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Tagging study methods to be applied to dredge dump site
Tagged lobsters off Vinalhaven provide detailed data
June marked the second year of the Lobster Tagging and Recapture Project being conducted in Vinalhaven waters by Bigelow scientists Rick Wahle and Mike Dunnington, along with Nate Geraldi, a second-year Island Institute Fellow living on Vinalhaven, Corrie Roberts of the Island Institute, and Vinalhaven fishermen. The project is using a dedicated set of research
Study tracks lobsters’ travels, estimates adundance
The first season of a two-year lobster research project co-sponsored by Sea Grant and Island Institute was completed last fall. The aim of the study is to improve trap-based methods of quantifying lobster, by employing newly developed mark-recapture methods. Estimates of abundance by these new methods are to be ground-truthed against diver-based counts. The research