CONFIRMED: SMAST Seminar - DFO - "Using Advanced Technologies to Address Marine Ecosystem Survey and Assessment Needs" by: M. Conor McManus
Department of Fisheries Oceanography "Using Advanced Technologies to Address Marine Ecosystem Survey and Assessment Needs" M. Conor McManus Supervisory Research Fish Biologist, NEFSC Wednesday, December 04, 2024 3-4pm SMAST E 101-102 and via Zoom Abstract: Fisheries independent surveys provide fundamental data for understanding fish and invertebrate population trends. These data are commonly used as inputs for data-rich assessment models or are the basis for data-limited stock assessment approaches, which guide fisheries management actions and catch advice. Within the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf ecosystem, traditional survey methods such as bottom trawl and dredge surveys have been the primary approaches for sampling marine fish and invertebrate species. Catchability considerations, operational challenges or inefficiencies, and prospective preclusion of these surveys from offshore wind energy development areas have necessitated evaluating additional and novel survey methods. Such new technology approaches to sampling marine species can augment current data streams, address sampling constraints, and improve the science and data available for informing fisheries and ecosystem management decisions. In 2024, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) established its Advanced Technology Program, which aims to maintain and improve current fisheries independent advanced technology surveys, develop new methods for sampling marine species and their environment, and conduct directed ecosystem research using advanced sampling techniques and analytical approaches. In doing so, the program is designed to support improved science to inform various stock and ecosystem assessments. Here, I provide background on the NEFSC's previous and current advanced technology approaches to surveying marine fish and invertebrates, as well as where the program is headed to address current and future survey challenges and assessment needs. Join the Zoom https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260 Note: Meeting passcode required, email contact below to receive To request the Zoom passcode, or for any other questions, please email Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu
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