MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Passive acoustic monitoring of North Atlantic right whales in New York and New Jersey.

MATOS Project Code: SUPAM

Data Type: Deployment

Project Duration: March 2025 - on-going

Project Description: This project is a partnership between Syracuse University, Cornell University, Duke University, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to monitor the presence of North Atlantic right whales in the New York/New Jersey Bight. This study uses bottom-mounted acoustic recorders at 6 different sites. Each monitoring station includes a VR2AR acoustic receiver that is used for equipment retrieval and is also able to detect tagged fish.

Objectives:

Spatiotemporal trends

Principal Investigator:	Susan Parks (Syracuse University)
Email:	sparks@syr.edu

Point of Contact:	Dana Cusano
Email:	dcusano@syr.edu

Collaborators:

Doug Nowacek (Duke University)
Aaron Rice (Cornell University)

Participating Organizations:

Duke University
Cornell University

Funding:

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

SU NY/NJ Bight PAM