Introduction

How to Participate

FISHER Institute

Pilot Projects

Natural Science Projects

Socio-Economic Research

Workshops and Conferences

Collaborators

Collaborative Research

Introduction

How to Participate

FISHER Institute

Pilot Projects

• Pilot Project to Test the Use of Side-scan Sonar to Identify Seafloor Features Associated with Pre-spawning and Spawning Cod Aggregations

• Pilot Project to Design and Test Low-Impact Scallop Dredge

• Pilot Project to Assess Need and Initialize a Methodology to Groundtruth Existing Multi-Beam and Side-Scan Sonar Seafloor Charts

Natural Science Projects

• Habitat Dependent Catch Composition and Food Web Dynamics in the Western Gulf of Maine Closure, Stellwagen Bank

• An Examination of Biological Processes of Sand Lance and Associative Species on Stellwagen Banks

• Effects of the Western Gulf of Maine Closure on Boulder and Deep Mud Habitats

• A Cooperative Partnership for Ecosystem Monitoring in the Western Gulf of Maine

• A Community-Based Nutrient Water Quality Monitoring Project to Support Habitat Protection in Nantucket Sound

• A Mobile Bentho-Pelagic Observatory to Support Fisheries and Ecosystem Management

Socio-Economic Research

• Staying Alive: Promoting a Culture of Safety at Sea in New England’s Fishing Industry

• Charting Anecdotal Information and Oral Histories from Local Fishermen

• Mapping Mobility: The Movement of New England Multi-Species Vessels and Crew in New England and Beyond from 1994-2004

• Institutionalizing Social Science Data Collection

• Study of Commercial Fishing in Nantucket Sound: Considerations pertinent to the proposed wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal

• Attitudes of Consumers

Workshops and Conferences

• Nantucket Sound Research Strategy Workshop

• Workshop to Identify Cod Spawning Grounds and Juvenile Habitat in MA Bay

• MFP Collaborative Research Conference: Preliminary Findings and Future Directions, Boston, 2007

• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 2006

• Managing Our Nation's Fisheries Conference II, 2005

• Managing Our Nation's Fisheries Conference, 2003

Collaborators