Jeff Yapalater ‘Big Mahi’ Freeport Tuna Club MACOORA Board Member We aren’t just tuna!

Gregory P. DiDomenico Executive Director  A voice for the fish and seafood industry throughout New Jersey  The Garden State Seafood Association is a statewide organization of commercial fishermen and fishing companies, related businesses and individuals working in common cause to promote the interests of the commercial fishing industry and seafood consumers in New Jersey.  The Association’s primary goal is to assure that our marine resources are managed responsibly and that all of the people in New Jersey, whether as anglers or as seafood consumers will be able to enjoy the bounty of New Jersey’s rich coastal and offshore waters for generations.  GSSA members care about the environment and the waters in which they fish. They care about their industry and the consumers they serve.

Process studies Regional scale statistical habitat models Tools for Space & Time based Ecosystem Management Hypotheses Mechanistic habitat models Retrospective analysis Adaptive sampling IOOS data & models John P. Manderson NOAA Fisheries ECOS program

Dewayne Fox Associate Professor Delaware State University Fisheries ecology and management Coupling biotelemetry and remote sensing data to provide insights into behavior and habitat requirements End product focused on providing resource managers with data required for management of aquatic resources

Greetings My Name is Hassan Moustahfid PhD. Marine Biologist/Project Manager NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS ® ) Program My goal is to bring “life” to Ocean Observing System And make IOOS inclusive of marine resources

The New Jersey Commercial Fishing Industry  According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, New Jersey ranks 4th in the value of commercial seafood harvested, among the 14 states along the Atlantic seaboard.  According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, in 2008 New Jersey’s commercial fishermen brought in almost over 160 million pounds of fish and shellfish with a value at the dock of $168,688,110. Using a conservative 4:1 multiplier, these landings generated three-quarters of a billion dollars of economic activity.  New Jersey’s Seafood Retail and Import/Export industry has annual sales in excess of $2 Billion.  According to the Department of Commerce in 2008 a total of 1,561 jobs in processing and wholesale were directly related to commercial fishing industry.  Major commercial fishing ports along the Atlantic Seaboard showing the quantity of fishes landed and the value of these landings for 2007 and New Jersey Ports are highlighted.

 The New Jersey Fishing Industry and GSSA are uniquely qualified to provide first hand observations of real – time ocean environmental conditions.  Our vessels can serve as the most efficient research platforms and captains and crew have the experience to perform scientific tasks and adhere to rigorous methodologies.  The commercial fishing industry is willing to cooperate to solve fact based problems with fact based solutions.  An appropriate relationship with scientific institutions and other ocean user groups can form the basis of future progress designed to address common issues.  Data can be collected and analyzed in an effort to avoid incidental catch of certain species.  Data can be collected and analyzed to increase the efficiency of fishing operations. Commercial Fishing Industry Partnerships

“Fish can’t overcome physics” Behavior, physiology & life history tightly coupled to dynamic properties of the fluid ocean. Integrated Ocean Observing Systems Measure variability of the fluid at space-time scales required to understand the physics

NOAA FATE ( )

Frontal index = Ln(Strength of / Distance to) Frontal index

Problem : Management seeks to reduce butterfish by- catch in the Loligo fishery Application Butterfish Mortality Cap for the Loligo Fishery

Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column) Combining data layers Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish)

Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column) IOOS and CTD Data Combining data layers Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish)

Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column) NMFS Survey Data Combining data layers Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish)

Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column) Improved FATE Habitat Models Combining data layers Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish)

Social Data (Fishing Behavior) Biological Data ( Abundance) Physical Data (Water Column) Surveys/Interviews Fishermen Decision- making and Fishermen Habitat Models Combining data layers Integrated Bycatch Reduction Model (Squid/Butterfish)

Industry, Federal & Academic Partners in An Experimental approach to butterfish bycatch reduction in the North Atlantic Loligo fishery Physical & Biological Oceanographers Josh Kohut (Rutgers) Matt Oliver (University of Delaware) Industry & Outreach Greg DiDomenico (GSSA) Eleanor A. Bochenek (Rutgers) Fishery Scientists/Ecologists John Manderson (NMFS) Olaf Jenson (Rutgers) Laura Palamara (Rutgers) Talia Young (Rutgers) Social Scientist/Policy Steven Gray (Rutgers) Fisheries Management Jason Didden (MAFMC)

Use of telemetry for fish behavior Dewayne A. Fox Delaware State University

Atlantic Sturgeon Management 1891 NJ prohibited catch of mamoose sturgeon 1990 Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Sturgeon 1998 US coast wide moratorium 2007 Status Review Team recommended listing 2010 October 6 th Proposed Ruling

5 Distinct Population Segments (DPS) Threatened (Recommended) –Gulf of Maine Endangered(Recommended) –South Atlantic –Carolina –Chesapeake Bay –New York Bight Status Review 2007

Methods Monitoring –Existing standardized passive array VR2 6.5 year battery life Sampling –Coastal Sampling Hudson River Long Island Sound NCCTC DE Coast

Sampling Results 2009 n=51 –49kg (21-93) 2010 n=54 (39) –47kg (19- >140)

Aid in Management Movements Migration paths –95% detected within 7km of shore –85% within state waters Timing Last Download 12/3 7/1 4/1 9/20

