybrook.edu

Point of Contact:	Brittney Scannell
Email:	brittney.scannell@stonybrook.edu

External URL: https://you.stonybrook.edu/theawesomepeterson/offshore-telemetry/

SBU - Sturgeon Borrow