MATOS - Mid-Atlantic Acoustic Telemetry Observation System

Project Title: Spawning movement behaviors, habitat dependencies and run size of Nanticoke River Atlantic sturgeon

MATOS Project Code: MDDNR1NR

Data Type: Data

Project Duration: July 2019 - June 2025

Project Description: Recovery planning for Atlantic sturgeon requires estimates of population abundances against which to evaluate takes and develop feasible restoration targets. We will develop an approach combining telemetry and multi-beam sonar (ARIS: Adaptive Resolution Imaging Sonar) to estimate spawning run size in the Nanticoke River Estuary, which supports a newly discovered yet potentially critically endangered population within Chesapeake Bay DPS.

Principal Investigator:	Chuck Stence (Maryland Department Natural Resources)
Email:	chuck.stence@maryland.gov

Collaborators:

Mike O'Brien
Ian Park (DEDFW)
Dave Secor (UMCES-CBL)

Participating Organizations:

UMCES-CBL
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

Maryland Department of Natural Resources