MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Behavior of Non-Migratory Striped Bass Population in a Salt Pond of Martha’s Vineyard

MATOS Project Code: SQUIBSTRPR

Data Type: Tracker

Project Duration: September 2023 - on-going

Project Description: Our research examines the presence, behavior, and predator/prey interactions of a non-migratory population of striped bass. The study site is Squibnocket Pond in Aquinnah MA, a brackish water pond with a single access egress via a narrow creek. We seek to examine the movements and behavior of this overwintering population in relation to the presence and abundance of spawning river herring populations, a culturally important indigenous fishery.

Principal Investigator:	Scott Bennett (Marine Biological Laboratory)
Email:	sbennett@mbl.edu

Point of Contact:	Scott Bennett
Email:	sbennett@mbl.edu

Collaborators:

Bret Stearns (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Natural Resources Dept.)
Andrew Jacobs (Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Natural Resources Dept.)
Brian Prendergast (University of Chicago, Marine Biological Laboratory)
Steven Zottoli (Marine Biological Laboratory)

MBL/WTGHA Striped Bass Study