The Atlantic Cooperative Telemetry Network: a collaborative approach to telemetry data exchange in the eastern United States

About acoustic telemetry… Historically short-term regional studies using manual tracking techniques –Labor intensive –Weather dependent –Expensive $$$$$ New technology –Longer tag life –More information from tags –Passive receivers –Lower cost $$

With passive receivers comes… A way to… –look at presence/absence in an area –track multiple species at a given time

What is ACT? It all started with sturgeon…… 2006 ASMFC Atlantic Sturgeon Technical Committee Meeting

ACT Development researchers researchers –>3700 shared transmitter codes

ACT Current Data-Sharing Researcher F Researcher E Researcher A Researcher C Researcher B Researcher D

Planned Data Sharing Unknown tag codes Researcher A Researcher B Researcher C Researchers can request information for their tagged fish

NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS ® ) Program IOOS ® Biological Observations Project -Observations to Apps- Hassan Moustahfid, PhD. MACOORA Annual Meeting October 28-29, 2010 Hoboken, NJ

IOOS ® Core Variables 1.Temperature 2.Salinity 3.Water level 4.Currents 5.Surface Waves 6.Surface Winds 7.Ocean color 8.Dissolved oxygen 9.pH 10.pCO 2 11.Heat flux 12.Bottom character 13.Pathogens list could be expanded based on identified needs Bathymetry 15.Ice distribution 16.Contaminants 17.Stream flow 18.Dissolved nutrients 19.Optical properties 20.Total suspended matter 21.Colored dissolved organic matter 22.Fish species 23.Fish abundance 24.Zooplankton species 25.Phytoplankton species 26.Zooplankton abundance 33 For more details Please visit Catalog

Participating Resources Participating Resources Web Services Web Services IOOS BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS PROJECT System Concept Diagram Consumers & Applications Consumers & Applications Participant Web Service Database Connection Data Extract text xml kml NetCDF MatLab etc.! Human User Interactions Download Manual transfer (e.g., to Excel, GIS, analytical applications) Browser Integration Browser-based Discovery, Display, Mapping, Analysis Direct Analytical Integration Direct to NetCDF, MatLAB, r, etc. Forwarding to additional web service distribution 34 Data Resources 3 Data Resources 2 Data Resources 1 Terminology &Conventions dcterms / dwc ioosbds CF Conventions FGDC / ISO Metadata Practices DwC & IOOS XML Guidelines WEB SERVICE Terminology &Conventions

Depth Sea Surface Temperature Primary production 35 Maps source NOAA/NEFSC Integrated layers for analyses specific targeted management needs Observations to Fisheries Management Decisions Products to Aid Fisheries Management Secondary production Fish densityAtl. Cod Red Hake Etc.!

Thank You Hassan Moustahfid Hassan. 301/ ioos.gov “Oceans”

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Monument Boundary Exclusive Economic Zone ~50 islands and atolls PILOT PROJECT fishery independent surveys (pres/abs/abund – reef fish) Consumers/Apps: Population assessments Towed-diver Surveys (TDS) Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Censuses Stationary Point Counts (SPC) 38 Courtesy of Dr. Jill Zamzow (PIFSC/CRED) Partners: NOAA. Fisheries, NOAA Marine Sanctuaries, Univ. of Hawai’i, Census of Marine Life, USGS/OBIS-USA, State of Hawai’i, National Park Services

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In-situ Data Interoperability Satellite Ocean Color (Aqua MODIS, Terra MODIS, SeaWiFS) National Water Level Observation Network PORTS® NDBC DAC (buoys): C-MAN, VOS, NOS NERRS, etc. IOOS DAC: Regional observations TAO DAC: Tropical Atmosphere Ocean DART DAC: Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis Sensor Observation Service High-Frequency Radar (HFR) surface currents Web Coverage Service & OPeNDAP IOOS Data Standards Sensor Observation Service IOOS Data Standards Web Coverage Service & OPeNDAP IOOS Data Standards NDBC Data Assembly Centers (DACs) Sensor Observation Service and others Federal, State, Local, and Industry data IOOS Data Standards PROGRAM DATA IOOS DATA Temperature Waves Winds Water Level Currents Salinity Ocean Color (chlorophyll) 1 NDBC 2 CO-OPS 3 NOAA CoastWatch 4 IOOS Regions (MACOORA, NERACOOS, others) 40

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Web Services Terminology & Configuration Participating Resources OBS. To APPS System Concept Diagram Biological Data Terminology (presence/absence/ abundance) ERRDAP Consumers & Applications Data Resource dcterms / dwc ioosbds CF Conventions FGDC / ISO Metadata Practices Participant Web Service Data Resource Database Connection Data Resource Data Extract DwC & IOOS XML Guidelines namespaces: The lightning bolt indicates where terminology and configuration activities apply. Technologists and data developers working for both IOOS and participants do the configuration. Data & Metadata Portals, Clearinghouse and Search Data Assembly text xml kml NetCDF MatLab etc.! Human User Interactions Download Manual transfer (e.g., to Excel, GIS, analytical applications) Browser Integration Browser-based Discovery, Display, Mapping, Analysis Direct Analytical Integration Direct to NetCDF, MatLAB, r, etc. Forwarding to additional web service distribution Key original data standards web services applications Public presence or restricted access as desired Search graphs & maps