Fall 2018 Update

Innovative video trawl survey method trialed by SMAST with funding from Vineyard Wind.  Trial concludes that further development of the method is needed before it can be utilized in the area south of Martha’s Vineyard, due to bottom conditions.

SMAST conducts four workshops in Rhode Island and New Bedford and on Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod to solicit input in the study design from fishermen.  Over 100 participants provide input, 75 of them active fishermen.